{"id":219706,"date":"2017-01-27T12:08:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T20:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=219706"},"modified":"2017-01-27T12:09:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T20:09:32","slug":"daniel-cormier-vows-to-knock-rumble-johnson-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier-vows-to-knock-rumble-johnson-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier vows to knock Rumble Johnson out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the main event of UFC 210, UFC light heavyweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-johnson\/breaking-daniel-cormier-vs-anthony-johnson-official\/\">Daniel Cormier will step into the Octagon to defend his title belt<\/a> for the second time as he once again will meet heavy handed knockout artist Anthony &#8216;Rumble&#8217; Johnson. Cormier <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-johnson\/breaking-daniel-cormier-vs-anthony-johnson-official\/\">announced the matchup earlier in the week<\/a> during an appearance on Fox Sports 1&#8217;s &#8216;UFC Tonight&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time the pair were scheduled to meet in the Octagon, back in 2016 at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-johnson\/daniel-cormier-ufc-206-title-fight-anthony-johnson\/\">UFC 206 in Toronto, the pair were supposed to have their rematch for Cormier&#8217;s belt<\/a>, however Cormier was forced out of the bout after he tore an adductor in his groin. Cormier revealed his intentions to return to the Octagon in early spring, which turned out to be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/daniel-cormier-gives-update-timetable-return\/\">right on point with the announcement of his April 8th fight with Johnson.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/UFC-187-Johnson-vs-Cormier-Poster.png\" alt=\"Johnson Cormier\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-142015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/UFC-187-Johnson-vs-Cormier-Poster.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/UFC-187-Johnson-vs-Cormier-Poster-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/UFC-187-Johnson-vs-Cormier-Poster-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/UFC-187-Johnson-vs-Cormier-Poster-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the fight, which is expected to serve as the main event, given Cormier&#8217;s Olympic calibre wrestling, and given the fact that he won the pair&#8217;s first fight using his wrestling to ultimately get a submission win, many expected Cormier to enter into the rematch with a similar gameplan.<\/p>\n<p>On UFC Tonight he revealed that wasn&#8217;t the case:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Daniel-Cormier-200-jones-out.png\" alt=\"ufc light heavyweight champion\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-211257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Daniel-Cormier-200-jones-out.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Daniel-Cormier-200-jones-out-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Daniel-Cormier-200-jones-out-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Daniel-Cormier-200-jones-out-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI get to go in there and fold up Rumble Johnson like a nice load of laundry. No wrestling. I\u2019m standing up with Rumble Johnson. You say you\u2019re going to knock me \u2013 prove it to me on April 8th. I\u2019ll be waiting for you. I\u2019m going to stand with this dude. What\u2019s the worst that can happen?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This of course likely plays right into Johnson&#8217;s plan of keeping the fight standing and knocking Cormier out, adding his fourth straight win by KO. Of course Cormier could merely be bluffing and attempting to throw Johnson off from his gameplan.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var v = 'Just%20Scrap%20Fight%203%20-%20Kenue%20Mundon%20VS%20Alex%20Bacdad';<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/vcdn.vbz.netdna-cdn.com\/bjpenn\/optimized\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 1\/27\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the main event of UFC 210, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will step into the Octagon to defend his title belt for the second time as he once again will meet heavy handed knockout artist Anthony &#8216;Rumble&#8217; Johnson. Cormier announced the matchup earlier in the week during an appearance on Fox Sports 1&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":169402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10108,10153,10086],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Daniel Cormier vows to knock Rumble Johnson out | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier vows to knock Anthony Johnson out at UFC 210 in April when they fight for the belt.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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