{"id":183901,"date":"2016-01-27T21:21:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T05:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=183901"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:14:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:14:22","slug":"anthony-johnson-discusses-fight-with-ryan-bader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anthony-johnson-discusses-fight-with-ryan-bader\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Johnson discusses high-stakes fight with Ryan Bader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/video-preview-fight-night-new-jersey-anthony-johnson-vs-ryan-bader\/\">&#8216;UFC on FOX 18&#8217;<\/a> scrap between Anthony Johnson and Ryan Bader very well may decide who gets to fight the winner of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/fertitta-talks-jones-vs-dc-ii-in-new-york\/\">Jones vs. Cormier II<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is coming off a 2nd round KO win over Jimi Manuwa that put him back in the win column after losing to Daniel Cormier at UFC 187 for the UFC light heavyweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>Bader on the other hand is riding a 5 fight win streak that most recently saw him pick up a unanimous decision win over Rashad Evans.  Heading into his bout with Johnson, UFC President Dana White has stated that Bader will get the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/bader-next-in-line-for-title-shot-with-win-over-johnson\/\">next title shot<\/a> if he defeats &#8216;Rumble&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/Anthony-Johnson-ready-to-beat-Ryan-Bader-up-in-New-Jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC.com<\/a> to discuss his mindset going into the fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIf he wins this fight then he gets a title shot and, if I lose, I don\u2019t get a title shot.  All I know is that I have to go out there and do my thing. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve been focused on. I just have to go out there and be myself. Of course, I believe I can knock out anybody that I fight. I\u2019m not saying I\u2019ve always been successful, but I believe 95 percent of the time I have a good chance of knocking you out. But I\u2019m not going in there thinking I\u2019m just going to knock him out. I\u2019m going in there and thinking I seriously have to fight this guy and beat him up so I can win. That\u2019s it.\u201d <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How do you see this high-stakes light heavyweight scrap going down on Saturday? Sound off below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday&#8217;s &#8216;UFC on FOX 18&#8217; scrap between Anthony Johnson and Ryan Bader very well may decide who gets to fight the winner of Jones vs. Cormier II later this year. 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