January 7, 2010, at 3:42 pm
In a battle of two ultra-athletic welterweights, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson will take on John “Doomsday” Howard at Ultimate Fight Night 21, which will be aired on Versus. Here’s the news from Bloody Elbow:
After a lot of smack talk and some genuine bad blood between both guys, it looks like the two will finally meet in the octagon.
John Howard on Twitter: “Me and Anthony crumble Johnson will be fighting. Time to shut him up. See u soon crumble. ur ass is mine Here comes the Doom!”
He also says the fight will happen this March. They have two cards planned on that month, the UFC card on Versus, and UFC 111 on New Jersey about a week later.
[UPDATE]: MMA Junkie reports that the bout will take place on the main card of UFN 21 on Versus
That’s shaping up to be a pretty decent card. We’ve already talked about Jon Jones taking on Brandon Vera and the possibility of Kimbo Slice bringing the ratings bonanza to Versus.
The first thing that I thought when I saw this fight was how far Anthony Johnson fell after his loss to Josh Koscheck at UFC 106. Sure, Johnson was dominated the whole fight. However, he’s still a top-10ish welterweight. Johnson should be able to handle Howard easily.
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