Johnson in no hurry to leave middleweight
“Rumble,” who will make his middleweight debut against Vitor Belfort at UFC 142 next week, said on a Wednesday conference…
“Rumble,” who will make his middleweight debut against Vitor Belfort at UFC 142 next week, said on a Wednesday conference call that he isn’t thinking about fighting at welterweight anymore.
“Right now, middleweight is where I am,” Johnson said. “That’s all I’m thinking about, and I really don’t mind fighting middleweight because I get to eat more now. So like I said, I feel 1000 times better than I did when I fought [at] 170, so that’s why I’m so happy and want to fight really bad.”
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“This is going to be a lot of fun for me,” Johnson said. “So that’s why I feel so good because I don’t have to cut the weight that I used to cut and I’m more explosive; I’m more athletic. Everything has just come to where it needs to be right now. I’m peaking at the right time.”
Asked whether he was officially done as a welterweight, Johnson simply said, “so far.”
