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Former UFC and ONE champion Demetrious Johnson was submitted at the 2025 IBJJF World Masters Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Las Vegas on Friday.
Takuto Kako, a multiple-time BIJJF champion in Asia, was able to redeem himself after a loss to “Might Mouse” Johnson at the same event last year.
“It’s still good,” Johnson said after their meeting last year in consoling Kako. “There’s next year. This is for fun. Your life’s not going to change. You’re going to go home, keep on training, have a beautiful wife, kids, go back to work. This is for fun. There’s more to life than winning, I promise.”
デメトリアス・ジョンソンさん。UFCとONEの偉大な元世界チャンピオン。
悔しいけど…やっぱ良い人でした。僕の試合が全部終わった後、あちらから追っかけてきて話しかけてくれました。良い人なのが腹立つけど、、人間の器の大きさが違い過ぎました…！
昨年のことは水に流して(?)リスペクトです。 pic.twitter.com/bczIoxD4Pd
— Takuto Kako:加古拓渡 (@takutokako) August 29, 2025
Fast forward to 2025 and Johnson would advance to the second-round of the 2025 competition after his first-round opponent, Pedro Eduardo, did not show up.
In the his only bout of the night, Johnson was submitted by Kako with less than a minute left.
Knee bar from 50/50.
50/50スイープを耐えるため向きを変え、かつ走って逃げようと膝が伸びた瞬間を狙って抱えのニーバー。一瞬だったけど、ガッチリ極まって、ちょっと鳴りました。 pic.twitter.com/y2RVf6Ytuy
— Takuto Kako:加古拓渡 (@takutokako) August 29, 2025
