Despite all of the drama of making this fight happen the first go around, the UFC and its President Dana White appear to be getting what they wanted which is flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson vs. current bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw.

If you recall, earlier this year, Johnson and White frequently exchanged words.

Johnson was not receptive to a fight with Dillashaw even though White and other UFC officials were pushing for it. White came out and mocked Johnson for taking it.

This led to Johnson firing back and claimed that White threatened to shut down his entire division. White denied that and gave Johnson the fight he wanted, which was against Borg that is almost guaranteed to do low PPV numbers. Apparently, though, that’s water under the bridge.

Johnson has gone on record by declaring he would need $2 million to agree to this bout. White balked at the demand.

After taking the bantamweight title in November from his rival Cody Garbrandt at UFC 217, Dillashaw renewed his call to move down in weight to challenge Johnson.

The UFC flyweight champion turned down the potential fight a few months ago in favor of a record-breaking 11th title defense against Ray Borg in October.

Speaking recently with ESPN, the current bantamweight champion stated that he still wants to drop to flyweight for a fight against Johnson.

“I’m looking to come in and dethrone him from his legacy,” Dillashaw said. “He won’t be able to call himself the ‘GOAT’ anymore.

”It’s so easy for him to continue calling himself that and take the fights he thinks are a little easier. He’s a cerebral fighter. He and his coach are smart guys, and they know I bring the greatest threat. I think he knows that’s going to be a tough one for him to win.”

”It’s frustrating because I believe I should be a lot higher [in the pound-for-pound ranking],” Dillashaw said. “Couple split-decision losses I felt should have gone my way.

That’s the way this sport is. I don’t lose to Cruz [in 2016], I’m up there for best in the world. It’s all meant to be. It’s going to end up leading to a great thing.”

”On average, there’s just not those guys who are gonna bring everything. They’re not gonna bring the power to the table, they’re not gonna have the footwork, the cardio and the wrestling [I have]. I don’t have a gap that he can take advantage of.

“You see him manhandle guys and finish fights late in championship rounds, out-grapple and out-wrestle them, but that’s the thing, he’s not going to be able to do that to me, and I think that’s a scary thing to him.

He doesn’t have something to fall back on. There’s not something he can continue to push to beat me.”