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Retired Anthony Johnson teases return in cryptic message: ‘I’m getting that itch’

“Rumble” stepped away from mixed martial arts competition after a UFC 210 title loss to light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in April. Johnson, who confused most viewers by trying to take “DC,” a high-level wrestler, to the mat, tapped out to a rear-naked choke in the second round of the main event.

But while watching the UFC Fight Night 109 main event between former opponents Alexander Gustafsson and Glover Teixeira on Sunday, the Florida resident implied in a cryptic tweet that a return could be on the horizon in the foreseeable future.