Demetrious Johnson isn’t oblivious to the discussion surrounding his marketability as a UFC champion. However, that doesn’t mean he cares.

Ever since the UFC introduced a flyweight division in March 2012, there’s been a constant debate about the level of interest in the weight class. Events headlined by the weight class – specifically Johnson’s title fights – struggle to sell tickets and pay-per-views.

Although Johnson doesn’t talk a particularly big game, it can’t be denied that he delivers inside the octagon. “Mighty Mouse” has dominated the competition with early knockouts, late submissions and one-sided bell-to-bell beat downs during his six-fight title reign.

Johnson’s (22-2-1 MMA, 10-1-1 UFC) next contest takes place Sept. 5 in Las Vegas at UFC 191 when he takes on John Dodson (17-6 MMA, 6-1 UFC) at MGM Grand Garden Arena. The 125-pound title rematch serves as the pay-per-view main event following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

In advance of the event Johnson was again asked about his marketability as one of 10 UFC champions. He said listening to “uneducated” fans is not a point of his concern. Rather, he focuses simply on winning his fights in the most spectacular fashion possible.

“It’s only the fans and uneducated fools out there that say, ‘Oh, you’re boring,'” Johnson told MMAjunkie on today’s UFC 191 media call. “You can say so, but you just don’t understand what I’m doing. There’s a process going on with the technique I bring to the table.

“I try not to think about that stuff because it’s only going to go so far. When you start thinking about that stuff then you don’t give great performances. I’m in the history book for the latest submission in UFC history. I’m more focused on that; going out and performing and being a well-rounded fighter.”

Although he remains focused on training hard and winning fights, Johnson has seemingly turned a corner with his approach outside the cage. For the early portion of his title reign the 29-year-old was a reserved personality that would remain humble regardless of his surrounding.

That’s changed recently, however, because Johnson has started to open up and share unfiltered thoughts on various topics. He said he’s received some pushback for that that demeanor, as well, which has ultimately made him realize complaints will come regardless of personality or fighting style.

“You can’t make everybody in the world happy,” Johnson said. “People make comments about me being honest and speaking my mind and some people are like, ‘I wish he would just shut the hell up.’ There’s a person where you can make them a cup of tea and they’re going to like it or they’re not. You can’t make everyone in the world happy. Once you start trying to make everyone in the world happy and make the fans happy then you’re going to lose sight of what’s more important and that’s being the best mixed martial artist in the world.”

Moreover, Johnson said he understands that no matter what he does, he won’t be able to buy the favor of certain spectators. To those asking him for more, Johnson said there are alternate avenues of entertainment.

“When I knocked out Joseph Benavidez, one of the comments that made me laugh so hard was, ‘Yeah man, I sat there and watched Joseph Benavidez get knocked out by Demetrious Johnson and I just shrugged my shoulders and went out and bought a burrito.’ OK, that’s good. So like I said, I’m not focused on trying to get the fans’ notoriety and getting them rallied behind me. If you want to see great mixed martial arts, tune in when I fight. If you want to see drama and all of that stuff, you guys can go watch ‘Bachelors in Paradise.’ They’ll give you enough drama you can want to watch.”

Johnson’s carefree attitude toward his public perception is good for him, he said. It affords more time to prepare for his upcoming fight, which is likely to be a difficult one.

Dodson gave Johnson arguably his most difficult fight when he lost a competitive unanimous decision at UFC on FOX 6 in January 2013. Johnson is undefeated in rematches throughout his career, but despite that success, said he’s readied for a far superior version of Dodson than what he’s already faced.

“For me, we were able to go back and look back at the first video for the fight and even look at the fights he had after we fought. We went back and started training to be the best martial artist you can on that night. Other than that, you can see the success you had for the first fight, but it doesn’t mean it’s going to be there in the second one. As time goes on that person will and should get better.”

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