{"id":291239,"date":"2018-11-13T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=291239"},"modified":"2018-11-13T06:00:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:00:52","slug":"michael-johnson-open-to-fight-with-zabit-magomedsharipov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-johnson-open-to-fight-with-zabit-magomedsharipov\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Johnson open to fight with Zabit Magomedsharipov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are not a lot of featherweights out there who are openly calling for a fight with dangerous Russian contender Zabit Magomedsharipov. Michael Johnson, however, is all for the matchup.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MMAjunkie Radio #2801: Art Davie, Michale Johnson and Jimmie Rivera are our guests today.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ir-ru093vYo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he wants to fight in December I\u2019m all for that,\u201d Michael Johnson told\u00a0MMAjunkie Radio this week (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ir-ru093vYo&amp;t=86m27s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cHe\u2019s a very tough guy, he\u2019s up and coming and it\u2019d be a great fight as well. He\u2019s ranked. None of those guys did call him out and I don\u2019t think anybody really has called him out. I\u2019m not necessarily going on air calling him out, but I\u2019m saying that\u2019s a fight I would take of course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Johnson is open to a fight with Magomedsharipov, his priority at present is just staying active. He&#8217;s riding a short-notice win over another high-profile Russian in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/artem-lobov-makes-good-on-promise-returns-20-fine-to-michael-johnson\/\">Artem Lobov<\/a>, and would like to keep that momentum going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just trying to stay active at this point,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m staying in the training room and trying to get better myself and get busy. At the end of the day we\u2019re fighters. That\u2019s what we do. We\u2019re not trainers and guys who just can train all day. We\u2019re fighters, so the more I can fight, the better position I\u2019ll be in physically and mentally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Johnson would definitely make an interesting opponent for the streaking Zabit Magomedsharipov, but he might not be at the top of the Russian&#8217;s list. Magomedsharipov has been vocal about his desire for a fight with a Yair Rodriguez, and after Rodriguez&#8217;s stunning win over Chan Sung Jung last weekend, he&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yair-rodriguez\/zabit-magomedsharipov-calls-out-yair-rodriguez-after-ufc-denver\/\">chasing the fight with renewed fervor.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will he ever call my name?? Or should I move on?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanshelby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@seanshelby<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zkSBusDKOS\">https:\/\/t.co\/zkSBusDKOS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zabit Magomedsharipov (@zabeast_mma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zabeast_mma\/status\/1061508668951277569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill he ever call my name?? Or should I move on??\u201d Magomedsharipov said in a Tweet directed at UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby and UFC President Dana White.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see Michael Johnson fight Zabit Magomedsharipov next?<\/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 11\/13\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are not a lot of featherweights out there who are openly calling for a fight with dangerous Russian contender Zabit Magomedsharipov. Michael Johnson, however, is all for the matchup. \u201cIf he wants to fight in December I\u2019m all for that,\u201d Michael Johnson told\u00a0MMAjunkie Radio this week (transcript via MMAjunkie). \u201cHe\u2019s a very tough guy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":291242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10516,39610,39452],"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>Michael Johnson open to fight with Zabit Magomedsharipov | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-johnson-open-to-fight-with-zabit-magomedsharipov\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Johnson open to fight with Zabit Magomedsharipov | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are not a lot of featherweights out there who are openly calling for a fight with dangerous Russian contender Zabit Magomedsharipov. 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