
(Rumble poses next to a normal-sized human being. Photo via KnoxxGear.)
By Ryan Ventura
For a long time, many fans have felt that Anthony Johnson was too big to be playing around in the welterweight jungle. But now they get their wish and he is making the jump to the middleweight division to face ‘The Phenom’ Vitor Belfort at UFC 142, January 14th in Rio. “I still want to fight at 170,” said Johnson “but I’m excited about making the jump to 185 and we’ll see what happens after this fight is over.”
In a way, this opportunity to fight the legendary Vitor Belfort is coming full circle for Anthony Johnson. The two first met after Anthony’s very first professional Mixed Martial Arts bout back in 2006. “I knocked out my opponent in one minute and nine seconds. Vitor happened to be in the crowd, Shogun Rua was too. After the fight, Vitor gave me props and shook my hand. I never thought I’d be fighting a man who I shook hands with many years ago. I’m a fan of Vitor Belfort and always will be. It’s going to be fun fighting him.”








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Now I'm off to bed. All the free Veterans Day beers I had made me a bit drowsy. Feel free to follow me on twitter to keep up with all my "B-League" tweets!
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hahaha...spot on, Cabbage Patch it is~!
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@ italia furia - I haven't seen all Johnson's fights, but he never impressed me either with what I witnessed. He is a good fighter, but doesn't leave many lasting impressions.
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@ J. Spaceman - most could care less if the negroe stepped out of the hood, or used to be a the token black on Beverly Hills Cop. Trying to play off the Cabbage Patch Kids is "B-League".
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AND..WTF are you doing kissing Dana Whites taint?
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@Jay_Spaceman Jason
@danawhite It's not like you have to let them in The Smasher Group, just let them into the Fan Expo #freecagepotato
21 Mar via web
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You keep that up Jason, and your gonna get bounced from the "B-Leagues" and end up with a D- I know you don't want that one.
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@ skeletor - "training with Karma..." funny. I wonder how Karma training is coming along....why not do a special on his training methods, and techniques CP?
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@CP - how come you fuckers never write articles on anything the others pricks around recommend?
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This fight will be a good way to test AnJo's ability to take several punches to the back of the skull.
leave me the f--- alone. I don't say two words to you when you make your asinine comments on nearly every story. No, I didn't have a dog in the Rumble/Brenneman fight, because I didn't see either as long-term threats to anyone w/ exception of fighters working their way up the ladder, but def not as a contender/title challenger.
Christ, because I don't like someone AUTOMATICALLY means I must be some MMA newbie retard. get a f---ing life.
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