Former UFC and one champion Demetrious Johnson was submitted on Friday at the IBJJF World Masters Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2025 in Las Vegas.
Takuto Kako, a multiple bee champion in Asia, was able to exchange himself after a loss to ‘mice’ at the same event last year.
“It’s still good,” said Johnson after their meeting last year in the comfort of Kako. “There is next year. This is for fun. Your life is not going to change. You go home, continue to train, have a beautiful woman, having children, going back to work. This is for fun. There is more in life than winning, I promise.”
Demetrius Johnson.
Great former world champion of UFC and one.It is frustrating, but … he was definitely a good person.
After all my games were over, he chased me away and spoke to me.
I am angry that he is a good person, but the size of human skills is so different …!I respect last year by pouring it into the water (?). pic.twitter.com/bczioxd4pd
– Takuto Kako: Kako Takuto (@takutokako) August 29, 2025
Fast forward to 2025 and Johnson would continue to the second round of the 2025 competition after his first round opponent, Pedro Eduardo, did not appear.
In his only match of the night, Johnson was submitted by Kako with less than a minute.
Kniepar from 50/50.
To resist the 50/50 sweep, he turned around and then tried to run and escape, and then held the knee pear as soon as his knees stretched.
It was immediately, but it was so firm that it made a little noise. pic.twitter.com/y2rvf6ytuy– Takuto Kako: Kako Takuto (@takutokako) August 29, 2025
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