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Anthony Johnson: After I hurt Koscheck, he needed some kind of excuse to recover
UFC Insider —
... swings, he jabs with his open hand and the right didn’t even hit me, it was just the open palm strike and my eyes, my eyes are burning like hell right now. After I hurt him, he needed that, he needed some kind of excuse to recover, but it’s all good.”
A dejected Anthony Johnson reacts to his Nov. 21 submission loss to Josh Kosckeck at UFC 106: “Ortiz vs. Griffin 2″ from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas…
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UFC 106 Post-Fight: Tito Thought He Was Robbed, No Title Shot For Koscheck
MMA Convert —
... And getting paid he did. Dana awarded him $140,000 in bonus money for his performance against Anthony Johnson. Koscheck said he wanted to weather the early storm and use his wrestling to take Johnson down and submit him, which was exactly what happened. Meanwhile, Johnson said the eye pokes took him out of game giving Koscheck the opening to take over the fight. ...
Anthony Johnson: After I hurt Koscheck, he needed some kind of excuse to recover
MMA Interplay —
... Center in Las Vegas. The contest was full of bizarre stoppages and mishaps between eye pokes from both sides and a controversial knee while “Kos” was grounded. “Rumble” contends the knee never made head contact and that his loss can be attributed to the aforementioned eye mashing. Anyone think the fight was affected by anything other than the difference in ground fighting capabilities? Opinions please.
UFC News Credit and Full Story: MMA Mania
The Week in Quotes: November 15th - 21st
Bloody Elbow —
... "I didn't hit him in the head, I hit him in the arm. I don't know why he would act like [that], I guess he was gassing." - Anthony "Rumble" Johnson, on a whacky series of events in his fight with Josh Koscheck at UFC 106 involving a knee, a hand graze, and, in later pictoral evidence, a poke in the eye. (MMA Mania) ...
Monday Morning Wrap Up: UFC 106 Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin 2
Bloody Elbow —
... -- Zak Woods
MMA4Real UFC 106 Review And Recap -- Kelvin Hunt
Ben Saunders' Jeet Kune Do Reigns Supreme at UFC 106 -- Dave Walsh
Five Things We Learned at UFC 106 -- Ben Fowlkes
Griffin, Ortiz deliver for UFC -- Kevin Iole
The Aftermath:
Josh Koscheck and Dan Hardy Build Some Heat at UFC 106 -- Kid Nate
Anthony Johnson: After I hurt Koscheck, he needed some kind of excuse to recover -- ...
Evidence of Anthony Johnson poking Josh Koscheck's left eye, prior to the "illegal" knee.
Johnson...
Bloody Elbow: FanShots —
... I didn't hit him in the head. I thought I timed it perfect but I didn't and that's my fault. After him poking me in the eye it made a big difference. Then he did it twice and got both eyes the second time because when he swings, he jabs with his open hand and the right didn't even hit me, it was just the open palm strike and my eyes, my eyes are burning like hell right now. After I hurt him, he needed that, he needed some kind of excuse to recover, but it's all good."
HT: MMA Mania ...
