{"id":140870,"date":"2015-04-28T23:57:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T06:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=140870"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:31:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:31:36","slug":"dana-white-explains-cormierjohnson-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-explains-cormierjohnson-matchup\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Explains Cormier\/Johnson Matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-28-at-5.31.25-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-28-at-5.31.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-04-28 at 5.31.25 PM\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-140840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-28-at-5.31.25-PM.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-28-at-5.31.25-PM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-28-at-5.31.25-PM-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-28-at-5.31.25-PM-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC announced a game-changing matchup to one of the title fights at UFC 187 on Tuesday: Daniel Cormier and Anthony &#8220;Rumble&#8221; Johnson will be fighting for the vacated championship. <\/p>\n<p>With Jon Jones on the sidelines after getting stripped of his belt and suspended, Dana White and officials made the choice to give Cormier a shot against Johnson. While he was on UFC Tonight, White explained the logic behind the matchup. He stated, \u201cAnthony Johnson just beat Alexander Gustafsson and Daniel Cormier went five rounds with Jones. So it\u2019s number one vs. number two, in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think the right guy got the title shot?<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH! 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