Anthony Johnson is the talk of the town following UFC on FOX 18. Johnson dominated Bader in their main event fight and knocked out Bader. Now Johnson is the #1 contender for the light heavyweight title. He will fight the winner of Daniel Cormier – Jon Jones whenever that happens this year.
Following the fight, Johnson spoke about the win and if he is willing to take another fight while waiting for Cormier and Jones to fight.
“Yeah (I would take another fight) – that’s a paycheck. “I just want to wait until Jon and ‘DC’ fight then I’ll think about what’s next. Because in this game they can tell you that you have the next title shot and three or four months later, six months later, you’re not fighting for a title.”
Johnson is ready to fight the winner of Cormier – Jones and is preparing himself to step in for one of the fighters if they cannot compete.
“That’s the biggest fight of my life,” Johnson said at the post-fight conference. “They want to make me wait that long? I definitely would do it. It gives me plenty of time for me to get ready for whoever. “If somebody gets hurt and they need a replacement I’ll definitely jump in if I’m healthy and able to fight.”
Johnson was scheduled to fight Jones at UFC 187, but those plans were scrapped when Jones was stripped of the belt and suspended from the UFC indefinitely in connection with a hit-and-run incident that he was involved in on April 28th. The UFC then booked Johnson vs. Cormier at UFC 187, which saw Cormier beat Johnson.
Johnson feels that he will fight Jones one day.
“Jon and I will fight one day,” Johnson said. “We have mutual respect for each other. We’ve never talked trash about each other, every time we see each other we show each other love. Especially with the media and everything hyping up a fight between him and I. I was supposed to be the guy to knock him out and beat him and all that other stuff. “I think we definitely want to challenge each other and see what we’re made of. We’re just two guys, two alpha-males like that that are just competitive.”
The UFC is expected to announce a date for the Cormier – Jones fight soon.
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