According to a report from Five Ounces of Pain, rising UFC welterweight Anthony "Rumble" Johnson...

According to a report from Five Ounces of Pain, rising UFC welterweight Anthony "Rumble" Johnson has been forced to withdraw from his bout with Matt Brown at The Ultimate Fighter's Season 9 Finale on June 20th. Johnson reportedly injured his knee during training. No word yet on any replacement, or whether the fight will be rescheduled. Ironically, Johnson accompanied his friend and training partner Josh Thomson to Thomson's leg surgery last month.

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bummer. this was a match-up that i was definetley looking forward to.

by bdw on May 19, 2009 12:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Booooooo!!!

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on May 19, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i second that emotion...

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by funnytiger on May 19, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

damn.

i was so looking forward to this fight…..

That was a real kick and good for laughs and lashings of the old ultraviolent.

by mistake4 on May 19, 2009 12:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Damn. This is the kind of exciting match making that the UFC needs to get back to, total wars.

by AnonymousA on May 19, 2009 1:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

HORRIBLE NEWS

Anthony Johnson is my favorite player in UFC 2009. this was also the fight i looking forward to the most

by Crookswood on May 19, 2009 1:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This sucks.
Does anyone else think that it looks like AJ has 2 elbows in that picture?

Keep firing Assholes!

This is a dream competition for me. I drink as much coffee as I want, and eventually I hallucinate.

by Ubernoober on May 19, 2009 1:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It does, but most people do too

by bigweeze on May 19, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Dang it

Kuwabara Kuwabara

by J. B. Maddox on May 19, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Weaknuts.

That sucks for Johnson and I hope he recovers well. But damn! I was so looking forward to this slugfest.

I love me some Sexyama!

by pud333 on May 19, 2009 2:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Matt Brown would have gotten KO'ed

AJ is a beast!

by Bandaka on May 19, 2009 2:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Dude lucked out, honestly.

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on May 19, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dang.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on May 19, 2009 2:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Rory Markham

would make for a solid replacement against Brown, if he’s available.

by Scott Haber on May 19, 2009 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m slightly happy – I like both fighters and didn’t want either to lose.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by themachiavellian on May 19, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sucks to see the future 170-pound dominant champion have to go through another injury.

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." - Sir Winston Churchill

by FlyByKnight on May 19, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

bummer

was just reading that herring has pulled out of the velasquez fight with an “illness” as well.

by woooburn on May 19, 2009 7:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Source?

Cause this news sucks.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by themachiavellian on May 19, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nevermind...

Goddammit…

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by themachiavellian on May 19, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, thats where i saw it

never clear on the copy and paste rules on here, or i’d have posted the link.

by woooburn on May 19, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Posting a link is always good, otherwise it just looks like gossip. Quoting the important part (just a few sentences) and then giving the link is fine, too. Quoting but not giving the source is frowned upon. Passing it off as you own reporting is banned as plagiarism. So long as you provide your sources, you’re covered.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett