Anthony Johnson

Dana White just used the three strikes and you’re out policy to cut ties with welterweight/middleweight fighter Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. The question now isn’t whether or not Johnson can compete in the UFC, but can he keep his weight under control. He has missed weight three times in his career, twice at 171 pounds and most recently missing by 12 pounds for his middleweight bout with Vitor Belfort. This isn’t the usual cut of a fighter based on performance, but whether Johnson can actually show up in shape to fights. Johnson looked slow and drawn out in the fight with [...]

What a way to start off the new year. Jose Aldo continued his dominance of the featherweight division at UFC 142 in Rio while Vitor Belfort made sure an overweight “Rumble” Johnson didn’t stop the momentum he built after his vicious knockout of “Sexyama.” The rest of the card was no sneeze fest, Palhares grabbed his signature heel hook against Mike Massenzio and Edson Barboza gave us a knockout of the year candidate with his spinning heel kick.  Here are the matches to make after UFC 142 for the main card winners. Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung Aldo destroyed [...]

Anthony “Rumble” Johnson (8-3) was scheduled to be on the first UFC on Versus card. Unfortunately, Johnson was forced to withdraw from his bout with John “Doomsday” Howard (13-4) due to a knee injury. Pro MMA Now was the first to report the injury. The news has since been confirmed by Johnson’s manager. This was a fight that was supposed to go down when Howard was a UFC newcomer. Howard was offered a fight with Johnson, but he turned it down because he was looking for some more time to develop. Howard is coming off of six straight victories — [...]