Daniel Cormier vs Anthony Johnson at ufc 206
06 Oct '16 03:20Cormier already submitted and beat Johnson for the belt. However, Johnson is not the same fighter as he was then. My opinion is this. If DC can get it to the 4th and 5th rounds, he wins. If he does not stay away for the first three rounds without placing Johnson on his back with wrestling and using his jits, it will be a short night. Nobody in the history of this sport has anyone hit as hard as Johnson. Below is a good article on the up coming fight, and the two men. Plus the main card itself. Read below.
By: MMAjunkie Staff | October 5, 2016 8:00 pm
The UFC’s return to Toronto in December has a highly anticipated title fight rematch ready to roll north of the border.
At UFC 206, light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier (17-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) will put his belt on the line against Anthony Johnson (22-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC), the man he beat in 2015 to win the then-vacant title. Cormier announced the news tonight as part of “UFC Tonight” on FS1.
UFC 206 takes place Dec. 10 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. The Cormier-Johnson fight was not announced as the main event. The bout order is still to be determined.
Poliana Botelho (5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Valerie Letourneau (8-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in a women’s strawweight bout; Zach Makovsky (19-7 MMA, 3-3 UFC) vs. John Moraga (16-5 MMA, 5-4 UFC) at flyweight; and a trio of lightweight fights: John Makdessi (14-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) vs. Lando Vannata (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), Olivier Aubin-Mercier (8-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) vs. Drew Dober (17-7 MMA, 3-3 UFC, and Rustam Khabilov (20-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) vs. Jason Saggo (12-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC).
Cormier submitted Johnson when they first fought at UFC 187 in May 2015 to claim the belt that was vacated by former champ Jon Jones, who now is the interim champ – but who has been embroiled in the throes of a pre-fight drug test failure ahead of UFC 200 in July and is awaiting potential punishment from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. After that, he beat Alexander Gustafsson by split decision at UFC 192 a year ago.
Cormier was supposed to fight Jones for the unified title at UFC 200 until Jones was pulled three days before the fight when news of his failed drug test broke. Instead, he fought former middleweight champion Anderson Silva on short notice and won a unanimous decision against the future UFC Hall of Famer.
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
Johnson has been on a tear since his loss to Cormier. He has three straight knockouts, all of which won “Performance of the Night” bonuses. He stopped Jimi Manuwa 13 months ago in the second round at UFC 191. In the UFC on FOX 18 main event in January, he knocked out Ryan Bader in the first round. And at UFC 202 in August, he took out fellow former title challenger Glover Teixeira in just 13 seconds.
Botelho, from Brazil, will make her promotional debut and comes in on a three-fight winning streak of TKOs. The Nova Uniao-based fighter hasn’t fought since September 2015, though, in her home country. Letourneau started her UFC tenure a perfect 3-0 to earn a strawweight title fight with champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 193. She dropped that fight by unanimous decision, then was stopped by Joanne Calderwood in in a flyweight fight in June with a third-round TKO.
Former Bellator bantamweight champ Makovsky is looking to rebound after back-to-back decision losses to former flyweight title challengers John Dodson and Joseph Benavidez. After starting his UFC career 2-0 with wins over Scott Jorgensen and Josh Sampo, he dropped a decision to Jussier Formiga before rebounding with a decision over Tim Elliott. Moraga has lost back-to-back fights, as well to Benavidez and, in July, a split call to Matheus nicolau. He is just 3-3 since being submitted by flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson in their title fight in July 2013.
Makdessi got back in the win column in July when he took a split decision from Mehdi Baghdad. That victory snapped a two-fight skid that included a head-kick knockout loss to Donald Cerrone at UFC 187. Vannata started his career a perfect 8-0 with seven stoppage wins before signing with the UFC earlier this year to take on Tony Ferguson on short notice at UFC Fight Night 91. Despite a “Fight of the Night”-winning performance in which he put the highly favored Ferguson in trouble a couple times, he had to tap to a Brabo choke midway through the second round for the first loss of his career.
Aubin-Mercier, from Canada, got back in the win column in June in his home country when he submitted Thibault Gouti with a third-round rear-naked choke. That gave him four wins in his past five fights, including three submission wins. Dober has back-to-back wins. At UFC 195 in July, he took a unanimous decision from Scott Holtzman, handing “Hot Sauce” the first loss of his career. And at UFC 203 in Cleveland a month ago, he knocked out Jason Gonzalez in the first round.
Khabilov has won three straight fights, all by unanimous decision, after back-to-back losses to Benson Henderson and Adriano Martins. All three of Khabilov’s wins came in Europe with decisions over Norman Parke in London, Chris Wade in the Netherlands and Leandro Silva in Germany. Now he’ll try his hand at Canada for the first time. Saggo has back-to-back wins over Justin Salas and Silva, both this year after returning from a layoff of about a year and a half following a split-decision loss to Paul Felder.
