UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Johnson seems ready for his upcoming title fight against UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier at UFC 210.
Recently, Cormier has gone on record saying he is willing to stand and trade punches with Johnson in their next fight.
“He can yap all he wants,” Johnson said on The MMA Hour. “He knows what’s coming.”
In May 2015, Cormier won the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship by submitting Johnson at UFC 187.
After a three-fight win streak, Johnson earned another shot at the UFC title. He was scheduled to fight Cormier in December, at UFC 206, but Cormier withdrew from the fight due to an injury.
On Monday, Johnson said he is ready to go through all the media preparation all over again leading up to a fight with Cormier.
“Hell, it feels like it’s natural now at this point, we’ve done it so much,” Johnson said. “But DC and I are professionals, we know how to control our emotions and say the right thing and be respectful. There’s no point in being disrespectful to each other and making ourselves look dumb, look stupid. So we definitely have to have respect, and we do what we have to do to get everybody tuned in, but come April 8th, somebody is getting f**ked up.”
UFC 210 takes place April 8 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.
