This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Demetrious Johnson Turns 30
The benchmark by which all 125-pound fighters past and present are judged, Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight titleholder Demetrious Johnson has turned away one would-be successor after another since he rose to the top four years ago. Johnson will celebrate his 30th birthday on Aug. 13.
“Mighty Mouse” captured the inaugural flyweight crown at UFC 152 on Sept. 12, 2012 with a split decision over Joseph Benavidez and has looked nothing short of unstoppable as champion. On a 10-fight winning streak, Johnson last competed at UFC 197 in April, when he cut down 2008 Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo with first-round knees at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Others who have been victimized by the AMC Pankration rep during his historic reign: John Dodson (twice), John Moraga, Kyoji Horiguchi, Chris Cariaso and Ali Bagautinov.
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Others in MMA celebrating a birthday during the month of August:
AUG. 1
Dominic Clark (31)Gegard Mousasi (31)
AUG. 2
Krzysztof Soszynski (39)Jeff Hougland (38)
John Kelly (38)
Ivan Musardo (36)
Aleksander Emelianenko (35)
Nick Diaz (33)
Zak Cummings (32)
Magomed Mustafaev (28)
AUG. 3
Eric “Butterbean” Esch (50)Johnny Eduardo (38)
Carey Vanier (35)
Aleksandar Radosavljevic (33)
Neil Magny (29)
Amanda Bell (28)
Ben Nguyen (28)
AUG. 4
Dhafir Harris (39)Duane Ludwig (38)
Mitsuhisa Sunabe (37)
Iuri Alcantara (36)
Bernardo Magalhaes (35)
Joe Duarte (33)
Bryan Caraway (32)
Jared Rosholt (30)
Oluwale Bamgbose (29)
Jonathan Meunier (29)
Paul Sass (28)
Ray Borg (23)
AUG. 5
Sean Sherk (43)Dmitry Smoliakov (34)
Lissette Neri (29)
Dustin Pague (29)
Mladen Kujundzic (27)
AUG. 6
Sean Gray (43)Igor Vovchanchyn (43)
Patrick Mikesz (42)
Tracy Hess (39)
Chris Beal (31)
Daniel Pineda (31)
Minoru Takeuchi (31)
AUG. 7
Edwin Dewees (34)Henry Martinez (33)
Martin Begley (31)
AUG. 8
Yusuke Imamura (40)Shayna Baszler (36)
Benny Madrid (36)
Damir Hadzovic (30)
Damon Jackson (28)
Mairbek Taisumov (28)
AUG. 9
Kerry Schall (45)Kyle Watson (37)
Cary Bullos (33)
C.J. Keith (30)
AUG. 10
Kevin Randleman (1971-2016)C.B. Dollaway (33)
Randa Markos (31)
Joe Proctor (31)
AUG. 11
Joe Rogan (49)Chase Gormley (33)
Abdul Razak Alhassan (31)
Henry Corrales (30)
Ev Ting (27)
Emmanuel Sanchez (26)
AUG. 12
Frankie Saenz (36)Norma Rueda Center (29)
AUG. 13
Solomon Hutcherson (44)Nik Lentz (32)
Jonathan Brookins (31)
Russell Doane (30)
Demetrious Johnson (30)
Ronys Torres (30)
AUG. 14
Ricardo Funch (36)Brylan Van Artsdalen (32)
Mark Holst (31)
AUG. 15
Katsuhisa Fujii (44)Moyses Gabin (36)
Valmir Lazaro (31)
Andy Enz (25)
AUG. 16
Rulon Gardner (45)Hiroya Takada (39)
Mickael Lebout (29)
Tecia Torres (27)
Joe Madrid (26)
AUG. 17
Masaaki Satake (51)Carlos Newton (40)
Valentijn Overeem (40)
Leslie Smith (34)
AUG. 18
Chris Lytle (42)Chad Robichaux (41)
Sergei Kharitonov (36)
Geronimo dos Santos (36)
Sachiko Yamamoto (36)
Guy Delumeau (35)
Josh Tyler (33)
Miesha Tate (30)
Joanna Jedrzejczyk (29)
Sergio Pettis (23)
Agilan Thani (21)
AUG. 19
Ricco Rodriguez (39)Kyle Bradley (34)
Stipe Miocic (34)
Krzysztof Jotko (27)
Julianna Pena (27)
Mizuki Inoue (22)
Jake Matthews (22)
AUG. 20
Tom Speer (32)Sheldon Westcott (32)
Billy Giovanella (31)
Elizabeth Phillips (30)
Gleristone Santos (28)
AUG. 21
Alex Reid (41)Dave Jansen (37)
Daniel Sarafian (34)
Zachary Micklewright (30)
Shoko Sato (29)
Luis Henrique Barbosa de Oliveira (23)
AUG. 22
Hideo Tokoro (39)Pat Runez (37)
Justin Buchholz (33)
Niklas Backstrom (27)
AUG. 23
Brock Larson (39)Andrey Koreshkov (26)
AUG. 24
James Toney (48)Dan Henderson (46)
Trevor Prangley (44)
Dong Sik Yoon (44)
Marcus Davis (43)
Hayato Sakurai (41)
Francisco Trinaldo (38)
Charles Rosa (30)
Jake Heun (29)
AUG. 25
Jeremy Horn (41)Danny Castillo (37)
Mark Holata (34)
Piotr Hallmann (29)
Ryan Benoit (27)
Leon Edwards (25)
AUG. 26
Erik Apple (39)Lance Benoist (28)
AUG. 27
Hermes Franca (42)Amir Sadollah (36)
Lew Polley (35)
Ryan Couture (34)
Shahbulat Shamhalaev (33)
AUG. 28
Deividas Taurosevicius (39)Anthony Ferguson (36)
Karo Parisyan (34)
Louis Gaudinot (32)
Rick Story (32)
Jon Tuck (32)
AUG. 29
George Kleber (39)Gabe Ruediger (39)
Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz (33)
Kelly Anundson (32)
AUG. 30
Eric Prindle (40)Barb Honchak (37)
Cole Escovedo (35)
Joe Brammer (33)
Jim Miller (33)
AUG. 31
Ido Pariente (38)Daniel Omielanczuk (34)
Pat Curran (29)
Alexis Dufresne (26)