The latest UFC 206 lineup includes:
Champ Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson – for light heavyweight title
Poliana Botelho vs. Valerie Letourneau
John Moraga vs. Zach Makovsky
Lando Vannata vs. John Makdessi
Drew Dober vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Rustam Khabilov vs. Jason Saggo
By: MMAjunkie Staff | October 5, 2016 8:00 pm
The UFC’s return to Toronto in December has a highly anticipated title fight rematch ready to roll north of the border.
At UFC 206, light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier (17-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) will put his belt on the line against Anthony Johnson (22-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC), the man he beat in 2015 to win the then-vacant title. Cormier announced the news tonight as part of “UFC Tonight” on FS1.
UFC 206 takes place Dec. 10 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. The Cormier-Johnson fight was not announced as the main event. The bout order is still to be determined.
Poliana Botelho (5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Valerie Letourneau (8-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in a women’s strawweight bout; Zach Makovsky (19-7 MMA, 3-3 UFC) vs. John Moraga (16-5 MMA, 5-4 UFC) at flyweight; and a trio of lightweight fights: John Makdessi (14-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) vs. Lando Vannata (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), Olivier Aubin-Mercier (8-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) vs. Drew Dober (17-7 MMA, 3-3 UFC, and Rustam Khabilov (20-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) vs. Jason Saggo (12-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC).
Cormier submitted Johnson when they first fought at UFC 187 in May 2015 to claim the belt that was vacated by former champ Jon Jones, who now is the interim champ – but who has been embroiled in the throes of a pre-fight drug test failure ahead of UFC 200 in July and is awaiting potential punishment from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. After that, he beat Alexander Gustafsson by split decision at UFC 192 a year ago.
Cormier was supposed to fight Jones for the unified title at UFC 200 until Jones was pulled three days before the fight when news of his failed drug test broke. Instead, he fought former middleweight champion Anderson Silva on short notice and won a unanimous decision against the future UFC Hall of Famer.
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
Johnson has been on a tear since his loss to Cormier. He has three straight knockouts, all of which won “Performance of the Night” bonuses. He stopped Jimi Manuwa 13 months ago in the second round at UFC 191. In the UFC on FOX 18 main event in January, he knocked out Ryan Bader in the first round. And at UFC 202 in August, he took out fellow former title challenger Glover Teixeira in just 13 seconds.
Botelho, from Brazil, will make her promotional debut and comes in on a three-fight winning streak of TKOs. The Nova Uniao-based fighter hasn’t fought since September 2015, though, in her home country. Letourneau started her UFC tenure a perfect 3-0 to earn a strawweight title fight with champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 193. She dropped that fight by unanimous decision, then was stopped by Joanne Calderwood in in a flyweight fight in June with a third-round TKO.
Former Bellator bantamweight champ Makovsky is looking to rebound after back-to-back decision losses to former flyweight title challengers John Dodson and Joseph Benavidez. After starting his UFC career 2-0 with wins over Scott Jorgensen and Josh Sampo, he dropped a decision to Jussier Formiga before rebounding with a decision over Tim Elliott. Moraga has lost back-to-back fights, as well to Benavidez and, in July, a split call to Matheus nicolau. He is just 3-3 since being submitted by flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson in their title fight in July 2013.
Makdessi got back in the win column in July when he took a split decision from Mehdi Baghdad. That victory snapped a two-fight skid that included a head-kick knockout loss to Donald Cerrone at UFC 187. Vannata started his career a perfect 8-0 with seven stoppage wins before signing with the UFC earlier this year to take on Tony Ferguson on short notice at UFC Fight Night 91. Despite a “Fight of the Night”-winning performance in which he put the highly favored Ferguson in trouble a couple times, he had to tap to a Brabo choke midway through the second round for the first loss of his career.
Aubin-Mercier, from Canada, got back in the win column in June in his home country when he submitted Thibault Gouti with a third-round rear-naked choke. That gave him four wins in his past five fights, including three submission wins. Dober has back-to-back wins. At UFC 195 in July, he took a unanimous decision from Scott Holtzman, handing “Hot Sauce” the first loss of his career. And at UFC 203 in Cleveland a month ago, he knocked out Jason Gonzalez in the first round.
Khabilov has won three straight fights, all by unanimous decision, after back-to-back losses to Benson Henderson and Adriano Martins. All three of Khabilov’s wins came in Europe with decisions over Norman Parke in London, Chris Wade in the Netherlands and Leandro Silva in Germany. Now he’ll try his hand at Canada for the first time. Saggo has back-to-back wins over Justin Salas and Silva, both this year after returning from a layoff of about a year and a half following a split-decision loss to Paul Felder.
The latest UFC 206 lineup includes:
Champ Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson – for light heavyweight title
Poliana Botelho vs. Valerie Letourneau
John Moraga vs. Zach Makovsky
Lando Vannata vs. John Makdessi
Drew Dober vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Rustam Khabilov vs. Jason Saggo