Anthony Johnson just fought the strangest fight. The UFC light heavyweight title challenger decided to wrestle the wrestler. We all know that Johnson has some wrestling cred, but Cormier is an Olympic-level wrestler and Rumble decided to clinch up and look for a takedown. When he fights at range, he beats people up. Instead, he fought Cormier’s game.
And he lost.
After a fairly uneventful first round where they both just clinched up (but Johnson did land some shots when he did have some distance and even broke DC’s nose), Cormier just took over in the second.