Anthony Johnson's chin a question mark

[servel20]

On the last exchange Vitor counters a wild missing left hook from Johnson and proceeds to blitz him with a few punches and two knees one of which lands. During all this Johnson is frantically shooting for takedowns mostly getting stuffed before Vitor reverses him and chokes him. Rumble tried but wanted absolutely none of it standing. His mental weakness showed again. I don't know why his fans think he can get rid of this, it's part of who he is as a fighter. A bully who wilts after his initial flurry doesn't end it.

Only guy Johnson has looked scared against was Hardy, he talked about KOing Hardy just to turn around and shoot immediately.

Against Vitor he looked good then after he gassed he looked done.

 

[agus_bombonera]

Maaaan his shin is made of steel that is a fuckin savage, a gorilla, he has a scary face to face daaaamn i don't wanna be in the other side

 

[Readybodisready]

Maaaan his shin is made of steel that is a fuckin savage, a gorilla, he has a scary face to face daaaamn i don't wanna be in the other side

Is this from a rap song?

 

[agus_bombonera]

Is this from a rap song?

bro that GORILLA is a fuckin scary dude

 

[M Raid K]

Teixeira was scared shitless of trading shots with St Preux after eating a few bombs.

He's gonna grapple Johnson right away.

Watch the fight. He was right back to pressuring after the first round.

 

[kenetics]

I'm willing to bet he has a solid chin even though I haven't seen it properly tested. His head is shaped like a pitbull.

Sherdog logic? I actually chuckled from this post.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Cormier and Gustafsson landed some very clean shots on him that didn't even make him blink. Arlovski landed pretty clean, as well. Rumble has his flaws, but questioning his chin at this point is rather bizarre.

What did Daniel land cleanly on Rumble? Unless youre including ground strikes i dont recall DC landing anything clean on him on the feet.

If anything Rumbles defense is mad underrated. He barely gets hit and considering the style he pressures with its very impressive.

 

[The Natural Born Runner]

He hasn't faced anyone good enough in the striking department to test it. He was spamming TD's against Vitor because he knew he was going to get KO'd. Rumble has an unrealistic following on Sherdog.

Gustafsson not a great striker, no?

 

[The Natural Born Runner]

Johnson has a chin, I will say that.

I tell you why, he gets hammered on the ground in these fights he gets choked out in.

Look at the Koscheck, Belfort and Cormier fights. He takes some pretty clean and hard shots on the ground, never goes out and is always rolling and trying to squirm his way out of it.

Not saying he has a 10/10 chin or a rock solid chin, but most definitely better than most.

Rogerio Nogueira can box his ass of, and he walked him down and knocked him the fuck out.

Alexander Gustafsson should have been the "nightmare" striking match-up. Too long, too quick, but what happened!?

Rumble has had some very good competition, he's proven his worth.

 

[liverkick83]

He hasn't faced anyone good enough in the striking department to test it. He was spamming TD's against Vitor because he knew he was going to get KO'd. Rumble has an unrealistic following on Sherdog.

Gus is retired ! Give it up

 

[JayElectra]

What did Daniel land cleanly on Rumble? Unless youre including ground strikes i dont recall DC landing anything clean on him on the feet.

If anything Rumbles defense is mad underrated. He barely gets hit and considering the style he pressures with its very impressive.

Landed a big overhand right near the end of the first round when Rumble was pushed up against the fence. Rumble came right after Cormier afterwards. You're right that Rumble's striking from a technical perspective is clearly underappreciated, though.

 

[Yabuki]

 

[LukeSkyRutten]

Gustafsson not a great striker, no?

No. Gustafson is good, not great… He still hasn't had a top five win [Maybe Shogun depending on where he was ranked at the time]. So the best opponent Gustafsson has beaten is an ageing Shogun and even then the stand-up was competitive for significant portions of the fight.

