Anthony Johnson missed weight by 11 pounds Friday and will fight Vitor Belfort at UFC 142 Rio if he weighs 205 pounds Saturday.
During the Fuel TV telecast of the UFC 142 weigh-ins Friday, UFC President Dana White announced that Anthony Johnson would not make weight.
However, opponent Vitor Belfort agreed to continue with the bout if Johnson is not over 205 pounds before he enters the cage Saturday. Johnson weighed in at 197, 11 pounds over the 186-pound limit and will forfeit 20% of his fight purse. As of a conference call just over a week ago, Johnson said he was 218 pounds.
This was to be Johnson's UFC debut at middleweight after a long run at welterweight which Johnson struggled to make the cut at. At UFC 76, Johnson faced Rich Clementi and missed weight by 6.5 pounds. At UFC 104, he missed weight by six pounds in a bout against Yoshiyuki Yoshida.
The 27-year-old was actually tabbed for the sixth season of The Ultimate Fighter but then-manager Ken Pavia was concerned about his ability to make 170 pounds potentially three times in six weeks.
On the Fuel broadcast, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones called Johnson "extremely unprofessional." White's full comment from Fuel TV is below:
"Rumble" Johnson is not on weight today and when I say he's not on weight, he's way off weight. This is not the first time this has happened with Johnson. He moved up to 185 pounds, so this wouldn't happen to him at 170 pounds and here we are in the same position. Belfort came in like a professional on weight and Anthony Johnson comes in as a total unprofessional...way overweight.
The stipulation is Vitor does not want him to weigh more than 205 pounds by tomorrow, so we will see how this plays out. He'll weigh in today and have to weigh in tomorrow. As a fighter, you are a professional. You are contracted to come in at a certain weight."
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'Trust me,' he said, 'It helps out a lot when you can eat.'"
Disco1Stu - January 13, 2012
Insta-green'd
Charles Awad - January 13, 2012
Rumble should have called cyborg age knows what to do when u need help cutting weight...
RECE ROCK - January 13, 2012 via mobile
First he can't make WW, now he can't even make MW?
This guy must either have a piss poor diet, an method of cutting weight that doesn’t suit him, or his body is just not meant to fight under 205. This guy needs Mike Dolce in his life.
amendamatrix - January 13, 2012
Champ vs Champ!!! UFC Franklinweight champ vs UFC Rumbleweight Champ!!
Check out what these guys have done in various Weight Classes
-Vitor-UFC 12 HW Champion
Former UFC LWH Champ
Current UFC Franklinweight Champ
Former UFC MW Title Challenger
-Johnson-Current UFC Rumbleweight Champ
Top 10 Ranked WW
Now fighting for first ever UFC SUPER-RUBLEWEIGHT title!!!
Clark Griswald - January 13, 2012
hilarious
Rec’d
glib_mf - January 14, 2012
LOL oh c’mon! first at 170 now 185!
rU5H - January 13, 2012
Anyone else think the "you're gonna die" Mendes chant was a little unsettling?
mma.ly - January 13, 2012
if unsettling is a euphemism for "fucking awesome" then yes
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
Ugh
Chris Groves - January 13, 2012
Yessssssssssssssssss
and yesssssssssssssssss
szanpan - January 13, 2012
Welcome to UFC 134
Rob Young - January 13, 2012
I'd expect it if Chael were on stage
But yes. I agree
BKdroid - January 13, 2012
Not at all
Seems fitting for a fucking CAGEFIGHT.
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
so much of this
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
perhaps all of it
Pyrgz Krum - January 13, 2012
You can hear the whole crowd chanting the same thing during Paulo Thiago's last fight.
pdl - January 13, 2012
Actually not the same chant.
For the non-brazillians, the chant is “Vai morrer!”, basicly meaning “You´re gonna die” (can be taken as “you´re gonna go down”).
For Paulo Thiago, the chant was “Faca na Caveira”, translating to “Knife in the skull” or simply “Caveira” (Skull), referring to the symbol of BOPE.
Igorstyle - January 13, 2012
thanks for the clarification
!
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that's the first you heard of this?
Orcus - January 13, 2012
Ali! Bumaye!
fbihop - January 13, 2012
Nok Soo Kow!
John Danaher's Hair - January 13, 2012
The Horror of my 6 year old brain in a movie theater...
Tong Po: “Mai Lee, gooooood fuck.”
Me (Along with Van Dam): “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
Shotokanman - January 13, 2012
They did it at UFC Rio as well.
No big deal.
Shotokanman - January 13, 2012
This event is UFC Rio as well,
To be specific, it happened at UFC 134.
Rob Young - January 13, 2012
No excuse for this, whatsoever
No fucking wonder people’s eyes were popping out at how big he was in the video with Hashad. I hope Vitor decapitates him, honestly.
Charles Awad - January 13, 2012
Rec for Hashad lol
Meek Mill - January 13, 2012
If Rumble loses, he could be cut
Rumble is an exciting up-and-comer, but I know that Dana and Zuffa brass are not fans of fighters who miss weight, and Rumble missed weight by a lot here. Vitor looks good here because he is a big Middleweight himself, but made weight and is still willing to fight Rumble. Even if Vitor loses (but I have Vitor winning this one), there is always that asterik that he was fighting someone that was pretty much a weight class above him.
chrisbboy82 - January 13, 2012
.
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
No fries please
I’ve got to make weight
warren305 - January 13, 2012
Ah fuck it
“Sprinkle some french fries on those CUPCAKES!”
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
"I normally don't do this.."
warren305 - January 13, 2012
"usually"
“its two”
merryprankster - January 13, 2012
“
businesseating as usual”NastyGuido - January 13, 2012
I'm gonna have a cookie parade in my tum-tum.
gzl5000 - January 13, 2012
Mr. Hardy is having a field day with this
AwkwardBoner - January 13, 2012
sorakray - January 13, 2012
This is wonderful
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
Guy's struggling with painkiller addictions? Psh.
This is a guy with a REAL problem.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
Will Rumble stay in the UFC after this fight?
FAT CHANCE!
IRodC - January 13, 2012
This isn’t getting enough love
Tedd Welch - January 13, 2012
No way
WOW.
Shaun32887 - January 13, 2012
CUT HIM
IKiIIed007 - January 13, 2012
I think lack of cutting is the issue
Bada bing
warren305 - January 13, 2012
Vitor is going to punch his dehydrated face off. Though knowing Vitor it’ll probably be via rabbit punches.
