>> Narrator: Fighting out of the Pacific Northwest
for the entirety of his career, Demetrious Johnson
has steadily risen to become
the world's best pound-for-pound fighter.
Yet despite all of his success,
he remains remarkably grounded.
>> Johnson: I'm a family man.
Been with the same beautiful woman since
the very beginning.
We have two beautiful children.
>> Hi, brother!
>> How'd you sleep, Maverick?
My family's part of my training.
You sleep good?
When I'm in training camp,
Destiny says, "I'm in training camp, too,
because I have to cook for you,
I'm at home with the kids."
>> Where is he? Can you find him?
>> I'm taking stress off you so you can do
what you do: train." When she says that,
I-I truly appreciate it, because it is hard.
Coming home fully exhausted,
definitely very hard. [ yawns ]
But I wouldn't trade nothing for the world.
Do you want to fight? [grunts]
You're almost as big as me.
This is why, sometimes, when I come home from training,
I just come home and chill and relax with them.
And 85% of the time, it's like, "Hey, Daddy, watch this.
Hey, Daddy, watch this," from either kid.
This is why I push my body so hard and fight,
so I can make enough money to be able to provide
something that I never had
for my wife or my two kids.
How does my beard look?
>> Um, uh, it looks good.
>> How's it smell?
>> It smells like cho-chocolate.
>> [chuckles] Amazing.
And so, for me, hopefully I'm embedding
good morals into my children.
High five.
That's the overall goal.
>> Narrator: Inside The Octagon, just like in life,
Demetrious Johnson has a remarkable knack
for achieving his goals.
And in September of 2012,
he became the first ever
UFC flyweight champion.
Since that momentous date, the world's fastest fighter
has defended his title nine straight times,
including five spectacular finishes.
And now, with just one more win,
he would tie Anderson Silva's record
for consecutive title defenses.
A record that he seeks for more than just himself.
>> Johnson: Very important that you and your spouse connect.
She's been with me since my second amateur fight.
She's been through the highest of the highs
and the lowest of lows.
She's always well-connected with me,
even when I'm in training camp.
And she can tell, like, "Hey, you know,
you-you seem exhausted. Why don't you go do this?"
>> Destiny: For all the years of being with DJ,
it still is difficult. It's still difficult
because he is trying to create history.
And I think that every fight
gets harder and harder for me to watch.
He has said, from,
I think, the fifth time that he's defended his belt,
maybe before that, that he wants 11.
He wants to tie the record
of ten title defenses
and then, go on for 11 to beat the record.
Now we're on the tenth title defense.
And I'm frigging nervous.
Like, it's nerve-racking. Even-even talking about it,
thinking about it, I'm just nervous.
[indistinct conversations]
>> Johnson: Goals that motivate me to be the best of all time.
There's only been one champion to hold the title
in one division,
defend it ten consecutive times,
and that's Anderson Silva.
Now, me, stepping up to the plate.
If I win this fight, I will be the next man to do it,
and if I beat his record, then I'll be the only man.
[man rapping] ♪ Let me paint a portrait ♪
♪ Take a beat, I torture it ♪
♪ Rollin' up a cannon ♪
♪ Sit back before I'm torching it ♪
♪ Consider me fortunate ♪
>> Johnson: Think you guys are always ready to see
somebody rise above their last performance.
And, obviously,
I'm training my ass off to give you guys that performance.
I work way too hard in the gym to either just skate by
and be mediocre, because I want perfection.
That's-that's why I put so much time and effort into fighting,
is can I be the perfect fighter?
Putting that cardio in.
"And still..." [whoops]
Hmm.
>> Narrator: Fighting out of San Diego since 2014,
the world's number three ranked flyweight
may be the single greatest fighter you've never heard of.
But Wilson Reis doesn't care.
He only cares about one thing.
♪ ♪
>> Reis: What keep motivating me is just prize, you know?
The belt, the-the people, you know, talking about you,
you know, talking about your name, talk about your fight.
Like, when you don't fight, it, for me, is like you don't exist.
I won my first title, EliteXC,
within one year.
I had, uh, five fights and I won the title.
And then, after that,
I went to all the tournaments and I, you know,
and-and I lost, you know? I went, uh, I went undefeated
for, like, seven, eight fights and I lost.
All that helped me grow,
helped me understand, you know,
the-the game of mixed martial arts.
♪ ♪
The difference now is more experience,
now more mature, you know? So...
so, I like how I train.
Now I feel that my body's stronger,
physically,
and wiser now than was ten years ago.
And now, so, every time I'm step in The Octagon,
I am just ready and bulletproof mindset,
and then, body to the fight.
