John Howard: Anthony Johnson took the ‘p—- way out’
He started the beef about a year ago, Howard explained. What happened was, (the UFC) offered the fight to me…
He started the beef about a year ago, Howard explained. What happened was, (the UFC) offered the fight to me for my second fight in the UFC. And I told them, ‘no, I don’t think it’s a good idea. I’m still new in the UFC and I still want to be making some money out of it, and don’t want to be fighting some of the top 20 guys already.’ He took it like, oh, I was scared, I’m a (expletive), I’m a (expletive) and all this. And then call me a ‘cotton picker.’
I got really uptight about that.
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He talks all this (expletive), ‘yo, I’m going to stand and bang,’ he said. What’d he do? He (expletive) out and took him down. I’m not saying it wasn’t a smart strategy. Maybe it was, but don’t come up like, ‘oh, I’m going to stand and bang. I’m a hardcore mother (expletive).’ And then when push comes to shove, you take down and you go the (expletive) way out.
At least, when I fought Thiago, yes, Thiago beat me, but I stood and banged with a mother (expletive).
It’s about to get real ugly.
