Demetrious Johnson has bravely opened up about the first conversation he ever shared with his father, with the MMA legend telling his dad that he should research his achievements.
Despite growing up without his father by his side, ‘Mighty Mouse’ still reached incredible heights, winning belts in both the UFC and ONE Championship.
Demetrious Johnson told his father to ‘Google him’ during their first-ever call
In his esteemed career, Demetrious Johnson cemented his place as one of the greatest competitors to ever grace the cage.
Blessed with remarkable athletiscm and a sensational fighting IQ, the flyweight scaled the UFC mountain before moving to ONE Championship where he became the inaugural inductee into the promotion’s Hall of Fame.
Johnson excelled in sport despite not having his dad around to guide him, truly proving that he was always destined for greatness.
A few years ago, he tracked down his father to find out why he wasn’t part of his life and also suggested that he Google him to find out everything he’d done.
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In a video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Johnson said: “At the time, I never knew who my father was. And so, my mom, probably ashamed of what happened between [her and] my dad, she would not give me any information.
“Eventually, I got his social security number; I gave it to a friend who finds people around the world, Bloodhounds. I found out every single thing about him, and I had the phone.
“I was like ‘s**t’, I’m 30-years-old, I have two children, I’m about to call this man I’ve never met before in my life, ‘What the f**k am I about to say to him’?
“I called him, I said, ‘Hey, how’s it going? This might sound weird, I’m your son’. He goes, ‘Huh, okay’.
“I go ‘Does a name Karen Crowe’ which is my mom’s name, ‘Does that ring a bell’? He goes, ‘I can’t say that it does’. I’m like, oh f**k, he doesn’t remember my mom.
“I’m like, ‘Ok, well I’m your son’. So, I’m like, ‘Oh s**t’, I’m sweating. I’m 30-years-old, going through something new.
“So he goes, ‘Ok, you’re my son’. He always knew about me, but not really. I was like, ‘I want nothing from you. I want no money, I don’t need nothing. All I wanna know is what happened’. Because I don’t know what happened.
“He goes, ‘Do you want the real version or do you want the fake version’? I’m like, ‘I’m a grown a** man with two kids, I don’t need nothing, what happened’?
“He told me everything, I’m like ‘Alright, I appreciate you being honest’. He goes, ‘So, what about you’? I was like, ‘Just Google me and call me back’.”
Demetrious Johnson says his brain has gotten healthier throughout his 15-year fight career
While competing in combat sports is usually renowned for worsesning the state of the brain, apparently this isn’t always the case.
Despite possessing the ability to avoid punches coming in his direction, over the course of a 15-year stint in MMA, many would imagine that Johnson’s brain wouldn’t have gotten healthier.
However, a recently study seems to indicate that it could have genuinely improved.
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