Anthony Johnson meddelade nyligen att han ville möta Alexander Gustafsson, och nu vet Johnson när han vill att det mötet ska äga rum. Dock så vill Anthony först in i oktagonen tillsammans med Ryan Bader, och detta hade han att säga via ”UFC.com”:
Hopefully I’ll be able to fight in late October or something like that if there are any fights open. I was hoping I could fight Ryan Bader in late October and fight Gus on the Jon Jones card. That’s my idea.
People finally want me to start calling people out, you know what I mean? I never did that before. But I’ve always wanted to fight Ryan Bader because I’ve always thought he was a tough fighter.
Nobody has really seen my wrestling, so a fight with [Bader] would be a good way for me to display my wrestling. In my opinion, he is a better wrestler than Phil Davis.
Johnson hade även följande att säga om den möjliga matchen mot Gustafsson:
It will be a good fight. Gus is taller than me, but I think we have the same amount of length of reach. So it’ll be interesting. Gus likes to move a lot and I like to stalk people and see what they have to offer. It will be a hell of fight. I definitely want to give the fans what they want to see.
Hopefully we can make the Jones-Cormier fight, one of those fights where that whole card is like a preview of what the light heavyweights have to offer.
Sist vi såg Anthony inne i oktagonen tog han sig an och slog ut Antonio ”Lil Nog” Nogueira, då de möttes vid ”UFC on FOX 12”.
