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Anthony Johnson’s Corner Upset With Decision To Wrestle Daniel Cormier

MMA fans were not the only ones who were shocked by Anthony Johnson’s gameplan in the main event of UFC 210 against Daniel Cormier for the UFC light heavyweight title, which was a rematch between the two fighters. Johnson’s corner was also shocked by his gameplan and pleaded with him when he elected to wrestle

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MMA fans were not the only ones who were shocked by Anthony Johnson’s gameplan in the main event of UFC 210 against Daniel Cormier for the UFC light heavyweight title, which was a rematch between the two fighters. Johnson’s corner was also shocked by his gameplan and pleaded with him when he elected to wrestle Cormier rather than engage in striking. They begged him to keep his distance and exchange strikes, but they got upset when he didn’t.

At one point in the fight, Johnson’s longtime striking coach Henri Hooft exclaimed, “This is stupid.” Between rounds, Johnson said nothing. Johnson ultimately was finished by Cormier when he locked in a rear-naked choke in the second round.

Courtesy of MMA Junkie, here are the excerpts from Johnson’s corner and apparently, the fighter’s retirement plans weren’t the only surprise of the night.

Round 1

Voice: Take your time. Nice. Take your time. Don’t take him down.

Hooft: Don’t wrestle him.

Voice: If you’re going to go, go single.

Hooft: You don’t have to wrestle him, AJ. Just relax.

Voice: Don’t wrestle him.

Hooft: Get out of there. Get out of there.

Grappling coach Neil Melanson: OK, stud. Now, let’s get your hands hot.

Voice: Why is he wrestling him?

Hooft: This is stupid.

Voice: Why is he wrestling him?

Hooft: (Expletive) it, man. Just get off the cage.

Voice: Get out of there.

Voice: Why isn’t he listening?

(Johnson and Cormier are broken up by referee John McCarthy, and Johnson lands kicks.)

Voice: He’s tired already, DC. He doesn’t need to do this.

Voice: Why isn’t he listening?

Hooft: I don’t know why he’s doing that. We have no (expletive) eyes.

Break between Round 1 and Round 2

Hooft: Can you tell me why you’re wrestling? Now, you’re not going to wrestle. You take your distance. Stay away, two steps away. Why are you so worried about everything? The kicks and the knees are really good, but no kicks. Where’s your hands?

Voice: You’re doing great. Don’t (expletive) wrestle him.

Hooft: If you stand your distance, it’s an easy game. Why make it difficult?

Round 2

Hooft: Movement. Athletic. Movement. That’s it. Take your distance.

(Johnson reverses against the cage and goes for another takedown)

Hooft: You need distance.

Hooft: I’m not saying nothing.

(Cormier has Johnson on the mat and is setting up a choke)

Hooft: It’s going the same as last time.

(Johnson submits to Cormier via rear-naked choke)

Hooft: Why, why the (expletive) does this happen every (expletive) time, man? Crazy.

Following the fight, Johnson shocked everyone by retiring from MMA, and before he made the announcement, he was looking for Hooft, but Hooft was nowhere to be found.

“I gave my commitment to another job,” Johnson said. “Something that I’ve been wanting to do for a while. It’s not MMA related or anything like that. It’s just time for me to move on to something else. I’m tired of getting punched by guys and rolling around on the ground with guys.”

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UFC 210 Reebok Fighter Payouts: Anthony Johnson & Daniel Cormier Top List

UFC 210 is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money. UFC 210 took place on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The prelims aired on UFC Fight Pass with four bouts at 6 p.m. ET and on FOX Sports 1

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UFC 210 is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money.

UFC 210 took place on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The prelims aired on UFC Fight Pass with four bouts at 6 p.m. ET and on FOX Sports 1 with four bouts at 8 p.m. ET. The main card aired on PPV at 10 p.m. ET with five bouts.

A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship rematch between the current champion Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson headlined the event. Chris Weidman vs. Gegard Mousasi in a middleweight bout co-headline this event. Rounding out the main card was Cynthia Calvillo vs. Pearl Gonzalez in a strawweight bout, Thiago Alves vs. Patrick Cote in a welterweight bout and Will Brooks vs. Charles Oliveira in a lightweight bout.

The full UFC payouts include:

Daniel Cormier: $40,000 def. Anthony Johnson: $30,000

Gegard Mousasi: $10,000 def. Chris Weidman: $10,000

Cynthia Calvillo: $2,500 def. Pearl Gonzalez: $2,500

Thiago Alves: $20,000 def. Patrick Cote: $20,000

Charles Oliveira: $15,000 def. Will Brooks: $2,500

Myles Jury: $5,000 def. Mike De La Torre: $5,000

Kamaru Usman: $2,500 def. Sean Strickland: $5,000

Shane Burgos: $2,500 def. Charles Rosa: $2,500

Patrick Cummins: $5,000 def. Jan Blachowicz: $5,000

Desmond Green: $2,500 def. Josh Emmett: $2,500

Gregor Gillespie: $2,500 def. Andrew Holbrook: $2,500

Katlyn Chookagian: $2,500 def. Irene Aldana: $2,500

Magomed Bibulatov: $2,500 def. Jenel Lausa: $2,500

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Gegard Mousasi vs. Chris Weidman Full Fight Video Highlights

An incredibly controversial result unfortunately marred what was otherwise a great contest between two former champions when Gegard Mousasi met Chris Weidman in the co-main event of last night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The first frame featured some effective takedowns from Weidman, who controlled much of the

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An incredibly controversial result unfortunately marred what was otherwise a great contest between two former champions when Gegard Mousasi met Chris Weidman in the co-main event of last night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.

