{"id":344026,"date":"2020-03-11T10:03:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T17:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=344026"},"modified":"2020-03-11T10:03:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T17:03:26","slug":"anthony-johnson-provides-update-on-ufc-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-johnson-provides-update-on-ufc-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Johnson provides update on UFC comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight title contender Anthony Johnson has provided fans with an update regarding his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-johnson-drops-timeframe-for-ufc-return-aims-to-just-hurt-people\/\">return<\/a> to mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, 36, has not been in the Octagon since UFC 210 in April 2017. On that night in Buffalo he was submitted by Daniel Cormier, failing to capture the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship from &#8220;DC&#8221; for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>There have been plenty of rumors surrounding a potential return to the cage for &#8220;Rumble&#8221;, and during a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/03\/anthony-johnson-comeback-retirement-update-usada-testing-pool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>, Johnson confirmed that he&#8217;s on the path back to the UFC &#8211; however, he still needs to re-insert himself into the USADA testing pool.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 210: Anthony Johnson Announces His Retirement\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bmBjcDdfneM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything is going smooth,\u201d Johnson said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/03\/anthony-johnson-comeback-retirement-update-usada-testing-pool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cNo date set, yet. I just plan on catching a lot of bodies when I come back, that\u2019s all I know. It don\u2019t matter if it\u2019s heavyweight or light heavyweight. I\u2019ll knock \u2019em all out. It don\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI weigh 230, 235 right now \u2013 something like that,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI\u2019ll fight both. It don\u2019t matter what weight. (Miocic and Jones are) both athletes, they\u2019re both champions, they\u2019re both great fighters. The best ever in both weight classes. So, I\u2019ll be glad to take the opportunity to fight both of them, no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you feel like you\u2019ve still got it, or you still feel like you have something to prove, you\u2019re willing to go out there and sacrifice your life pretty much to go out there and prove it,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cNot just to everybody else, but to yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is 12-2 in his last 14 fights with his only two losses in that time coming against Cormier. However, there are still a few questions being raised about just how competitive he can be following three years out of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the weight he returns at, though, fans around the world will be happy to see him back.<\/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 3\/11\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight title contender Anthony Johnson has provided fans with an update regarding his return to mixed martial arts. Johnson, 36, has not been in the Octagon since UFC 210 in April 2017. On that night in Buffalo he was submitted by Daniel Cormier, failing to capture the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":332425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10108,39610],"tags":[98,15],"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>Anthony Johnson provides update on UFC comeback | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC light heavyweight title contender Anthony Johnson has provided fans with an update regarding his return to mixed martial arts.\" \/>\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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