Johnson has been eagerly awaiting rematch with Cormier after 2015 loss
TORONTO — From the moment he tapped the Octagon canvas back in May of 2015, Anthony (Rumble) Johnson has been thinking about this rematch.
Daniel Cormier won the light heavyweight title that night when he submitted the feared striker with a choke in the third round in Las Vegas, but Johnson has been on a tear ever since, and vows their UFC 206 bout Dec. 10 at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre will be a different story.
“I’m ready to get it over with already because I’ve been wanting to fight Daniel for a long time,” said Johnson, who was in Toronto on Tuesday to help promote the rematch. “Ever since I lost to him I’ve been wanting to fight, like the moment I stepped out of the cage I wanted a rematch. I paid my dues, I did what I had to do to get to this point, and I need to make the best of it.”
Johnson’s dues, since his loss to Cormier, have included a hat trick of stunning knockouts. His most recent was a crushing 13-second KO against Glover Teixeira at UFC 202 in August, his upper cut ending the fight almost before commentators had made their introductions.