 

[The Natural Born Runner]

No. Gustafson is good, not great… He still hasn't had a top five win [Maybe Shogun depending on where he was ranked at the time]. So the best opponent Gustafsson has beaten is an ageing Shogun and even then the stand-up was competitive for significant portions of the fight.

See, that's reading Wikipedia.

Alexander Gustafsson in recent years (last 5 years), has lost 3 times.

His losses have come to Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson.

In my humble opinion, Jon Jones is the #1 Pound for Pound fighter in the world, and Daniel Cormier is #3. Of course that is person opinion, but that's the level of fighter that he is facing off against.

Jon Jones, has never lost.

Daniel Cormier, has lost once, and that was to Jon Jones.

Anthony Johnson, has lost once at Light Heavyweight, and that was to Daniel Cormier.

Essentially, these 3 are the absolute best the division has to offer. Now these guys aren't just good for their division, they are great even comparing to other divisions' best fighters. Their resumes, skill-sets etc. just dwarf most of other high level MMA fighters.

Alexander took 2 rounds off of Jones, striking.

Alexander took 1, arguably 2 rounds off of Cormier, striking.

Alexander was knocked out brutally by Anthony Johnson, in the first round.

That is just a testament to my argument, that is Anthony Johnson can strike with great strikers.

 

[LukeSkyRutten]

See, that's reading Wikipedia.

Alexander Gustafsson in recent years (last 5 years), has lost 3 times.

His losses have come to Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson.

In my humble opinion, Jon Jones is the #1 Pound for Pound fighter in the world, and Daniel Cormier is #3. Of course that is person opinion, but that's the level of fighter that he is facing off against.

Jon Jones, has never lost.

Daniel Cormier, has lost once, and that was to Jon Jones.

Anthony Johnson, has lost once at Light Heavyweight, and that was to Daniel Cormier.

Essentially, these 3 are the absolute best the division has to offer. Now these guys aren't just good for their division, they are great even comparing to other divisions' best fighters. Their resumes, skill-sets etc. just dwarf most of other high level MMA fighters.

Alexander took 2 rounds off of Jones, striking.

Alexander took 1, arguably 2 rounds off of Cormier, striking.

Alexander was knocked out brutally by Anthony Johnson, in the first round.

That is just a testament to my argument, that is Anthony Johnson can strike with great strikers.

The problem is, that's purely opinion… Until Gus wins a big fight, that's nothing but conjecture.

Now I think Gus is an elite fighter… I think he is a good [Not great striker] - But this is a huge sidetrack on the topic at hand…

The topic is: Anthony's chin is a question mark and I agree… Further - I pointed out that it hasn't been tested. Gus doesn't change this. He took a bomb immediately and spent the rest of the fight trying not to be put away…

This add's nothing to the notion that Rumble can take a punch from an elite striker.

 

[The Natural Born Runner]

The problem is, that's purely opinion… Until Gus wins a big fight, that's nothing but conjecture.

Now I think Gus is an elite fighter… I think he is a good [Not great striker] - But this is a huge sidetrack on the topic at hand…

The topic is: Anthony's chin is a question mark and I agree… Further - I pointed out that it hasn't been tested. Gus doesn't change this. He took a bomb immediately and spent the rest of the fight trying not to be put away…

This add's nothing to the notion that Rumble can take a punch from an elite striker.

Wins and losses don't prove how good of a striker you are, just saying!

Alex showing very solid striking against 2 of the best fighters on earth counts for something. Just because he wasn't the victor, doesn't make that conjecture.

I disagree that it hasn't been tested, because we are sitting here claiming that a man who's fought over 4 weight divisions and has a total of 26 fights hasn't had his chin tested. That sounds odd to me, knowing he is primarily a stand-up fighter.

I don't think to pass the "chin test" you have to walk through a dos Santos overhand right. He was clipped a few times by Alex, was clipped several times by Vitor and was hammered on the ground, hammered on the ground by Cormier. Never went out or went wobbly.

The guy fought Arlovski for 3 rounds...

Not saying he is Mark Hunt, but the guy clearly has a chin.