Decado - January 13, 2012
Exclusive photo from his dinner last night
Just kidding. That was my lunch. Was on a fact finding mission for Nate.
Matthew Roth - January 13, 2012
what is that doodoo on the left?
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
Delicious.
lolumad - January 13, 2012
The left or in the middle?
Charles Awad - January 13, 2012
left the stuff that looks like butternut squash barf
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
You know
It kinda looks like a world-tour of shits.
Charles Awad - January 13, 2012
This was my thought
Derek Suboticki - January 13, 2012
Butternut Squash casserole
It was insane.
Matthew Roth - January 13, 2012
i bet
also I cant believe i guessed that so accurately
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
how do you get that cool follow button?
J_R_W - January 13, 2012
obnoxious follow button.
James Brady - January 14, 2012
this
Horselover Fat - January 14, 2012
Looks like Fried Egg Salad, if it exists
higgledy-piggledy - January 13, 2012
Au Gratin potatoes???
flashlight cop - January 13, 2012
Were you trying to find out if sausage is delicious?
Worldisart - January 13, 2012
Hot fuck
You had that for lunch??
Charles Awad - January 13, 2012
I didn't eat all of it.
I was on a fact finding mission.
Matthew Roth - January 13, 2012
More like a FAT finding mission
AMIRITE?
IRodC - January 13, 2012
Kid Nate made you his personal food tester.
Nice gig, Roth. Nice gig
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
It's a tough gig.
Matthew Roth - January 13, 2012
i bet it is Roth
Cindjor - January 13, 2012
Was that in Lockheart?
woomikee - January 13, 2012
Nope...5 minutes around the corner from my apartment in Austin.
Matthew Roth - January 13, 2012
God I'm hungry
That looks soo good
warren305 - January 13, 2012
That looks like diverticulitis waiting to happen.
MicahtheCynic - January 13, 2012
I had a meal that looks identical to that at a place just west of Corpus Christi.
T.C. Engel - January 13, 2012
No one needs to fade Johnson.
He does that to himself.
kreally - January 13, 2012
No one needs to
fadefeed Johnson.He does that to himself.
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
Jesus Tap Dancing Christ!
Would you please change back to MDH! I just can’t get used to this.
kreally - January 13, 2012
Seriously. I was just thinking “Who is this new guy hittin’ homers?”
Heenan - January 13, 2012
I bet he's wishing he could
Dude’s getting a ton of shit for his name.
Charles Awad - January 13, 2012
it makes me love it even more
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
Earl
you’re like DMX lite
Chris Barton - January 13, 2012
racist!
Cory Braiterman - January 13, 2012
You have the blackest name in America
You sound like a Detroit pimp.
TheFilt - January 13, 2012
It's both the blackest and whitest name ever
A name that walks a line like that is unprecedented
Cunny - January 13, 2012
wait Earl == MDH?
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WOW
mattsterguy - January 13, 2012
HEY HEY HEY
IRodC - January 13, 2012
As fat as most Americans are getting can you really call him fat Albert anymore? He’s more like average Albert now.
attgnp - January 13, 2012
Dude should just change his nickname to Super Shredder
Charles Awad - January 13, 2012
Stop the WWE Talk!
YOU’RE KILLING MMA DAMMIT! Keep that Kevin Nash crap out of here!
Decado - January 13, 2012
Hahaha
Charles Awad - January 13, 2012
nice
warren305 - January 13, 2012
Perfectamundo
Derek Suboticki - January 13, 2012
too bad
he can’t shred weight like he’s supposed to
Cindjor - January 13, 2012
BABIIIEEEESS!!!
THEY’RE BABIIIIIEEESS!!!
Krimson - January 13, 2012
That movie should've had an oscar!
Unabomberman - January 13, 2012
From Charlie Brenneman
IRodC - January 13, 2012
I like Charlie.
He’s actually pretty funny.
kreally - January 13, 2012
Awesome
Charles Awad - January 13, 2012
Sick.
T.C. Engel - January 13, 2012
Hilarious.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
He made weight fair and square for that fight, stop bitching
Chris Groves - January 13, 2012
How's he bitching?
Looks like he’s on the same LOLJohnson train of thought everyone else is.
Tonley - January 13, 2012
He should never have been fighting at 170. It was always ridiculous. Apparently he should be at 205.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
I dunno, anyone who can make weight should be allowed to fight at that weight class. More weight =/= better performance. Ideally, I’d love same-day weigh-ins, though.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
He certainly should’ve been ALLOWED to do it, that doesn’t make it incredibly impractical for his bodytype.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
Chris Groves wrote “he made weight, stop bitching” and you replied “he should never have been fighting at 170” – I clearly misunderstood what you were trying to say, we’re in agreement.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
Got it. I can also agree with you that same day weigh-ins would be ideal, but it would be tough to police guys who tried to cut anyway. I see it translating into a lot of unhealthy attempts at cheating the system, and a lot of cancelled bouts at the last minute as a result.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
I wouldn’t mind if guys tried to cut huge amounts of weight for a same-day weigh-in, as long as they made weight. You might be right in that it would lead to more cancelled bouts but then again, don’t you think it would sort itself out gradually? Let the fine for missing weight be 10% (with a 20% minimum) for every pound you’re overweight to discourage guys like Rumble from coming in 10+ lbs over.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
Blah Blah Blah.... why so cereal??
dandeman - January 13, 2012
That’s funny.
jrobb20 - January 13, 2012
This is going to fuck him up real bad. He’ll have to watch his weight for the next 24+ hours.
crazybones - January 13, 2012
Yeah this stipulation about 205 on the day of the fight seems like a huge advantage
for Vitor….
Lauren J Darkbloom - January 13, 2012
Kinda combats Johnson’s huge advantage of weighing in 12lbs over the limit.
Worldisart - January 13, 2012
I have a bad feeling about this fight.
Maybe this is a good card to skip.
Lauren J Darkbloom - January 13, 2012
Poor Rumble
He’ll be starved by the time of the fight tomorrow.
forkboy - January 13, 2012
Then who's gonna go on fact finding missions for Nate tomorrow afternoon??
Charles Awad - January 13, 2012
Vitor should have said 200lbs, not 205lbs.
They’re in Brazil, it’s not like the same rules or laws apply.
KJ Gould - January 13, 2012
There is no excuse
His opponent made weight, and Vitor has Jesus with him all the time
IRodC - January 13, 2012
Exactly
Bones makes weight everytime while wearing IKilled007 on his nuts so what is Rumble’s problem???
