Anthony Johnson talks about his upcoming rematch with Kevin Burns.
On his shock that the TKO victory in the first fight wasn't overtuned...
"I was very surprised that they didn’t overturn it. I don’t know what they were thinking for not overturning it...If something like that would’ve happened to Chuck Liddell, I guarantee you they would’ve been all over it, but it’s me and, not saying that I’m a nobody, but you know what I’m saying."
On what to expect in the rematch...
"A lot of people were telling me they wouldn’t rematch him again thinking he may poke me in the eye again. I’ve already talked to my people. If the shit goes down this time and he pokes me in my eye just one time, then just go ahead and stop the fight."
"He’s got a lot to prove in this fight. Everybody is looking at him as the bad guy and I know he’s looking to prove to everybody that he can beat me. I’m glad he’s thinking that way because I’m thinking the same way too. I’m going to knock his fvcking head off if I get a chance. It’s all good though. He’s getting prepared and I’m getting prepared and I think this fight is going to be entertaining."
"I’m not even worrying about putting him away. I’m going to just beat him. A lot of people think that I’m going to go in there and get revenge. It’s not even about revenge because if you go in there trying to get revenge, that’s when you mess up. I go in there to kill anyway, but it’s with a calm head. I’m not going in there for revenge. I’m going in there to fight and to win. I want to give the fans a good show and do what I do best. This time I won’t hold back at all."
"If he wanted to fight right now, we could do it."
Much more in the full interview:
http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content3708.html
It really is a joke that it wasn't at least made a no contest.
yeah and johnsons a really cool dude to.....but so is kevin but it was a bullshit call
Burns did have a broken hand in the first fight which led to him doing that silly palming thing and the poke. But Was anyone else here surprised when Burns forced AJ to use Tds to control the fight? I was. I was sort of impressed that Burns wasnt getting blown up standing.
I would not be that shocked to see Burns beat him legit. I also wouldnt mind seeing AJ getting his due and laying a beating down. But last time for all the talk of his kickboxing, he sure looked like a guy who wanted to wrestle.
stlnl2 - Burns did have a broken hand in the first fight which led to him doing that silly palming thing and the poke. But Was anyone else here surprised when Burns forced AJ to use Tds to control the fight? I was. I was sort of impressed that Burns wasnt getting blown up standing.
I would not be that shocked to see Burns beat him legit. I also wouldnt mind seeing AJ getting his due and laying a beating down. But last time for all the talk of his kickboxing, he sure looked like a guy who wanted to wrestle.
Yeah, I was gonna say, the first fight should have been a NC, but it's pretty ridiculous for Johnson to come out saying "I'm gonna knock his head off" when in the first match Burns had one hand and was still beating him on the feet badly enough that he was reduced to LnP.
LovesTheMILFS - AJ definitely got robbed in that one. I don't know how Burns was given the thumbs up to fight by the AC when he can't close his fucking hand to make a fist.
Because you have never seen a prefight physical?
lofl at burns beating AJ in the standup in the first fight..what fight were you guys watching??Aj damn near KOed burns twice, and the only reason AJ took burns down was because he was getting tired...
I'm sure getting poked in the eye a bunch of times affected his stand up as well.
Bry Bry - lofl at burns beating AJ in the standup in the first fight..what fight were you guys watching??Aj damn near KOed burns twice, and the only reason AJ took burns down was because he was getting tired...
So he took him down because he was gassing from winning so big on the feet? Nah Burns took what he had to offer, gave him some back, and AJ took him down because his own medicine is a bit bitter.
Also who said Burns was beating him on the feet? I didnt, I just expected with all of AJ's (and his fans like Bry Bry) talk about his incredible explosiveness and kickboxing lay and pray took me off guard. Learn to read better, or at least objectively.
BURNS WILL WIN. HE IS LEGIT.
It should have been overturned. And in no way should Burn be fighting in the UFC again. Ridiculous.
"I was very surprised that they didn't overturn it. I don't know what they were thinking for not overturning it...If something like that would've happened to Chuck Liddell, I guarantee you they would've been all over it, but it's me and, not saying that I'm a nobody, but you know what I'm saying."
Ummm, what aboout Belfort v. Couture
I see consistency in this ruling even though I think both fights should have been NC's.
I knew someone was going to bring up Belfort vs Couture which was a legit punch that caused a cut on the eyelid itself with the stitching from the gloves. It was not an illegal strike like an eye poke and they changed the gloves after.
damn that was crazy how many times AJ got poked in the eye...and the last on was the worst. Its bullshit it wasnt overturned.