{"id":250620,"date":"2017-10-02T12:56:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T19:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=250620"},"modified":"2017-10-02T12:56:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T19:56:35","slug":"breaking-manager-says-anthony-johnson-meeting-ufc-discuss-hw-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-johnson\/breaking-manager-says-anthony-johnson-meeting-ufc-discuss-hw-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking | Anthony Johnson is meeting with UFC to discuss heavyweight return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after his UFC 210 disappointing loss to UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, long-time light heavyweight contender Anthony Johnson announced his decision to retire from mixed martial arts. Though he did leave the door open for a potential heavyweight showdown with Jon Jones sometime down the road, it really did sound like &#8220;Rumble&#8221; had fought his last fight.<\/p>\n<p>While the light heavyweight star has apparently been doing well in his ventures outside the cage, he must be getting the so-called itch again, because according to his manager Ali Abdelaziz, he&#8217;s meeting with the UFC to discuss a possible comeback fight at heavyweight.<\/p>\n<p>Abdelaziz dropped this bomb about Anthony Johnson on Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/mma-hour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ali said Rumble Johnson is meeting with UFC soon to decide if he wants to come back. This time at heavyweight. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheMMAHour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheMMAHour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretMovesMMA\/status\/914936378739347457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At this time, it&#8217;s hard to say if these talks between Anthony Johnson and the UFC will go anywhere. It&#8217;s more difficult still to imagine who he might fight in a potential heavyweight return \u2013 though he has expressed desire for a fight with Alistair Overeem in the past.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of these news? Do you think we&#8217;ll see Anthony Johnson competing in the UFC heavyweight division in the near future? Join the debate in the comments section!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/2\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after his UFC 210 disappointing loss to UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, long-time light heavyweight contender Anthony Johnson announced his decision to retire from mixed martial arts. 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