Anthony Johnson Injures Knee, Withdraws From TUF 9 Finale Bout Against Matt Brown
Welterweight Anthony Johnson has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Matt Brown on June 20th at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale in Las Vegas after suffering a knee injury during training.
Johnson recently posted the news on his MySpace page:
NOT DOING WELL IM SORRY TO EVERY1 MY KNEE GOT JACKED UP TRAINING FOR MY FIGHT. NOT THE BEST OF TIMES BUT ILL MAKE IT AND COME BACK STRONGER. I ALWAYS DO!!!
Johnson (7-2), who was originally in talks to fight John Howard at the event before he backed out of the fight, is coming off of back-to-back victories over Kevin Burns and Luigi Fioravanti, via third-round knockout and first-round TKO respectively, and has won four of his six UFC fights.
Brown (9-7), a cast member on The Ultimate Fighter 7, advanced to the quarterfinals of the reality series with wins over Josh Hall and Jeremy May before falling to eventual winner Amir Sadollah. “The Immortal” defeated Matt Arroyo at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale, but suffered a split decision loss to Dong Hyun Kim last September. He’s since rebounded with back-to-back victories over Ryan Thomas and Pete Sell.
The UFC is currently seeking a replacement for the 170-pound matchup and MMAFrenzy.com will pass along news on the bout as soon as it’s available.
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That’s too bad. I was looking forward to seeing him fight. I wonder who Dana will dig up for a headliner?
Johnson is well unlucky in terms of getting injured. Cant wait to see him back in there.
That sucks, hopefully the injury is not too severe.
dam
This is unfortunate, I was looking forward to this fight…. Hope he gets well, and comes back stronger than ever
call up Kos
ifs hes healed his foot, that would be awesome
And if asked, he’s already shown he’s willing to bail the UFC out on short notice (plus it’s another payday in his 20 month contract). Despite some of his losses and the general hate for him, you have to appreciate his willingness to get in there on short notice when needed.
Matt Brown would lose to Kos, unless Kos decides to stand up and bang with Brown.
another awesome fight i was looking forward to ruined due to injury
!!!………..This sucks for both men ….a win by either one of them would have been great for there carares!
I hope he recovers well and returns to his true form…IF not better!!
Matt Brown would be a rather large step down for Kos…
As opposed to getting blasted by Paulo Thiago?
NOOOOOOO for fuk sake i was looking forward to this fight
maybe mike swick, or dustin hazlett could replace him
Swick would be great. He’s always exciting.