>> Narrator: Wilson Reis made his UFC debut in 2013,
and the former Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion
quickly impressed to earn his 17th career win.
>> Yeah!
>> Narrator: Three more wins
inside The Octagon followed.
Wins that earned him a shot
at the flyweight title in July, 2016.
However, when Demetrious Johnson was injured,
Reis fought a substitute, who he demolished
without the belt on the line.
Then, just two months ago,
he secured yet another impressive victory--
a victory that earned him a second booking
with the UFC's pound-for-pound king.
A fight that the Brazilian native
will once again prepare for in his adopted hometown.
>> Reis: I grew up in, like, in the harsh environment and then,
when I moved to São Paulo, like, five-years-old,
in Brazil, it's, like, a big city.
So I kind of, like, never really see the beach, you know?
The beach was, like, hour away, hour and a half away.
So when I have the opportunity to live by the beach,
I said, "Man, I'm not gonna waste it.
I'm gonna live at the beach." [laughs]
I knew the mo-- the most important
about San Diego is there...
there's just the camp, you know?
The... the chemistry and the people.
>> Wilson has been with me about ten years now.
When he came out to us, he was already a champ
in an organization called EliteXC, I believe.
And he had a lot of talent. Coming to us
and, you know, he was looking to change
his striking game and just get a little bit
more proficient in it.
When he came with us,
he was mostly a jiu-jitsu player.
Now he's developed his wrestling game,
he's developed his striking game.
He brings all the weapons.
>> Narrator: And those weapons have been honed
and enhanced by Reis's longtime training partner,
the greatest bantamweight the UFC has ever known:
Dominick Cruz.
Who also happens to be the last man
to defeat Demetrious Johnson, over five years ago.
>> Cruz: I've been training with Wilson
since 2009.
He, legitimately,
has been the perfect training partner
my whole entire career. He's been there for
every single fight I've had since I won my first title.
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so...
>> Cruz: Wilson reminded me of me so much, it's ridiculous,
in the sense of he's kind of just been through this thing.
He's been run through the gauntlet.
Nobody knows about him, but he's faced
every tough individual near my weight class
and his weight class for the past ten years.
He's so seasoned, he's got so much experience,
because of all those fights since 2007. And not just that,
but he's stayed busy and he's never been injured.
So he's never had to just
stop for a long period of time.
He's always consistently training,
always consistently in shape and always
consistently learning. He's got the kicks,
he's got everything. And the fact that he's a southpaw
gives problems to people.
My prediction for this fight is Wilson with his hand raised
because of some big takedowns
and mixed in with the strikes that he lands.
>> Narrator: During training camp, Demetrious Johnson works out
six days a week, twice a day.
However, between sessions,
he likes to unleash a different kind of skill set.
>> Johnson: All right, ladies and gentlemen,
you're about to witness magic between training sessions.
I am at my little office,
downtown Kirkland, about to stream on Twitch.
Gonna be streaming some H1Z1.
Uh, hang out with the Mighty Squad
between training sessions.
I've been playing video games between training sessions since
my very first title defense.
I'm pretty far away from the gym.
It's a 45-minute drive to go here and back,
so when I come up to the gym, I'm here for work.
And between training sessions is,
that's when I log in my gaming hours.
It's hand in hand.
I'll always see a majority of my fans on Twitch
are... they're mixed martial arts fans
that find out that I was there.
Then you have some of the guys
who come there, who are just pure gamers.
Who this streamer?
"What is UFC?"
Well, UFC is an organization of mixed martial arts.
Since we're Ultimate Fighting Championship,
I compete in the UFC.
I'm here because I enjoy playing video games
and I love interacting with my fans.
So I feel like Twitch has helped me expand my mind,
my thinking, my horizon, and it's only
gonna get bigger and better, and I'm looking forward to it.
So, video games would be always a part of my life.
It was part of my life before mixed martial arts,
and it'll be part of my life after mixed martial arts.
Light 'em up!
Oh, ho, ho!
[trills] Head shot there, boys.
>> Narrator: While gaming may provide
a short-lived distraction,
Johnson's real mission has been years in the making.
>> Johnson: Tying Anderson's record is a very important thing
for me in my career.
When I became champion, it wasn't like,
"Oh, I'm just gonna defend the title two times,
and then go do something else."
And right away I was like, "No, man. He's got ten."
Everybody talks about Anderson Silva being
one of the greatest of all time.
So now, I-I want to set that precedent
for the flyweight division.
That's my biggest goal in mixed martial arts:
make sure, you know, I go out there,
compete to the best of my ability,
put on great performances, you know,
solidify my name as one of the best flyweights
ever to walk this Earth.
