Demetrious Johnson suffered a stoppage loss for the first time in his 35-fight career Wednesday, falling short to Adriano Moraes via second-round knockout in the ONE Championship flyweight title bout.
Several fighters took to Twitter afterward to react to the shocking result.
One of the biggest upsets ever! ATT strikes again @AmericanTopTeam https://t.co/xA0w4oa5yJ
— Jorge Masvidal UFC (@GamebredFighter) April 8, 2021
This is why knees to downed opponents are vicious and ILLEGAL in MMA in the UFC! If this was the USA that knee is not allowed and Mighty Mouse can get up in a more safe and protective manner.
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) April 8, 2021
I hope Mighty Mouse is ok, but this is why I disagree with those rules. #ONEonTNT1
Congrats to Adriano Moraes! Nice knee. And good to see DJ recovered quickly
— Petr “No Mercy” Yan (@PetrYanUFC) April 8, 2021
What did I just watch 😱
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) April 8, 2021
Knees to a grounded opponent allowed in ONE 😱. That looked weird, that’s like boxing allowing ground and pound 🥶
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) April 8, 2021
👀👀👀 woah that was a crazy finish!!
— Funky (@Benaskren) April 8, 2021
Woooow
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) April 8, 2021
Does Cejudo go to ONE now?
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) April 8, 2021
Woahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
— Jared Gordon (@JFlashGordonMMA) April 8, 2021
Wow that was crazy @ONEChampionship unbelievable #ONEonTNT1
— Sage Northcutt (@sagenorthcutt) April 8, 2021
Wow!! https://t.co/y8vo9efwuK
— Anthony Pettis (@Showtimepettis) April 8, 2021
Nice @adrianomkmoraes
— Kyoji Horiguchi (@kyoji1012) April 8, 2021
MMA keeps showing us there are great fighters everywhere. It's not about under what banner you're fighting, it's about what skillset and abilities you have.
— Patricio Pitbull (@PatricioPitbull) April 8, 2021
Congratulations to @adrianomkmoraes for the great win tonight! Great performance against an all time great. We need knees to the head on the ground as part of the Unified Rules. I'd love if they'd allow soccer kicks too.
— Patricky Freire (@PatrickyPitbull) April 8, 2021
OMG. Adriano Moraes just shocked the🌍....after Eddie gets disqualified in his fight. Unreal. @ONEChampionship is so competitive and unpredictable!!! Loved the first event on TNT
— Arjan Singh Bhullar (@TheOneASB) April 8, 2021
Knees to grounded opponent should be legal everywhere
— Luis Antonio Pena (@violentbobross) April 8, 2021