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Anthony Johnson Highlights 2015 'Rumble'. Unsubscribe from Dream Eskimo? Subscribed Unsubscribe. Anthony “Rumble” Johnson is one of the UFC’s most promising young fighters. Perhaps the largest man ever to fight in the welterweight (170 lb.) division, Johnson is reputed to cut approximately 40 lbs. In order to make weight, and indeed, missed the cut in his fight against Yoshiyuki Yoshida by a full six pounds. February 9, 2021. Bellator’s 8-man light heavyweight grand prix will begin on April 9th at UFC 256. A first round matchup between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Yoel Romero has been booked for Bellator 257. Romero is still the slight betting favorite to beat Rumble at -120 to -110 as of February 9th.
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Dana White on Dormant ‘Rumble’ Comeback Talks: ‘Nothing Wrong with Being Retired’. By: Tristen Critchfield Jun, 22, 2020. Last year, Anthony Johnson revealed that he was targeting a UFC. Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson KO’s Bader in 1st round of UFC bout Originally published January 30, 2016 at 7:08 pm Updated January 30, 2016 at 7:57 pm Share story.
As Anthony Johnson inches closer to his UFC return, ‘Rumble’ is getting the hype train rolling.
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Although Johnson is expected to return to the UFC at light heavyweight, the feared knockout artist plans to ‘bury everybody’ in the promotion.
“Everybody [who he wants to fight]. Everybody. I’m not gonna call out one person – everybody. I’m trying to bury everybody,” Johnson said in a recent interview (h/t Ryan MacCarthy of Low Kick MMA).
Johnson submitted his first sample to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in September and is expected to make a comeback in 2021. The 36-year-old hasn’t fought since his submission loss to then-light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier at UFC 210, which took place in 2017.
Although Johnson plans to compete at light heavyweight, Francis Ngannou would be ‘very interested’ in showing Rumble the ropes at heavyweight.
“Yeah, I would be very interested in that fight,” Ngannou told Morning Kombat. “Rumble Johnson is a guy that I respect a lot. I know him as a person, and I admire him as a person. It would be great to share the Octagon with him, no matter if it’s for the title or not.
“Even beyond Rumble Johnson I still have some dreams and some aspirations. But I have stay focused and realistic, and deal with the situation right now. Obviously that question has popped up before, and I would be down for that fight. It would such a great fight, and it would be such an honor to fight Rumble Johnson.” (Transcribed by BJPENN.com)
For fight fans searching for something to look forward to once the coronavirus pandemic has eased, Anthony Johnson’s return to UFC action might just fit the bill.
The explosive former light heavyweight contender said during a recent Dominance MMA media day, where he said he was open to coming back at either light heavyweight or heavyweight – and even suggested he could compete in both.
“I feel good. I’m healthy, aside from the typical injuries, bruises and stuff like that,” Johnson told MMA Junkie. “I’m 230, 235 (pounds), somewhere around that, so I don’t mind going down to light heavy or just staying at heavy. I’ll fight in both weight classes.
“Everything’s open. I feel good. I’ll probably go down to light heavyweight, but I’m not against staying up and fighting at heavyweight. Everybody in both weight classes are very talented, so I’m looking forward to the challenges that I’ve got coming.”
Up until recently, it looked like “Rumble” had completely moved on from his MMA career, but now all that has changed, with Johnson making the decision to return.
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“No excuses, I was really done. I wanted nothing more to do with MMA,” Johnson said. “I didn’t want to work on grappling anymore, I didn’t want to do any wrestling, I got tired of punching and kicking and all that stuff. I was really checked out. I would say this: I probably wasn’t as mature back then, either. I’ve had time to reflect on a lot of things and grow as a person.
“I don’t mind getting on the ground now and rolling around. Obviously I did a grappling match. I did a sumo match, so obviously rolling around and doing all that weird stuff is not out of the norm now.”
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The reason for his change of heart was one of the biggest fights in recent years, which reminded him of his own fighting talents and reignited the competitive spark that eventually led to his decision.
“(It was) DC and Stipe 2 (at UFC 241),” he said. “I was actually watching them fight, saw them fight, and that was actually probably the third or fourth fight I’d watched since I retired. When I said I was done with MMA I was really done with MMA. At least, mentally I felt like I was done. I saw them fight, saw them go at it. They were the two best guys at that time. They displayed so much skill and talent. Everybody else probably saw a normal fight where they weren’t doing that much, but I saw skill, talent, the timing, the setups. Everything was at such a high level. It just made me say, ‘You know what, I can still do that, so I’m going to go out there and give it a shot.'”
Now, with “Rumble” eyeing a return, his aim isn’t just to compete. It’s to continue his MMA journey all the way to a UFC title. And if that means a fight with Jon Jones, so be it.
“I want to beat whoever has the belt, (and) most likely Jon will have the belt,” Johnson said. “I should be fighting by the end of the year.”