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
You're on a fucking roll today!
dgonz - January 13, 2012
He’s trying to charm us into forgetting about his horrible name change
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
today
pffft
Cory Braiterman - January 13, 2012
He was going to be on TUF 5 as a lightweight? How would that have been possible?
Matt Bishop - January 13, 2012
TUF 5 was originally supposed to be all amputees
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
I laughed. Hard.
Chris Barton - January 13, 2012
This fuckin’ guy.
Heenan - January 13, 2012
Kyle Maynard?
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
HAHA
amputees thats getting more and more hilarious over here !!!!!
szanpan - January 13, 2012
Supposed to be sixth
Adjusted.
Josh Nason - January 13, 2012
We could have seen Anthony Johnson vs Mac Danzig?!
Oh god, the bloodbath that would have ensued…
Shaun32887 - January 13, 2012
He would have made it but Rumble's fat wouldn't tap.
dandeman - January 13, 2012
.
ZapRowsdower - January 13, 2012
hahaha
that is sweet
WHTID - January 13, 2012
God
that movie is one of my top faves of all time, how appropriate!
SentientAndroid - January 13, 2012
love this gif
killphil - January 13, 2012
You have to do 3 things in the UFC
1 Train to fight
2 Make weight
3 Do the fight
Can’t do 3 with out 2 Unprofessional is a understatement.
MaZZacare - January 13, 2012
apparently you can
alxn - January 13, 2012
what is the record for missing weight btw?
milk72 - January 13, 2012
I think rumble just stood on it
IRodC - January 13, 2012
He just ate it, with bacon and cheese topping.
Snake_Pliskan - January 13, 2012
Anthony Johnson's version of Epsom Salt bath
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
Amazing that you have 18,000 posts already….Earl…. I can’t recall too many of them, but I can see you’re right at home already.
( . Y . ) - January 13, 2012
Psst....
His SN wasn’t always Earl Montclair….
Worldisart - January 13, 2012
Pretty sure he knows that
Or he checks everyone’s profiles all the time, which is really weird.
Charles Awad - January 13, 2012
Oh fuck, I didn't even notice this
EARL MONTCLAIR? How do you go through life with a name like that?
crazybones - January 13, 2012
with my pinky up everytime i drink son
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
ChillMike - January 13, 2012
Preferably with a monocle.
Zachary Kater - January 13, 2012
so i was going to the strip club right?
i wear glasses. and i was discussing the dilemma that every bespectacled chap has on his way to the gentleman’s club. If you wear your glasses, they become a problem when the ladies rub their titties in your face, as they like to do from time to time. But if you forgo the glasses, then you are unable to see the tittles clearly from a distance. so after laying out the problem, my friend says to me, “How do you feel about a monocle?”
I never laughed so hard in my life.
fontgangsta - January 13, 2012
You are absolutely fantastic today.
KatGirl - January 13, 2012
thank you
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
mmmmm...makes me want to eat without my hands
anyways yea dont see how this could happen at MW. want to hear a statement from him.
PeopleWatching - January 13, 2012
what did you plug into goole to get this one?
honest question.
The Lethal Haze - January 14, 2012
Rumble should just say screw it and go MEGAREEM. Take a year off and come back fighting at HW
terzergoss - January 13, 2012
If he loses this he is getting a nice long vacation from the UFC
IRodC - January 13, 2012
i am saying he will regardless
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
True dat, I see regionals in his future or Bamma which may nevere schedule him and leave him without a fight for a year.
dandeman - January 13, 2012
He could always fight in the next SUPER HLUK tournament
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
They should not let him fight
This is extremely unprofessional, and unfair as hell to Vitor. What’s the point of having weigh-ins if you can come in 11 pounds over and still get to fight? At some point they have to stop this not making weight nonsense, it’s just too much. They should cancel the fight, fire his ass, and sue him for loss of revenue or something like that. Go full out.
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
If he has to weigh in at 205 right before the fight, they should be pretty even, plus Rumble will likely be a bit dehydrated just to get down to 205.
alxn - January 13, 2012
I asked Luke about this on Twitter. His understanding is that he has to weigh 205lbs in the morning tomorrow, not right before the fight.
kid_eh - January 13, 2012
Dana said
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
Make it painful
Want to end this? Take 75% of Rumble’s purse. Put in the fighter contracts. His team will be highly motivated to make sure he can make weight
croker - January 13, 2012
I didn’t realize the UFC added a Super Rumbleweight division.
Verklemptomaniac - January 13, 2012
You didn't know about Franklinweight?
Llewdor - January 13, 2012
Dude, he’s still fat for Franklinweight
Tedd Welch - January 13, 2012
How long until you know who comes out? Or is he too busy from cleaning Rumble’s plates from the buffet last night still?
mountaineers101 - January 13, 2012
Roth?
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
I LEGITIMATELY THINK I FOUND THE GUY BEHIND PSYCHOBLACK!
It is just a hunch, but it seems so plausible.
mountaineers101 - January 13, 2012
https://twitter.com/#!/Bjames055
mountaineers101 - January 13, 2012
bad link yo
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
twitter.com/Bjames055
mountaineers101 - January 13, 2012
I quit. Just copy and paste. Ugh.
mountaineers101 - January 13, 2012
i think that guy says f****t way too much
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
Psychoblack wasn't that angry, even after Page lost.
Zachary Kater - January 13, 2012
that dude does have pics of his cats though
so maybe he will fit in @ BE
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
That guy makes psychoblack look like moderatedark.
mountaineers101 - January 13, 2012
and a rec
Chris Barton - January 13, 2012
PSYCHOBLACK
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
The more I think about it, I think he really is psychoblack
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
psychomilkchocolate
Tedd Welch - January 13, 2012
I work in Grand Rapids
and this guy makes me feel ashamed
cletusvandam - January 13, 2012
woah
That’s Stringer Bell
IRodC - January 13, 2012
Vitor should’ve fucked him up and forced him to go under 190 for the fight
IRodC - January 13, 2012
Cindjor - January 13, 2012
The real winner in all this Dan Hardys faja
Art_Wanderlei - January 13, 2012
why is he 218 a week ago?
does he really need to cut damn near 35 pounds?
should of been 190 – 200 a week ago
P86 - January 13, 2012
I wonder how badly he dehydrated himself making 197. If he can only put 8 pounds of fluid back in his body before fight time, won’t he be at increased risk for numerous horrible things? Ie. gassing out in the first minute, passing out during the walkout, getting KTFO’d real quick?
mburtoni - January 13, 2012 via mobile
Dehydrated brain should probably go at the top of that list.
