Rumble” In Silvas Jungle: Should UFCs Anthony Johnson Move To Middleweight?
Yesterday, a report surfaced that while Anthony “Rumble” Johnson said nothing of it, one member of his camp had said that a move to middleweight was in consideration. Normally, I’d be interested to see it happen with a fighter just to see where the move in weight class takes him. Cases in point: a few Ultimate Fighter alumni. Diego Sanchez moved down to welterweight after beating Kenny Florian in the middleweight final, as did Amir Sadollah after winning his rematch against C.B. Dollaway. Josh Koscheck and Ken-Flo followed Sanchez soon after, as would Mike Swick. Rashad Evans was the original TUF Heavyweight winner, but moved down to light heavyweight after beating Brad Imes. Joe Stevenson would move down to lightweight after a few fights, while the original UK Ultimate Fighter, Michael Bisping (who by the way faces Dan Miller this Saturday at UFC 114) moved down to middleweight after a decision loss to Evans. After a few rough outings at lightweight, Nat Diaz, the original lightweight
