PHOENIX -- No one knows for sure whether former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will make it to UFC 197. But just in case Jones' legal troubles end up sidelining the pound-for-pound great, another light heavyweight contender is ready to step up and seize the opportunity to rematch Daniel Cormier on April 23.
"Anthony has been ready," Johnson's Blackzilian teammate Kamaru Usman told MMA Fighting on Wednesday. "He stays in the gym. He comes in and gets a session here and there. But he's one of those guys that you can just throw in and say, ‘hey, we need to go fight,' and he's ready to go.