And a lot of people might think,
"Oh, you already have that."
But I want to, like, know I-I beat, like,
every single flyweight in my generation in time,
that when I'm done, people are like,
"Yeah, if Demetrious Johnson were around,
he would still kick your ass."
Be, like, 20 years down the road, I'm, like, 65.
>> Two, three, two, left hand.
[timer beeps]
>> Brad Kertson: To be able to work with DJ,
it's a huge privilege, because I truly believe that
DJ is a once in a lifetime type of fighter.
You have a guy who has the skill set,
the mindset and the athletic ability
to go out and execute on the things we're able to give him.
There will probably never be
another Demetrious Johnson. Like, I really mean that.
♪ ♪
>> Johnson: The weakness that I see in Wilson
is that he's never fought a guy
that can mix it up as well as I can.
A guy who can fight in the southpaw,
who can fight orthodox, who can fight in the clinch,
who can wrestle, who has decent grappling.
He's not gone five rounds with a guy who pushes you.
I try to systematically break you down,
find your weakness, find your holes,
and I'll keep on exploiting them.
And that's why I think what makes me successful is that
when I get in there, it's go time.
All I ask my body is, for 25 minutes on one day,
to be 110% focused.
It seems to be working out. [chuckles]
Yeah.
>> Narrator: 1,000 miles to the south, even though
Johnson's opponent, Wilson Reis,
has fought at flyweight since 2014, he has managed
to maintain the strength of a much bigger fighter.
>> Reis: Nutrition is very important, you know, for me.
I start fighting, my first two fights at 150, and then,
back then, had no experience, couldn't wait, you know.
But I knew that I was shorter
and I was only five foot four,
so eventually, I will have to get down.
That was, like, in my mind to drop to 125.
But, um, I always had-- I knew it was gonna be
a challenge, you know. I knew it was gonna be hard
to make the... to make the cut, but...
And then, when I moved to Alliance,
I moved to Alliance just right after I debuted in UFC.
So that's when I talked to Eric, who find nutritionist.
But then, I know, when I schedule a fight at 125,
I know that I have to be... very disciplined,
very strict on my diet.
Otherwise, I won't make it.
So far, every fight I have
so far at 125, like, you know,
probably, like, seven fights,
I feel that I was the stronger guy physically.
For me, like, I fought, you know,
in 150 pounds, 145 pounds.
For me, I was able to see the power
and the strength of all the guys.
You know, that's why I dropped down,
'cause I feel that now I am not oversized
or-or not fighting stronger guys.
It's getting cold. It's getting cold.
[indistinct chatter]
Shut the-- throw the blanket!
[laughs]
Now, being the stronger fighter,
now what that brings to me--
that brings good confidence, you know, 'cause I know
he gonna have to-to deal with that,
and deal with my power, you know, deal with my weight.
You know, have to, you know, carry me around and everything.
He would definitely be spending extra energy doing that.
That's a very good thing on my side.
I don't have to worry about getting tired.
And my cardio is gonna be real good
for a five-round fight, you know.
>> All right, let's go train. >> Okay.
-[laughter] -[door beeps]
>> Eric Del Fierro: I think the 125 division
doesn't get the spotlight that it deserves.
You know, DJ's so dominating that, uh,
a lot of the guys coming up and-and
going up against him don't have that same spotlight
or the same shine, Wilson being one of 'em.
Wilson's been in that division for a long time.
>> Come on. Let's see.
>> Del Fierro: Been on a tear as of late.
You know, he's been dominating the guys he's been fighting.
It's finally his time to get the attention he deserves.
>> Reis: I know how long he's been a champion,
but it doesn't matter, man.
[speaking Portuguese]
>> Reis: I know what I have to know about him and his game.
That's all I need.
I know his qualities and I know his weakness.
You just take me to Johnson.
He's now the guy in front of me.
I feel that my wrestling, my Brazilian jiu-jitsu,
it's better than his.
It's the type of fight, you can't blink, you know.
Because, you know, I'll be aggressive,
pressure him to finish him.
>> Good. Explode. Good, to the cage.
>> Reis: Win that, just, it's another day in the office.
But I know that I have to beat him, you know.
I have to just, my job is to beat him.
My job is to get the job done on fight night.
You know, it doesn't matter who the guy is, you know, so,
all I care about is me winning the fight,
me winning the belt.
And-and then, for me, it's not pressure.
For me, that's what I want, you know? That's next.
My business is-is to beat him, you know.
April 15, you know, get the belt.
'Cause that's-that's all I care about.
I'm ready to beat him and he's ready to lose to me.
>> Real good, Wilson. Deep breath.
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