Josh Koscheck vs Anthony Johnson

[SammyG420]

Failed to finish him too.

He dropped Dan early with a head kick then some odd reason decided to wrestle the rest of the fight. It seemed like he wasn't confident in his stand up vs Dan or when he fought Vitor

 

[Huggers Downfall]

Didn't Rumble also fight Dan Hardy when he was at WW?

Just blows my mind that this dude has fought those guys and Andrei Arlovski at HW.

Joe Riggs'esque

 

[Sonny Qc]

I’m talking about rumble

When GSP was on top, I thought Rumble was the Biggest threat for Georges.

 

[Thenewguysnm1]

When GSP was on top, I thought Rumble was the Biggest threat for Georges.

I think it would of been entertaining, I personally always felt mac Donald was his biggest test(along with big rigg and Lawler)
Too bad their teammates.

 

[SuperNerd]

When GSP was on top, I thought Rumble was the Biggest threat for Georges.

I didn't want to see Kelvin G vs Georges.

I still think that's a tough styles match-up.

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

By far the most notable event in the fight. TS leaving this out of the recap = fishy af

 

[The Schmoop]

Except he got outclassed by Alves & Ko’ed By Thiago

He was choked out by Thiago is remember correctly.

Thiago was on a lil tear lol

Edit: never mind I was thinking of a different fight

 

[TGArthur]

The fight doesn’t really excite me. I think it’s either seeing if Kos will get the takedown or if Rumble lands a KO punch first. I don’t see anything else happening.

 

[Mal Intentions]

The fight doesn’t really excite me. I think it’s either seeing if Kos will get the takedown or if Rumble lands a KO punch first. I don’t see anything else happening.

josh was in the pocket trading with him which is something nobody else has had the balls to do

 

[Mal Intentions]

By far the most notable event in the fight. TS leaving this out of the recap = fishy af

not even close to the most notable event in the fight. i actually completely forgot about the illegal knee, which btw had 0 influence on the outcome of the fight in anyway.

 

[Shcooby Dooby Doo]

this is one of the best non talked about fights ever. Anthony Johnson was in the middle of a three fight win streak consisting of all knockouts and was easily one of the most feared and turned down fighters on the roster. Koscheck stood in the pocket with him most of the fight and traded bombs, weathered the storm, grinded Anthony out and finished him. That performance alone made me a lifelong fan of Koscheck. that fight has got to be one of the most epic and gutsiest performances of all time IMO. thoughts??

Totally agree and glad somebody mentioned it.
Last time I heard Koscheck even mentioned was when I was foolish enough to visit the MMA reddit website and saw a video of Paul Daley trying to punch Koscheck after the bell and being disqualified.
All the comments were the same gossipy little bitches whining about how much of an asshole Koscheck was and that he uttered racial slang to Daley to wind him up. Probably bullshit as it wasn't proven, but the whiney little reddit bitches only need to read something they want to agree with to jump aboard the hate train on someone.
Josh Koscheck is a brilliant fighter and his dismantling of Rumble was a thing of beauty.

 

[Haj01]

Yes was a great fight and now AJ could eat Koscheck as he is like 300lbs.

 

[Substance Abuse]

He was pretty damn good. Great wrestling. Big power for WW. He was easily #2 guy at WW and probably would’ve defended multiple times had GSP not been around.

I know all this. One of the most dangerous though? Ehhhh...

 

[cmw43]

Rumble was MMA best shot at a legit triple champ

He never won a single title though, once the pressure went against him he always folded and got choked.

 

[BA0701]

Except he got outclassed by Alves & Ko’ed By Thiago

That KO by Thiago was nasty af, a really brutal ko

 

[The Schmoop]

I know all this. One of the most dangerous though? Ehhhh...

I agree that’s a little bold

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

not even close to the most notable event in the fight. i actually completely forgot about the illegal knee, which btw had 0 influence on the outcome of the fight in anyway.

You clearly are a Koscheck fan which is fine but it is clouding your judgment of this pretty standard fight. I disagree that it is an unsung classic and think that there have been many others like it. We have not, however, seen many other blatant attempts to get another fighter dq'd/have a point removed for a fake foul. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but that to me is way more notable than anything else in this fight

 

[blaseblah]

Crazier still is how Rumble can fight from 165 to 265 and only lose to RNCs.

Dudes chin must be so solid it makes it easy to lock on to his neck.

It's more about him giving up his back when he faces adversity.

 

[nick jacoby]

I was watching a few of Koscheck's old fights. His overhand right had to be one of the hardest p4p punches in all of MMA. He nearly took Woodleys head off. Woodley instead took his head off... But its literally the only weapon Kos had on the feet. In his prime. His wrestling was ELITE. Only Gsp could hang on the mat at WW with Kos.

Rumble of course has been known to fold against the guys who can get him to the ground.
Clementi, Koscheck, Vitor, Cormier. That being said good luck getting him down.


I have no idea what my point is. Im just rambling

 

[DarkneT]

Totally agree and glad somebody mentioned it.
Last time I heard Koscheck even mentioned was when I was foolish enough to visit the MMA reddit website and saw a video of Paul Daley trying to punch Koscheck after the bell and being disqualified.
All the comments were the same gossipy little bitches whining about how much of an asshole Koscheck was and that he uttered racial slang to Daley to wind him up. Probably bullshit as it wasn't proven, but the whiney little reddit bitches only need to read something they want to agree with to jump aboard the hate train on someone.
Josh Koscheck is a brilliant fighter and his dismantling of Rumble was a thing of beauty.

Nah I remember Kos being pressed hard by Helwani on what he said to Daley and he wouldn’t give it up he just said ‘something not very nice’
Which tells me it was something awful