Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
American mixed martial artist nicknamed "Rumble" who began fighting in Ultimate Fighting Championship in the Light Heavyweight Division in 2014. That year, he was named Comeback Fighter of the Year by Combat Press.
ProfessionMMA Fighter
Date of Birth6 March 1984
CityDublin, GA
close good playing teams three whenever
Whenever we're playing teams that don't have good records, we play well for three quarters, but we don't close them out down the stretch.
aware four guys kobe likes moves running spots sweet three took
We were aware of his every whereabouts. He likes to make his moves in transition. We had three or four guys back every time. We took Kobe out of his sweet spots by running guys at him, and their other guys never got going.
business care cause fall floating mark matter taking team thick type
We know where we're sitting. We're right in the thick of things in the conference. Any type of setback can cause us to fall pretty quick. We're floating right around the .500 mark and we don't like that. It's a matter of us taking care of our business and not take any team lightly.
coming knew waited
I knew it was coming my way, and I just waited on it.
crying either help home step team time
It's exciting. There's a time you either step up your play and help your team win, or you go home crying like a little baby.
calls coming hopefully job line move tonight
We've got to do a better job of getting him on the move and coming off screens. Tonight he showed us that he can get the job done coming off screens. So from now on, when the game's on the line those are the play calls that we're going to make and hopefully he can take us home.
control fell fourth needed quarter reason team whatever
We were in control of the game. We started the fourth quarter pretty well, but for whatever reason as a team we fell apart. Our aggressiveness wasn't where it needed to be.