Comments on: Anthony Johnson Undergoes Eye Surgery

By: Kaydan

Kaydan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:54:51 +0000

A. J. vs Melvin G….then we will see who’s the rising star…

By: natedogg77

natedogg77 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:22:57 +0000

KOuch, that’s a sad story. Things like that make the sport look really bad.

I never like it when a guy gets a finger in the eye and then ends up losing the fight because you never know how bad it affected him.

By: Dietrich

Dietrich — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:17:54 +0000

Kouch,
LOL I don’t think Jon ever saw Vitor coming….

By: KOuch

KOuch — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:21:13 +0000

Dietrich,

Is that how Vitor became champ?

By: Jeremyjackson

Jeremyjackson — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:21:00 +0000

Eye-gouging is a sweet MMA move. Haven’t you guys seen the Three Stooges? I think Curly could have tapped out Kimbo.

By: joel b

joel b — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:14:29 +0000

he is an awesome fighter and i didnt get to see the eye poke but it sounds not so accidental but more complacency so best of luck to the rumble

whats up with his appeal did it get approved???

By: Dietrich

Dietrich — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:39:13 +0000

It needs to be called the Jon Hess rule.

By: KOuch

KOuch — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:28:21 +0000

Nate,

Going blind is a great point. At a local event I went to last year that is pretty much what happened to a 19yr old fighter. He is not completely blind in his eyes but the damage was bad enough to end his MMA career. He’s a great guy who still trains with some of my friends. It’s unfortunate his career was over after 3 fights. I’d be extremely disappointed to not see Johnson in action again. I’m starting to feel that eye gouging needs to be reviewed and possibly a punishable offense. What happened in Johnson’s case and my “associates” is not right. The guy I know got gouged 4 F-N times before he finally went to a knee screaming profanities and the ref called the match. His opponent should have been DQ’d after the second. Something has to change in regards to this. It’s going to happen again and again. I don’t understand guys throwing/flailing their arms around with open hands not fists….unless going for a takedown or clinch.

By: Cole Miller

Cole Miller — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:24:13 +0000

He needs to work on his conditioning at 170…I know they said he was pretty big for that weight class…but he was strait gasing out in the burns fight…I think that happend in his fight with clementi too….all and all I like watchin this guy, hes pretty exciting but like KOuch said he gets a lil wild sometimes…he just needs to train with some elites and with his atleticism, he should be a pretty good fighter someday

By: natedogg77

natedogg77 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:19:55 +0000

I agree with you guys, no need for a rematch because he won and Burns doesn’t need to fight anymore until his finger is fixed.

What if Anthony would have gone blind in that eye.