But I don’t think he was stretched that thin. God damn unintentional pun.
Zachary Kater - January 13, 2012
I hope Johnson gets punched about 50,000 times in a split second tomorrow.
MicahtheCynic - January 13, 2012
This is the look of happiness
http://thedolcedietlivinglean.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mike-dolce-vitor-belfort-ufc1331-586×440.png
Image was too big.
IRodC - January 13, 2012
He must have been injured and is still fighting to help the UFC keep Vitor on the card
Dana didn’t seem pissed at him at all and Johnson didn’t seem embarrassed either.
DCJon. - January 13, 2012
Arrow to the knee
warren305 - January 13, 2012
Are they going to weigh him before he steps in the cage? Like am I going to be able to watch this all go down on PPV moments before the fight?
medium seen - January 13, 2012
Dana says
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
I would have added more stipulations than that. I would have made him enter to “Fat” by Weird Al while running backwards in a giant hamster ball.
MicahtheCynic - January 13, 2012
No more than he weighs at the weigh in
and I get half his fight money and potentially all his bonus money. Or DW is making it worth his while in the “locker room bonus” for being a good sport
soilworker - January 13, 2012
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS THE CO-MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING! Fighting out of the red corner, weighing in at ……………. 217 pounds, THIS FIGHT IS CANCELLED!
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
lol!
Luke Nelson - January 13, 2012
HAHA
:D Dana would get a heart attack of anger :D:D
szanpan - January 13, 2012
lololol
I called it. I’ve been saying it any post that involves him. Too funny.
av1o3 - January 13, 2012
To me it was just too absurd to even think about as a reality. But lo and behold, here we are.. amazing.
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
Im so glad I got off work early today
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
and so are we
jthin - January 13, 2012
What's funny is
I was just joking the entire time and then it actually happens.
On top of that he missed weight way worse than he does when he was at 170.
av1o3 - January 13, 2012
I just don’t understand how this could possibly happen. Vitor by pink belly!
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
I am no longer a fan of this guy
dbcb - January 13, 2012
i am an even bigger fan of this guy
I have decided the reason he always misses weight due to his massive balls of steel.
he just relentlessly misses weight.
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
He failed with a focus and intensity usually only seen in successes.
Tedd Welch - January 13, 2012
RUMBLE IS READY!!!!!!
IRodC - January 13, 2012
this needs more recs
Ricardo Arguello - January 13, 2012
Rob Young - January 13, 2012
Maybe he uses the metric system
Thought 185 kg’s was what he needed to weight in at. In which case, he was waaaay under.
Be sensitive to other’s cultures you guys.
J_R_W - January 13, 2012
We do use the metric system here in Brazil
Rumble was probably using a scale in a pharmacy or something looking at 98kg thinking to himself: “Must go to burger joint now!”
edtSD - January 13, 2012
lucky it wasn’t UK. What if he weighed in at 185 stone??
Rod Mapada - January 13, 2012
That's a whole lotta rumble!
Snatchl - January 13, 2012
7 pounds over at WW
12 pounds over at LHW
Would heavyweight Rumble be 289 lbs?
Firm1 - January 13, 2012
wait, that would be at LHW; he'd be 313 lbs at HW.
where is the edit button when you need it
Firm1 - January 13, 2012
he couldn’t stay away from the BBQ in Brazil for a few more days?
Orcus - January 13, 2012
rec'd for being an explain-a-brag
IRodC - January 13, 2012
Unrelated
But I hate that chants of ‘USA! USA!’ are ‘disrespectful’ and ‘idiotic’
But Brazilians chanting to a non-Brazilian who is fighting a Brazilian ’You’re gonna die!’ is “fucking awesome?”
I mean…if there was uniform hate of all chants that bash the other guy for his nationality…then it’d be cool, whatever…but now it just seems like a case of ‘If Americans do it, they are stupid pigs with no respect for the diversity of the sport’ but ‘If anyone else does it, they are putting on an awesome display of patriotism and making the fight interesting’
Give me a break.
Chris Groves - January 13, 2012
USA! USA! USA! isn’t disrespectful, it’s just plain idiotic.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
why? More idiotic than "you're going to die"?
Body Triangle - January 13, 2012
Why though? I don’t mind it when the events are in America. The “USA!” chants aren’t the things that lead to brawls in arenas.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
are you saying the Brazilian chants will lead to brawls?
Orcus - January 13, 2012
No.
None of the pro-nationalism chants do.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
I mean
I find it funny how you’re an expert on this, so basically people should stay quiet when watching a fight then?
Orcus - January 13, 2012
No.
I’m just saying the “USA” chants are no big deal, and certainly aren’t disrespectful. I think you guys are reading too much into what I said. Take that one at face value.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
What did you mean, then? I said the USA! chants weren’t disrespectful, so that’s not what we’re arguing. My point was simply that USA! USA! USA! is stupid and boring while “you’re gonna die” is at least in tune with the general atmosphere.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
Ah,
I misread your comment, so in hindsight what I said had no context and made no sense.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
And initially misread CG’s comment as well. Reading fail.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
to be fair
I never had a problem with the USA chants. that’s just me though.
Orcus - January 13, 2012
It just shows a staggering level of uncreativity. And really, are you implying that “you’re gonna die” chants will lead to brawls?
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
Are you implying “you’re gonna die” is creative?
Worldisart - January 13, 2012
Nope, but I don’t think it’s staggeringly uncreative either. It was actually quite apt considering the atmosphere at UFC 134 (it’s originally a soccer chant if I’m not mistaken, and UFC 134 almost felt like a soccer game between two arch rivals), whereas USA! USA! USA! is just so … meh.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
yep
100% a soccer chant. people need to loosen up, this isn’t supposed to be a threat, it’s just a way of fans saying the other side will get smoked while showing support for their own team (or in this case, guy). I mean, we chant it during soccer matches, kicking a ball around isn’t necessarily going to get people killed. People need to be open to other cultures in general…
Orcus - January 13, 2012
I didn’t even know about the “you’re gonna die” chants.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
I am American and i find it horrible embarasing win fans chant usa usa usa. i dont think it matters if its a soccer thing our not,the Japanese dont do that shit they make their guests feel at home.
