Anthony Johnson comes in overweight for Titan FC 22
Posted on May 25, 2012, 01:00 PM by Mike Drahota
Anthony “Rumble” Johnson has come in overweight for this weekend's Titan Fighting Championships, continuing a disturbing trend for the talented but troubled fighter. Ousted from the UFC after coming in heavy for a third time, Johnson found a new home at Titan FC and a date to fight David Branch at Middleweight on Saturday. However, he showed up at 194 lbs., nine pounds over the 185 lb. limit. In January, he weighed 197 lbs. for his Middleweight bout with Vitor Belfort, a fight where he was embarrassed both in and out of the Octagon with a first round submission loss while overweight.
Although David Branch also weighed over at 189 lbs., Johnson agreed to give him $4,000 out of his fight purse. The fight will go on as a catchweight bout at 195 lbs., but it is clear that being overweight is costing Johnson his prime fighting years, both monetarily and credibility-wise. Being only 28 years old, Johnson still has time to turn his path around. A move to Light Heavyweight should be in the cards for the man who has shown up heavy in 4 of his 15 professional bouts, an alarming number.
Johnson's troubles show that he wants to maintain the biggest possible size and strength advantage over his opponents, but at what cost? Has he become completely unreliable as a fighter, a man with tons of striking talent and potential who is unwilling to abide by the rules and make weight as a professional. Perhaps his body has been ravaged by the extreme cuts he made down to 170 lbs., and the drop is just too hard to make these days. There is no doubt he could be a force if he focused on either making weight or just simply moved up a weight class to face men his own size. What will become of “Rumble?” Will we ever see him fight in the UFC again?
Further Reading: Anthony Johnson released from the UFC (Updated)
Comments
I heard he has a legit excuse this time. The Dr. actually prescribed him to eat a 4 month old baby, 6 hours before the weigh in, due to health reasons.
I found it funny when a fighter doesnt make weight, how can they miss the weight with the amount of training they are doing and all the professional nutritionist and trainers they work with.
LOL
Why doesn't he just fight at 205.
Cuz he's a coward! He wanna bully small dudes, get easy wins but fortunately he cant do it anymore... He will be forgotten very soon...
Bye Bye Rumble you wont be miss...
I honestly don't think it will help. He'll just gain another 30 pounds and weigh in at 217. Maybe if he goes to HW...
WTF?
C'mon he's made progress! 3 lbs. closer to making weight than last time! Way to go "Rumble", you douchebag.
Another "stumble" by the man once known as "rumble"! ;D
Desperate times call for desperate measures . He should hit up his doctor for a trt prescription
fire that nutritionist.
It's not the nutritionist's fault. Rumble's not missing weight because he's fat. On the contrary, he's ripped. He's just too damn big. He refuses to fight at his proper weight class.
The only thing that Rumbled was AJ's stomach after this intense weight cut...
While some guy are semi conscious in a sauna cutting the last pounds, Johnson is trying to lose weight by sweating over what to order at Mc Donalds.
This is ridiculous.....Thank you Dana for cutting this guy. Its unfair to all the fighters who make weight...
funny, I saw a video where they show his preparations for this fight, and his nutritionist says he was doing a great job staying away from gummy bears... lol
What's crazy, is that he used to fight at 170. He would struggle to make that weight, so went to 185. It seems in the move up, he has gone and packed on a tonne more muscle with the move. Why not just stay at the same "pre-cut" weight, but only have to cut to 185. Seems alot more reasonable to be.
he trains with rashad at the blackzillians...im pretty sure his teammates are embarrassed by his lack of motivation. he's pretty much made himself and his team look bad...freakn douche...
I won't be sad to see him disappear. I'm not a fan of cutting to begin with. When people take it to the extreme like he tries to it amounts to cowardice in my book.