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Fighter Details

• Given Name:Anthony Kewoa Johnson
• Pro MMA Record:22-6-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
• Nickname:Rumble
• Current Streak:1 Loss
• Age:37 Date of Birth:1984.03.06
• Last Fight:April 08, 2017inUFC
• Weight Class:Light Heavyweight Last Weigh-In:203.8 lbs
• Affiliation:Sanford MMA
• Height:6'2' (188cm) Reach:78.0' (198cm)
• Career Disclosed Earnings:$1,797,000 USD
• Born:Dublin, Georgia, United States
• Fighting out of:Boca Raton, Florida
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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. As a result, Johnson has considered a permanent move to the middleweight division.

Johnson made an immediate impact upon his entrance to the UFC, knocking out opponent Chad Reiner at Ultimate Fight Night 10 in only 13 seconds. He also boasts highlight reel-worthy knockouts over Tommy Speer, as well as Kevin Burns in a rematch after an inadvertent eye poke ended their first encounter prematurely.

Johnson’s strength at this point in his career is his standup striking, particularly in the first minutes of a fight, as well as the extraordinary size advantage conferred on him by his unusual ability to cut so much weight. Despite a disappointing loss to Josh Koscheck in a high profile fight that would have put him in line to challenge for the title, Johnson looks to contend for a championship as soon as he puts a solid string of victories together. In March, 2011, Johnson notched the biggest victory of his career to-date when he controlled Dan Hardy en route to a comfortable Unanimous Decision. He would pick up another win over Charlie Brenneman before losing to Vitor Belfort and subsequently get cut from the UFC.

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Since leaving the UFC Johnson continued fighting and racked up a 6 fight win streak including wins over DJ Linderman and Andrei Arlovski for the World Series of Fighting promotion. His next victim turned out to be veteran fighter Mike Kyle, whom Johnson knocked out in barely over 2 minutes at WSOF 8. With the exception of the Arlovski fight that was at heavyweight the rest of the bouts were at Johnson's new weight class of light heavyweight. The UFC took notice of his streak and he is now set to return to the octagon against Phil Davis at UFC 172.
After besting Phil Davis at UFC 172 via unanimous decision, 'Rumble' was set to face former title challenger Alexander Gustafsson in 'The Mauler's' hometown of Stockholm, Sweden. Johnson emerged victorious from the bout, stopping Gustafsson with strikes in the very first round. Johnson is now the undisputed number one contender of the UFC's light heavyweight division, and will fight champion Jon Jones at the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas, on 23 May, UFC 187.

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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.

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“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.

“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.”

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.”