The first frame featured some effective takedowns from Weidman, who controlled much of the action but looked to expend a ton of energy, while Mousasi worked his laserlike jab in a losing frame. The second round was much different, as Mousasi landed a huge flurry of pinpoint punches that had Weidman on his heels. To his credit, Weidman did get some advantageous positions on the ground, even taking Mousasi’s back at one point.

But Mousasi got back to his feet to land some big knees on Weidman, the second of which lead referee Dan Miragliotta to give Weidman a five-minute break due to an illegal strike on a downed opponent. During the break, however, a replay was somehow used (which is illegal for MMA bouts in New York) to determine the strike actually wasn’t on a downed fighter, prompting cageside doctors to stop the action in favor of Mousasi by TKO.

Mousasi picked up arguably his biggest UFC victory, but Weidman has already said he’s going to appeal the loss and wants an immediate rematch.

In the meantime, watch the full fight video highlights of the action-packed and strange bout here:

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Twitter Reacts To Anthony Johnson’s Abrupt Retirement Post-UFC 210

Following yesterday’s (Sat. April 8, 2017) UFC 210 pay-per-view (PPV), as No. 1-ranked light heavyweight Anthony Jonson was submitted by champ Daniel Cormier in the second round of their rematch, ‘Rumble’ decided to call it a career following a second unsuccessful title run. The mixed martial arts world was taken back by the news of

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Following yesterday’s (Sat. April 8, 2017) UFC 210 pay-per-view (PPV), as No. 1-ranked light heavyweight Anthony Jonson was submitted by champ Daniel Cormier in the second round of their rematch, ‘Rumble’ decided to call it a career following a second unsuccessful title run.

The mixed martial arts world was taken back by the news of the beloved knockout artist’s decision, and some of the best reactions from the biggest names in the sport can be found here:

Another hot topic of discussion from the event was Gegard Mousasi’s win over Chris Weidman. Mousasi landed a knee to Weidman’s skull while the New York native’s hands were down, and the referee called for a pause in action.

Soon after doctors ruled Weidman unfit to continue competing, and Mousasi was awarded a TKO victory:

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UFC 210 Bonuses: Charles Oliveira Banks $50k

UFC 210 went down live on pay-per-view (PPV) from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, and what a night of fights it was. Aside from the controversial finish to the highly anticipated middleweight bout between Chris Weidman and Gegard Mousasi, and a surprising retirement from Anthony Johnson after his loss to Daniel Cormier, four

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UFC 210 went down live on pay-per-view (PPV) from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, and what a night of fights it was.

Aside from the controversial finish to the highly anticipated middleweight bout between Chris Weidman and Gegard Mousasi, and a surprising retirement from Anthony Johnson after his loss to Daniel Cormier, four other fighters took home an extra $50k for their performances today.

Gregor Gillespie took home Performance Of The Night honors after his 21-second knockout of Andre Holbrook to close out the UFC Fight Pass prelims. Former featherweight contender Charles Oliveira made quite the statement when he submitted longtime 155-pounder Will Brooks in the first round. Both men were awarded $50,000 for their efforts.

The FS1 preliminary bout between Shane Burgos and Charles Rosa took home Fight Of The Night honors. After a highly competitive bout Burgos was able to close the fight in the third round. Both fighters took home an extra $50,000 for their performances.

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Chris Weidman Will Appeal Controversial Loss To Gegard Mousasi

Gegard Mousasi picked up a second-round TKO win over Chris Weidman in the co-main event of last night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, but it wasn’t an extremely large amount of controversy. The fight was stopped in the second after Mousasi hit Weidman with a knee that referee

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Gegard Mousasi picked up a second-round TKO win over Chris Weidman in the co-main event of last night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, but it wasn’t an extremely large amount of controversy.

The fight was stopped in the second after Mousasi hit Weidman with a knee that referee Dan Miragliotta dubbed illegal, giving Weidman five minutes to potentially recover. But when the strike was reviewed on cageside video by the fledgling New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), it was deemed legal and the fight was then called off as a win for Mousasi.

“The Dreamcatcher” may have finished Weidman after the big knee, but the outcome remained uncertain at that time nonetheless, and a referee giving a fighter time to recover shouldn’t lead to a clear win from the opponent without any resolution.

After the bout, Weidman spoke up to FOX Sports to voice his frustration at the head-scratching result:

The former champion, who is currently on the worst streak of his MMA career with three straight losses (albeit to top 5-ranked competition) said he wants a rematch with Mousasi and will also appeal the ruling:

“Oh, immediate rematch and appeal. You know, I wanna get three round with him fair and square. And I wanna finish him. I felt great. And what happened just sucks for everybody, I just feel bad for everybody who was watching at home and out here. And obviously for me, it was not the way I wanted this thing to turn out, so it’s going to be a tough pill to swallow, but I want the right thing to happen.”

Weidman elaborated further on the details of his puzzling loss, noting that while the replay may have showed his hand was not down during the knee, the referee had already ruled that it was, and therefore it was not legal to sue the replay to determine the outcome of the fight and switch a decision the official had already made:

“It’s such a messy thing. First of all, they just changed that rule, first of all it was like one hand, then it was two hands, and then they stopped the fight because, I thought my hand was down but apparently in the replay it wasn’t. But the ref thought it was. You can’t go back on that by looking at a replay during a fight. That’s not legal.”

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