TLAoutlaw - January 13, 2012
I'm gonna be addressing this soon.
Matthew Roth - January 13, 2012
An Open Letter To "You're Gonna Die"
by Matthew Roth
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
don't forget to mention how we're barbaric here and want the American's head on plates! I mean, literally...
Orcus - January 13, 2012
Noted. I'll also include that your buses are powered with carrots.
Matthew Roth - January 13, 2012
buses?
we only have big horses here that people like to ride.
Orcus - January 13, 2012
How are you on this website anyways? Don't y'all not have computers?
Matthew Roth - January 13, 2012
type writers hooked up by lines and TV’s, we’re creative here :p
Orcus - January 13, 2012
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
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Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
OMGGGG THATS HILARIOUS!!!!!!
really respect :D:D:D
And yes US fans and every fans of every sport sometimes say, shout or sing “Kill him” (literally) at a sport event. I dont find it big deal and i dont get why others do but pfff
szanpan - January 13, 2012
correction ( non-literally)
..
szanpan - January 13, 2012
"How Prowrestling chants dominate MMA chants"
By Matthew Roth
IRodC - January 13, 2012
952 comments, 952 new
crazybones - January 13, 2012
Luke Thomas will be insulting his ass off
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
He’ll sound like Christopher Hitchens at a Christian Teen Convention.
MicahtheCynic - January 13, 2012
I bet the people who hates the USA chants also hates the Brazilian chants
but most of us don’t care about chants and actually like it in our sports. I fail to see how people take issues with this.
Orcus - January 13, 2012
i agree with Orcus
plus he does have a great sense of humor !! :)
szanpan - January 13, 2012
USA USA USA is not disrespectful. It is just lame and lacks creativity.
If you take it “Youre gonna die” literally then I guess you can be offended.
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
I'm on board with this
USA USA USA is so bleh. But when non USA make a stink about it, then it’s funny, so yeah keep it going hahaha.
Revolver - January 13, 2012
neither "USA USA USA" or "You're gonna die"....
….are creative. “You’re gonna die” is slightly more creative as a soccer chant, since it has nothing at all to do with soccer and is therefore amusing.
Transferring it over to an MMA chant is even less creative though and closer to lame, due to the nature of MMA.
For a good chant, check out this one from Dartmouth college football fans:
“Defense Defense, hit them in the groin with a brick”
Luke Nelson - January 13, 2012
its nice enough
i think fans do chant… whatever.. i dont think it deserves such a big deal but hey i m having a great time reading everyone s opinion :)
szanpan - January 13, 2012
or watch the english premier league. those fans know a good, creative chant
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-funniest-football-chants-1774361.html?action=gallery&ino=2
the guy with the big nose - January 14, 2012
great list
a lot of them are inside jokes though
can’t imagine people understanding the we hate wednesday chant without knowing the league well
Cunny - January 14, 2012
Futhermore don't say unrelated and then quote me directly.
If you’re comin on, then come on.
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
lets git it on comon!
dgonz - January 13, 2012
Rob Young - January 13, 2012
I’m sorry, but the USA chants while GSP is fighting Dan Hardy are really really idiotic.
Rob Young - January 13, 2012
It has more to do with the United States' history (and present) as a white supremacist nation.
For example, in the Kamal Shalorus fight in Sacramento, despite the fact that he was billed as fighting out of Texas, the fans supported his white opponent with USA chants. And in a local amateur events I attended people in the audience consistently chanted USA against Asian American fighters.
sun yue - January 13, 2012
Oh god.
Just because people are stupid, it doesn’t make them racist.
The so-called Beautiful - January 13, 2012
Stupidity doesn't make people racist,
Chanting USA against American fighters because their ascribed racial differences from preconceived notions of what “Americans are supposed to look like” does. It definitely problematizes notions of abstract citizenship in the United States.
Obviously, there are plenty of fights where crowds chant USA at white non-US fighters as well. I’m just saying that the difference between US and Brazilian jingoism is that with Brazil you know it’s based on nationality, with USA chants, the racist foundation of the nation carry racial undertones that make things a bit more disconcerting.
sun yue - January 13, 2012
“Racist foundation of the nation”?
Go away.
The so-called Beautiful - January 14, 2012
Yes, focus on a small quote and dismiss things.
Don’t provide any counter-evidence of the validity of abstract citizenship and ignore the history of the United States being founded on colonizing “nature’s children,” the Atlantic Slave Trade, exploited immigrant labor, and imperialism. Forget about the current issues of exploited migrant workers, islamaphobia, and how a history of inequality has shaped current class/race relations. I was responding to Chris Groves on why I believed the USA chants differed from Brazilian nationalist chants . I’m okay with people arguing against me, but to dismiss it without any critical analysis or thought? Go back to Mania.
sun yue - January 14, 2012
Because other nations are built on rainbows and sunshine?
discoandherpes - January 14, 2012
Obviously much of Western Europe profited from the Atlantic Slave Trade,
exploited labor and imperialism and Brazil has had its own problems with colonialism/racism/exploitation. But other nations are irrelevant in this argument. And, although I’m no expert, it’s reasonable to make the conclusion that Brazil’ situation would follow a similar trajectory 18th century New Mexico. Ultimately this is about why I find the USA chants more disconcerting than the still problematic Brazilian nationalist chants.
sun yue - January 14, 2012
Rogan didn't let them finish
They were yelling “You’re gonna die if you so fat” at Rumble.
I think that shows great compassion, actually.
( . Y . ) - January 13, 2012
i giggled
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
Congratulations sir!
I LOL’ed!
On a day that the artist formerly known as MDH is on a tear, you just wrote the best comment so far!!
edtSD - January 13, 2012
HAAAAAAAAAA
thats GREAT!!!!!
szanpan - January 13, 2012
I just kind of keep shaking my head. I feel a pithy comment would be appropriate, but stunned silence is all I can manage.
thirdparty - January 13, 2012
That was one of those talking scales at the weigh-in
When Rumble got on it said, “One at a time, please.”
( . Y . ) - January 13, 2012
...
badum-tish
SentientAndroid - January 13, 2012
Weight expert Roy Nelson offers his 2 cents
bq @ufc anthony not making weight not his fault he had a kg scale thought he was only 3lbs away.
IRodC - January 13, 2012
Fuck it
just fight at lhw! Both Jones and Rumble cut from around the same weight, I’d like to see that fight actually, could Rumble’s wrestling keep him on his feet to find Jone’s chin? To add, Bones doesn’t give a fuck, first Thiago and now Rumble. Seems smart to me because after he gets past Rashad and Hendo he’s going to need 2 more challengers to square off 2012.
