UFC On FX: Johnson Vs. McCall

On June 8^th at 9pm at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, FL, thanks to the UFC organization, MMA fans will get to see a rematch between Ian McCall and Demetirus Johnson. Though Johnson is favored in the fight, McCall is determined not to make things easy for him. His record certainly seems to indicate that he has the power to back up any smack he talks, since he’s only lost two fights. (He’s won ten.) Weighing in at one hundred thirty-five pounds and standing five feet, five inches tall, McCall and his trademark curled mustached both fight for team Oyama out of Dana Point, CA.

His opponent, twenty-five year old Demetrius Johnson, has an exactly equal record and weight, though he stands two inches shorter. Their last match-up was a majority draw, so it should be interesting to see what happens, to say the least. Interestingly, though the odds makers do favor Johnson, the public seems to favor McCall. Maybe the odds makers looked at Johnson’s amateur record and are making their bets on that basis. Johnson had no recorded losses as an amateur. In the final analysis, despite all the hype, this looks to be one of the most evenly matched main events in quite a while, despite the admittedly lopsided odds.

Also on the card that night is a bout between Canadian Sean Pierson and Jake Hecht out of Moscow Hills, MO. Pierson weighs five more pounds, but has lost three more times. Of course, those three losses were extra fights; the two men have the same number of wins. As is usually the case with UFC events, there are actually a very large number of fights on the card that night, but not all of them will be broadcast. Rest assured, however, the bouts slated for broadcast promise plenty of action.