{"id":112488,"date":"2014-09-15T11:28:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T18:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=112488"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:32:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:32:06","slug":"gustafsson-wants-fight-with-anthony-johnson-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/gustafsson-wants-fight-with-anthony-johnson-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Gustafsson Wants Fight With Anthony Johnson In January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/ufc-fight-night-37-results-gustafsson-puts-manuwa-away-in-the-first-round-and-calls-out-the-champ\/alexander-gustafsson-wins-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88974\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alexander-Gustafsson-wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Alexander Gustafsson wins PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alexander-Gustafsson-wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alexander-Gustafsson-wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alexander-Gustafsson-wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fight fans may get the chance to see the highly anticipated light heavyweight bout between Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Rumble Johnson sooner rather than later.  <\/p>\n<p>After initially stating that he had no desire to fight Anthony Johnson, and that he would rather wait for a title shot against the winner of Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier, Alexander Gustafsson changed his mind, and decided he would fight Anthony Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M-GO5xkq60o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KammakazeTV<\/a> to discuss his thoughts on the fight.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWell, he challenged me, he wants to fight me, and I\u2019m down with that,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to fight him too. We\u2019re just waiting for conformation, a date and where&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite his desire to fight ASAP, Gustafsson knows he needs to complete more rehabilitation on his injured knee before stepping in the cage.  As a result, he thinks a fight between himself and Johnson is possible for January.<\/p>\n<p>Rumble has taken the popular approach of hyping the fight with trash talk via Twitter, something Gustafsson doesn&#8217;t give much thought to.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He\u2019s doing a good job. That\u2019s just part of the business.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Given that the winner of the Johnson vs. Gustafsson bout will likely get the winner of Jones vs. Cormier, &#8216;The Mauler&#8217; has his eye on that fight as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m very excited to see that fight.  DC is a great opponent for Jones. But I still believe that Jones has his reach, his momentum to win the fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fight fans may get the chance to see the highly anticipated light heavyweight bout between Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Rumble Johnson sooner rather than later. 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