Dana White answers champ Demetrious Johnson's call: 'I'm going to get him his belts'

Prior to UFC on FOX 24, Demetrious Johnson called out UFC management for not awarding him with a new belt for each of his successful flyweight title defenses. UFC President Dana White heard the comments, and he plans to make things right with “Mighty Mouse.”

In the lead-up to his record-tying 10th consecutive UFC title defense, which came against Wilson Reis (22-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC on FOX 24 headliner, Johnson (26-2-1 MMA, 14-1-1 UFC) said the promotional had given him just one belt to take home and keep. He said he was disappointed since he wants a new belt for each defense so he can replicate photos taken by boxing champions Floyd Mayweather and Andre Ward (via Instagram):

It took 19 years but they'll talk about it forever. #tbe #tmt www.themoneyteam.com

A post shared by Floyd Mayweather (@floydmayweather) on Oct 21, 2015 at 10:30am PDT

Johnson admitted he was “pissed off” by the situation, but after matching Anderson Silva’s longstanding title defense record with a third-round submission of Reis at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., the UFC boss White said more belts will soon be delivered, though it’s easier said than done.

“I’m going to get him his belts,” White told Megan Olivi of UFC.com after the event. “He’s definitely keeping the belt from tonight, and I guess I’ve got some catching up to do. Listen, that’s not the way it works. People don’t win belts every time. You defend your title, and you keep your belt. If we’re handing out belts every single defense here – that’s a lot of money.

“It would be a lot of money to get him eight more belts. To be honest with you, we don’t even have eight more belts. We order them as we do events. It’s going to be a little bit of back up on his belts, but we’ll get it done.”

Johnson further addressed the belt situation at UFC on FOX 24’s post-event news conference. He said there’s no question he’ll take home the strap wrapped around his waist after the dominant victory over Reis, which would boost his total collection to two UFC belts. He said that would be enough to hold him over, but only for now.

“I’m taking this mother(expletive) home,” Johnson told reporters. “I’ve got two belts. Hopefully they send it to me, but I’ve got my two belts, one for (my son) Tyron and one for (my other son) Maverick so they don’t have to fight over one.”

Johnson said he still expects more belts to come his way from his previous title wins, as well as the ones he anticipates winning in the future as he attempts to further extend his reign atop the 125-pound division.

Although having 10 or more title belts in his possession would be nice, Johnson said more than anything, he just wants them so he can take an iconic photo. That shouldn’t be too much to ask for the No. 1 fighter in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA pound-for-pound rankings.

“I just want to recapture that photo that Floyd Mayweather has done, Andre Ward just did it,” Johnson said. “All my belts. I’ll even bring my amateur belts just to show the process I’ve went through to get all these belts. I mean, 10 title defenses? Sometimes when I take a step back and smell the roses, I’m like, ‘Damn, I’ve been a champion since 2012, in September, when I won it in Toronto, Canada. I’m still here today.'”

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