{"id":119499,"date":"2014-11-17T16:39:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T00:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=119499"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:09:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:09:56","slug":"johnson-suspension-lifted-couldnt-anything-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/johnson-suspension-lifted-couldnt-anything-cry\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson on suspension being lifted: &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t do anything but cry&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/hes-back-anthony-johnson-reinstated-by-ufc\/amthony-johnson\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118076\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Amthony-Johnson.png\" alt=\"Amthony Johnson\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Amthony-Johnson.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Amthony-Johnson-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Amthony-Johnson-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top ranked UFC light heavyweight Anthony &#8216;Rumble&#8217; Johnson found himself suspended indefinitely by the UFC after domestic violence allegations from his ex-wife.<\/p>\n<p>Recently however, the UFC&#8217;s investigation turned up that Johnson was innocent, which he maintained throughout the entire process, and &#8216;Rumble&#8217; was reinstated.  Not only that, he was quickly signed to fight Alexander Gustafsson in Sweden in January.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson joined Ariel Helwani on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/11\/17\/7236309\/anthony-johnson-with-suspension-behind-him-it-s-like-a-huge-amount-of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a> to discuss what it felt like when the suspension was lifted.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I cried.  Whenever I got home, I cried. I cried just because with so much going on and me not giving up and still having faith and believing in myself and stuff like that\u2026I was emotional man, you know? Going through so much in somebody\u2019s career and you get one of the biggest opportunities of a lifetime, that comes right to you. I couldn\u2019t do anything but cry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s nothing really to say; it\u2019s been dismissed and that\u2019s all that matters.  Both parties went their own way. That\u2019s the end of the story. I don\u2019t have any hard feelings towards her. Like I said, I\u2019m just going to stay positive no matter what. So there\u2019s really nothing more to say.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top ranked UFC light heavyweight Anthony &#8216;Rumble&#8217; Johnson found himself suspended indefinitely by the UFC after domestic violence allegations from his ex-wife. Recently however, the UFC&#8217;s investigation turned up that Johnson was innocent, which he maintained throughout the entire process, and &#8216;Rumble&#8217; was reinstated. 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