""That was a big thing that came up. It actually came from DC [Daniel Cormier], there was a video of DC where he's like 'we don't back up, we don't back up.' And that's true, we came here to fight. Obviously you want to be calculated, but at the end of the day we did come here to scrap, we came here to fight. So that's where that 'don't back up' comes from.""
""I'm open to anything from 170 all the way up to heavyweight. I'm capable of getting down there.""
""I bet you I can," said Johnson, before admitting he never actually has. "I haven't weighed 170 since middle school to be honest. I can make 185 for sure. 170, we're going to have to see.""
Donte Johnson entered a gym at 290 pounds four years ago and turned professional one year ago. He improved to a 6-0 record and finished Darion Abbey in just over a minute on Dana White's Contender Series 2025 Week 3, earning a UFC contract. Fans chanted "we don't back up," a team mantra inspired by Daniel Cormier emphasizing willingness to fight. Johnson weighed under 210 for the bout, says he can make 185 and believes he could attempt 170 despite not having weighed that since middle school. He plans to make strategic career moves going forward.
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