SentientAndroid - January 13, 2012
two more at the same time?
Pizatch - January 13, 2012
Rumble, fat man, rumble
Chris Hall - January 13, 2012 via Android app
Im a rumble fan but.....
Come on dude. I know cutting weight is REALLY hard but its part of the job. There is no excuse to be that far away from target weight.
fightersvizion - January 13, 2012 via mobile
Once he gets fired can we all agree
that he’s going to follow Mike Dolce and write his own diet book. Except this one is going to be for skinny guys like me who can’t get past the lightweight limit despite how much we eat and lift? I’ll pre-order that on Amazon tomorrow.
Pizatch - January 13, 2012
“Rumble your way to a bigger, better you!”
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
Easy candidate for comment thread of the year
Oh, and Rumble needs to be released from the UFC regardless of what happens on Saturday.
SSreporters - January 13, 2012
Agreed on all counts
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
Nah,
he needs to fight at HW so that it’s just not a factor anymore.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
until his first weigh in and he comes in at 273
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
Anthony Johnson is actually a robot piloted Gundam-style by Kazushi Sakuraba
Tedd Welch - January 13, 2012
Close, but he's an EVA Unit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVWq-vTIt4U
Rob Young - January 13, 2012
Evangelion is to giant robot anime
What Twin Peaks is to cop shows. Total weird mindfuck shit.
discoandherpes - January 13, 2012
he will be
i m almost sure…
szanpan - January 13, 2012
I feel like there is some important factor here
I just don’t see how it was THIS bad
halitosis - January 13, 2012 via mobile
As in, the fact that he was ill?
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
i dont fully believe that version
.. my bad..
szanpan - January 13, 2012
How so?
It’s seemingly a fact that he was ill (I don’t have any reason to doubt Kevin Iole when he says he confirmed that the UFC doctor administered IV fluids) but I guess Rumble missing by 11 pounds instead of 3 or 4 still makes him look bad.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
There has to be some sort of explanation. He misses weight by more than anyone in UFC history just as he’s moving up in weight and can weigh 15 extra pounds than he usually does for fights. It’s also only been 10 weeks since he made 170. That last one is the one that really sticks out to me.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
His last fight was october 1st, so that’s roughly fifteen weeks
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
Rumble as a nickname? I’m guessing that’s merely the sound his stomach makes when he goes three hours without eating.
( . Y . ) - January 13, 2012
I wanted to change his name to "Jumbo"
Then I realized “Jumbo Johnson” is too flattering
IRodC - January 13, 2012
I LOVE IT JUMBO JOHNSON
GREAT!!!!!!
szanpan - January 13, 2012
...
IRodC - January 13, 2012
someone doesn't get it
hahaha
Andy Anderson - January 13, 2012
lmao...
i cant stop laughing, this is seriously the funniest thread ive read on this site, but jesus christ though 11 fucking pounds?! omg
JGaLaXY - January 13, 2012
Why are we all hatin' on Rumble?
It wasn’t his fault there’s a row of vending machines on the way to the stage at the weigh-in venue.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
“Damn, PEANUT BUTTER twix?! This can’t wait!”
Tedd Welch - January 13, 2012
what if he eats Vitor in the cage?
That can’t be good for the upcoming FOX/FX shows.
Matt Hamill's Ears - January 14, 2012 via mobile
He is so fucked!
He had to have at least TRIED to make weight, so he’s probably already dehydrated at his current 197
If he has to only put on 8lbs between now and fight time he is incredibly fucked. This sucks this fight will either not happen or he’ll die in the ring.
Hashmo - January 13, 2012
He’ll have to weigh in something like 12 hours before the fight, according to what DFW said.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
Oh very good
DFW knows he’d have the first death in MMA if it were any closer than that to the event
Hashmo - January 13, 2012
Don't worry man he's already re-hydrating
Dramatization here
edtSD - January 13, 2012
wasn't he on UFC countdown to rio???
on UFC countdown: rio Anthony was being weighed by Rashad Evans on the scale and mike van arsdale was playing a joke on him by putting his foot on the scale, and Rashad tells him " what the hell man you are way over weight, how are you gonna make weight?"
Anthony calls him a Rashad a lair only to find out when he steps off the scale that mikes foot is on the scale.
But in reality mikes foot wasn’t on the scale, it was a tactic by blackzilians to make him look like he was gonna make wieght, but he wasn’t.
Roark182 - January 13, 2012
are we sure that Van Arsdale wasn't anywhere near the scale?
alxn - January 13, 2012
WTF
WHAT AN UNPROFESSIONAL DOUCHE
dapimp72 - January 13, 2012 via mobile
I guess this proves once and for all that you can't suppress a big, black Johnson.
SSreporters - January 13, 2012
*pause*
IRodC - January 13, 2012
I have to think this is the biggest weight cut miss in UFC history
Who else has missed by double digits?
SSreporters - January 13, 2012
Can’t think of anyone. It’s got to be a record.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
Missed weight so bad his nickname should become a euphemism for missing weight by a large margin
“Oh man did you hear? Gray Maynard rumbled at the weigh-ins”
“Shit, that sucks. 20% purse right?”
“i dunno lol”
Pyrgz Krum - January 13, 2012
Anthony “just take 20 off the top” Johnson
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
I´m 100% with this...
To Rumble – Missing weight for a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) competition, often by a large margin.
“Nick Pace rumbled at UFC 139”
“Hey, don´t eat that pizza! You don´t want to rumble tomorrow.”
“Paul Daley is a fighter known for rumbeling”
Igorstyle - January 13, 2012
all I can say is...
Pyrgz Krum - January 13, 2012
I agree
and I picked him to win…
T.P. Grant - January 13, 2012
now that I've watched the weight in
I buy his explanation of getting sick and not being able to cut fluids. In fact his doctors confirmed it. He did not look out of shape or like he was carrying extra weight at all.
T.P. Grant - January 13, 2012
see? does't look like he is carrying extra weight
T.P. Grant - January 13, 2012
Dude has a fucking eight pack
Cunny - January 13, 2012
Rumble faded himself
halitosis - January 13, 2012 via mobile
from Kevin Iole's twitter:
there had to be a reason for him missing weight by 12 pounds, even at WW he never missed by that much. It doesn’t excuse his actions, but it helps explain them
darkotto23 - January 13, 2012
Math problem...
