As for Cormier-Johnson, I wasn’t sure who I preferred to win. Cormier becoming the LHW champion last night was well-deserved, as the portly Negro does have a great chin, heart, and is obviously a world-class wrestler. Anthony “Rumble” Johnson might have the best punching power of any fighter the entire UFC.
A few years back, Johnson was involved in several “domestic violence” incidents, but he might be the most humble non-white fighter I’ve ever seen in any combat sport. After KOing Gustafsson, he treated him with the utmost respect. You’ll never see Johnson “talk trash” about anyone, which I can respect in this age of constant social media posts and other “look at me” BS.
Cormier fought intelligently, knowing that Johnson gasses easily and if you can survive his haymakers, he can be worn down and submitted or out-pointed. I wish Alex Gustafsson would’ve employed a similar strategy a few months ago.
Speaking of Gustafsson, his path to LHW gold will now be a treacherous one. He’ll need to defeat the dangerous Brazilian, Glover Teixeira (June 20th), then see how everything shakes out with Cormier, Johnson, Bader, Evans, Saint Preux, and Manuwa.
Let’s hope that somehow, someway, Bader or Gus eventually hoist the LHW belt and aren't forced to fight one another...as they're the only white contenders in that division.
One a side note, it was cool to see Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone destroy the Canadian Arab, Makdessi and Arlovski defeat the mixed Travis Browne.
