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Anthony Johnson Warns Opponents: Make a Mistake, You’ll be Counting Sheep

“I think I just needed to grow as a person and as a fighter to be who I am right now. Being around these guys, and being so supportive and all positive, you can’t help but be that way when you’re around a group of guys the way I am. Over these past couple years, this is where I need to be and where I’m supposed to be,” Johnson stated recently on MMAWeekly Radio.

Now, don’t think for a second that just because Johnson is walking around with a smile on his face instead of a grimace, that his killer instinct inside the cage has faded at all.

Johnson believes he’s more dangerous now than ever because the coaches he’s working with are instilling a new set of skills in him that he’s never had before.

It’s making him a finisher, and not just the kind that goes out there and looks for the knockout. Johnson wants to put an opponent away by any means necessary.

“With this fight, I plan on finishing it. That’s just how we train at my gym. We train to finish people no matter what. If I get on the ground, Mario Sperry taught me to control, damage and then submit the person, so that’s what I’ll do on the ground,” said Johnson.

“If I’m standing up, of course I’m going to put that pressure and as soon as you open up, I’m going to force you to give me an opening and then make a mistake, and as soon as you make a mistake, most likely you’ll find out you’re on your back counting sheep.”

Anthony Johnson Warns Opponents: Make a Mistake, You'll be Counting Sheep | MMAWeekly.com