Ah, last time I checked, 16 oz of water is a pound. Do we really think they gave him more than 10 units of IV and/or fluids?
Doubt it
croker - January 13, 2012
i agree, but if he really was ill he likely coudln't continue cutting weight, and would start regaining the water weight he had already cut
darkotto23 - January 13, 2012
Brent Brookhouse:
Kevin Iole: Brent Brookhouse:wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
Really so he began to rehydrate before the weigh in shit thats even worse.
dandeman - January 13, 2012
I dunno, maybe he realised that with the extra fluid he wouldn’t make it anyway. It’s still terrible to come in 12 lbs over.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
Tons of fluid?
He did well to get back down to 197 then
Quick Ben - January 13, 2012
thats bullshit
its a terrible PR spin by his manager.
Rumble wouldnt fight if he were sick. If he were sick to the point he needed fluids it means he wouldnt be fighting tomorrow, regardless of weight.
Ricardo Arguello - January 13, 2012
Or the "sickness" was his cut
Could’ve been too much for his body and they had to administer fluids
KGNLuc - January 13, 2012
Anthony Johnson vs. Paul Daley at a 267 lbs catchweight!
SSreporters - January 13, 2012
Openweight.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
Dude
11 pounds? You’re not even fucking trying.
attgnp - January 13, 2012
OH, DAYUM, ANTHONY!!!
When you commit to the Rumbleweight, you commit!
Unabomberman - January 13, 2012
He came in TWENTY-SIX pounds over the WW limit.
That’s crazy…
PackMMA - January 13, 2012
Y U ALL HATING THE FAT PERSON?
- @roynelsonmma
lmaginary Enemy - January 13, 2012
Some of the previous articles from today are hilarious in hindsight.
“UFC 142’s Anthony Johnson: No Longer Starving, ‘Rumble’ Is Hungrier Than Ever” headline at MMA Nation. I instantly burst into a fit of laughter.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
And Steve Cofield at Yahoo!: “Is Anthony Johnson Too Small For Middleweight?”
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
Hahahah
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
LOL guess his question was answered
dandeman - January 13, 2012
Wow, that article sounds like a joke.
Kefka - January 13, 2012
I love BE
I recommend everybody Ctrl+F’s “recs” and scrolls through every rec’d comment on this thread and the other one. So much win.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
(remember to refresh the threads first, you’ll be surprised how many comments have been greened!)
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
GREAT thread
I m reccing like a maniac here
szanpan - January 13, 2012
Mania is way better.
(just kidding)
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
I have like 10 MMA-related RSS feeds, and Mania is one of them. Every now and then I’ll click on one of their articles not realising it isn’t BE, and when I get to the comment section my head explodes. 5 minutes in the comment section over there and I want to kill myself, which is a shame given how much good stuff the writers over there produce.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
Well, they are pretty good at churning out news fast at least. Not a huge fan of their history and opinion pieces and stuff like that. And obviously the members are 90% drooling morons.
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
I don’t really need fast news. In any case, MMA Junkie does a better job of it. Actually, I think I enjoy about one article from Mania a day, usually Hemmi’s interviews. I read MMA Nation far, far more than I read Mania. It really is staggering how much better the comment section on BE is compared to every other fucking MMA site, though, case in point: these weigh-in threads.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
Really? Nation barely seems to post any new content at all daily. I basically only read the stuff Nate writes, and Snowden before of course.. well, some of Luke’s interviews too I guess.
Yeah, B-Hem is solid. Junkie is good for news yes, very trustworthy source, but they don’t re-post too much stuff from other sites like these blogs do, so you miss a lot of smaller stuff if you only check them. I’ll usually go there a few times a week though.
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
I like MMA fighting occasionally :D
its like a big lessons for me because they have this 10 most awful moments in MMA or 20 best Kos in MMA or 10 most hated fighters in MMA :D
szanpan - January 13, 2012
Bleacher Report does a lot of those too.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
Those are the links at the bottom of every MMA Fighting article that lead to Bleacher Report. The less said about that site, the better.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
I read most of it. Shaun Al-Shatti is getting better too and some of the round-ups are decent.
BE + Junkie + skimming through MMA Weekly, MMA Fighting MMA Mania’s RSS feeds + reading most things on Fight Opinion and MMA Payout is enough MMA coverage for me.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
WOW
my half night goes away reading only one looooong thread LOL i dont dare to log in before the evening or during work… i did it and i didnt work then LOL
szanpan - January 13, 2012
I absolutely loathe the design of Weekly, never visit because of that. I do check Fighting almost daily too, mostly for interviews and stuff like that. I’ll also admit to visiting Middleeasy regularly for silly stuff, even though I sort of dislike them… oh, and Liverkick for kickboxing news. And Kimura.se for and fightermag.se for Swedish stuff…
Hmm, so I guess there’s almost like 10 sites combat sports sites I check pretty much daily. Only really spend a huge amount of time with commenting on BE though, and reading basically all content.
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
RSS feeds
I haven’t got a clue what MMA Weekly looks like. I don’t really read it that much, and when I do, I only read the articles, I never click on anything. I haven’t visited the main page of MMA Nation in the last couple of months either so I don’t know if it’s still a cluttered mess.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
I’m not exactly sure what a RSS feed / reader looks like and I refuse to find out. I imagine it’s like twitter but with articles. Let’s keep it that way.
And yes, Nation frontpage is still a bit messy.
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
Nono, I’m not using standalone software. I use Firefox with a bookmarks bar and the RSS feeds are just another bookmark, except every article is its own bookmark, so to speak. It looks like this:
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
This picture shows it a bit better.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
…Oh. You know what, that actually does seem kind of nifty. Especially when you have a lot of sites in the same area like that. And when you click an article, it’s just like clicking a link, right?
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
Exactly
RSS feeds (or as Firefox calls them, Live bookmarks) are awesome. Especially for someone like me who follows football, soccer, MMA and a handful other sports in addition to news, etc.
I can also right-click one of the feeds and click refresh which saves me a visit to the main page. This is particularly useful when you’ve got breaking news and you want to check 5+ sites for updates.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
Right right right. I might have to try this shit out. And this is after I explicitly told you I didn’t want to know about it! Damn you!!
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
I use Feedly
And it lays out the material like a magazine, in sections I categorize myself, and it’s my homepage. I find it an outstanding way to organize your content (with a lot of flexibility around layout) and stay current on all your interests, I really can’t recommend it enough.
