UFC light heavyweight Anthony “Rumble” Johnson is set to face champion Daniel Cormier for the title at UFC 210. The event has become an obsession for the fighter.
In an interview with MMA Fighting, at Thursday’s media conference call, Johnson explained
“I’m definitely not the same fighter I was two years ago. Every day, every week, every month, every year I’m getting better and better, so you’ll see a different guy out there the next time you see me fight.
[The loss] definitely lit a fire under my ass to train harder and know what I needed to do to beat this guy.”
The contender later admitted,
“Getting the belt would definitely put everything in place for me,” Johnson said. “And mentally, it’s like an obsession.
That’s always the ultimate goal for top athletes in mixed martial arts or any sport, to be the best and get a championship or whatever you want to call it. So getting the belt will definitely put me right up there with the best of the best. I don’t want to be a could’ve been, or one of those guys that they talk about on the (message) boards saying ‘this guy could’ve been this and he could’ve been that,’ or ‘should’ve been,’ and all of this and all of that. I want to be that guy who they say, ‘he did it.’”
UFC 210 goes down April 8 inside the Buffalo, New York KeyBank Center.
