| Anthony Johnson | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | Anthony Kewoa Johnson March 6, 1984 Dublin, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | November 13, 2022 (aged 38) Laurens County, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | Rumble | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Division | Heavyweight (2013) Light heavyweight (2014–2017, 2021) Middleweight (2012) Welterweight (2006–2011) | ||||||||||||||
| Reach | 78 in (198 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Fighting out of | Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Blackzilians (2011–2017)[2] Combat Club (2017–2022)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Wrestling | NJCAA Wrestling[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2006–2017; 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| By decision | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| By submission | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |||||||||||||||
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Anthony Kewoa Johnson[5] (March 6, 1984 – November 13, 2022) was an American mixed martial artist. He spent most of his career competing for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was a multiple time title challenger, before ending his career with a single fight with Bellator MMA. He fought in the welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. Johnson had a small acting role as a fighter in a large international mixed martial arts tournament called Sparta in the 2011 film Warrior.[6] He was often regarded as one of the best mixed martial artists never to have won a UFC Championship.
He was the number 1 ranked light heavyweight contender in official UFC rankings,[7] and was ranked number 2 in the world by Sherdog and ESPN, before his retirement in April 2017. Johnson later came out of retirement in May 2021 and won his last fight by knockout.[8]
- ^ "Fight Card – UFC 172 Jones vs. Teixeira". UFC.com. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ^ Keefer, Case (May 22, 2015). "UFC 187 title hopefuls Belfort, Johnson form alliance after fierce fight". Las Vegas Sun.
- ^ Steven Marrocco (September 6, 2017). "Glenn Robinsons' JACO gym seeks court order against former Blackzilians coach Henri Hooft". mmajunkie.com.
- ^ "Wrestling National Champions - Updated 04/18/2011" (PDF). NJCAA.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
- ^ "BlackZilians Fighter Page for Anthony Johnson". Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ Stets, Michael (July 29, 2013). "Anthony Johnson Talks Ray Sefo Fighting at WSOF 4, Being in the Movie 'Warrior'". Bleacher Report, Inc.
- ^ "UFC Fighter Rankings". ufc.com. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
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