DankNabbot - January 13, 2012
The key is to read the articles and just duck out before you get to the comments.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
AJ is a hero. He’s an anorexia survivor , show some class.
hewsdaddy - January 13, 2012
y'all be slacking..
where the hell is the truffle shuffle gif?
Captain Leroy Hotdog Zanzibar - January 13, 2012
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
nice
Captain Leroy Hotdog Zanzibar - January 13, 2012
pretty irritaring
in the end of the day, its a whatever.
vitor is gonna kill him anyway
that cursed blitz determines if you are chanp material,
elmojo - January 13, 2012
This is ridiculous
discoandherpes - January 13, 2012
footage from behind the scenes
Our Bovine Public - January 13, 2012
So I don’t log onto a MMA site all day and when I finally do I see this. WHAT THE FUCK?
And here I am posting the other day that I could see myself becoming a fan of his with his moving up to 185 and his weight missing days behind him… For fuck sake AJ.
Empty Thoughts - January 13, 2012
The only day I can remember not checking an MMA website was the day Zuffa announced they purchased Strikeforce.
On that day I swore “never again.” This sport is too crazy.
Machiel Van - January 13, 2012
This is insane. There has to be a good explanation for this.
AHutch - January 13, 2012
I think so too
halitosis - January 13, 2012 via mobile
So funny
I was out all day and partying all night that day, I looked at BE on my phone at like 4am and almost shit myself, couldn’t believe what I missed
troyd - January 13, 2012
to be fair, a padded suit is probably the only defense against getting vitorbombed in the back of your head...
LBo - January 13, 2012
disgraceful, embarrassing, WTF AJ, I mean 11 lbs.
Rampage01 - January 13, 2012
Just see there s an article somewhere out there
titles: AJ doesnt have any idea how he will make weight or something like this. He s lucky its not as late in Brazil now as it is here :D
szanpan - January 13, 2012
There is pure gold all throughout this post. This is why I come to BE!
kick_puncher - January 13, 2012
I hate to start a legit discussion on this thread but,
Johnson should be fired, win or lose.
Ricardo Arguello - January 13, 2012
Agreed.
Horselover Fat - January 13, 2012
Yes
IRodC - January 13, 2012
^ Yup...
barring some extraordinary reasoning; at this level there is no excuse to come in overweight. And 12lbs?!? Really? Come on, AJ!
Atomic Salmon - January 13, 2012
*11lbs... sorry.
Atomic Salmon - January 13, 2012
11 pounds? What the hell?
J_Maddux - January 13, 2012
Doctor: “This man is gravely ill. Hook him up to the IV and don’t stop until he’s pissing a continuous stream.”
Nurse: “But, Doctor, he has a fight in 2 days. And a reputation for not making weight. Isn’t there some other way to help him?”
Doctor: “No. There’s no other way, short of liposuction. And give him a cheeseburger with some double-fried fries. He’s skin and bones.”
Nurse: “Tee hee…you said ‘bones.’…er…You know best, Doctor. Dana will understand, I’m sure. It helps out a lot when you can eat.”
( . Y . ) - January 13, 2012
Article on MMA Weekly
Here.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
would you really put that much weigh on with an IV?
Our Bovine Public - January 13, 2012
Sure
They’re rehydrating from 185 at the weigh-ins to 200+ at fight-night after all.
If he was 1.5 pds away from making weight three hrs. before the weigh-ins, I wonder though…they say he got “sick”. But now, after re-hydrating he’s fine and can fight? That “sickness” was probably the weight-cut. Meaning he basically did botch it, if only by over-excerting his body to the point he had to be given an IV.
KGNLuc - January 13, 2012
you're right
Its weird that he didnt look sick at all when he actually weighed in. If he was so sick that he needed an IV surely he would look at least a bit off?
Our Bovine Public - January 13, 2012
It sounds like he was already suffering from a hard weight cut...
and he was 191?…..if he had made the cut to 185 he would probably be lethargic as hell for the fight….you can put the fluids back, but his energy would be sapped.
Naztuu - January 13, 2012
In hindsight
I’m even more blown away that this guy has SUCCESSFULLY made 170. Fucking how!?!?
Genki Sudo's Choreographer - January 13, 2012
WAU
welcome to Shark Fights, Rumble!
some schmuck in texas - January 13, 2012
I don't think so
Dana looked surprisingly non-pissed at the weigh-ins.
KGNLuc - January 13, 2012
Didn't watch the press conference, but someone posted this on Something Awful
Tedd Welch - January 13, 2012
Attributed to Dana in response to “Are you going to cut Anthony Johnson?”
Tedd Welch - January 13, 2012
srsly
I bet Vitor got a big under-the-table bump to take this match even with the (nutty!) stipulations attached. He must’ve known that he had Zuffa over a barrel when this news came down.
some schmuck in texas - January 13, 2012
I mean, think about it
Rumble has to weigh in at 205 or under AT FIGHT TIME. Are they gonna have a scale at the checkpoint, and if he’s over the fights off, with Vitor already standing in his corner warming up?
It’d be chaos!
some schmuck in texas - January 13, 2012
Nope
He has to weigh 205 tomorrow morning.
wonderfulspam - January 13, 2012
think its the afternoon but yeah
What weight do you guys think Vitor will be come fight time?
Our Bovine Public - January 13, 2012
200
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
if johnson was on course to make the weight
why not insist he has to weigh in at 186 tomorrow morning and maximise his advantage
Our Bovine Public - January 13, 2012
i have no idea how that stuff works or why he didnt
im just here to be a smartass
Earl Montclair - January 13, 2012
The AC would never allow that
There’s a reason weigh ins are the day before fights.
taptomyarmbar - January 14, 2012
What AC? They're in Brazil
But yeah, that’s not happening.
VenusBlue - January 14, 2012
Hmmm...
I’m not a Dr. nor a fighter, but I assume that cutting weight up until fight day (the morning of) will NOT be good for his energy.
I assume he’ll be pretty sapped when he enters the cage (IF he makes the 205lbs, of course!).
Atomic Salmon - January 13, 2012
WTF
I am amazed. Now he needs to move up to 205.
Obviously he added extra bulk to move up when he already couldn’t cut to the previous weight.
If he loses he gets cut – pretty sure of that.
If he has to be 205 this morning he will be 215-220 by fight time? Jesus.
taptomyarmbar - January 14, 2012
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