November 21, 2023 9:40 am ET
LAS VEGAS – Jose Johnson beat Chad Anheliger with a third-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Battle Evening 232 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Have a look contained in the combat with Johnson, who received his first UFC win after a tornado submission loss in his debut in August.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 18: (L-R) Chad Anheliger of Canada punches Jose Johnson in a bantamweight combat through the UFC Battle Evening occasion at UFC APEX on November 18, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Photos)
“Oh, sh*t, that motherf*cker was robust. He was a tough-ass dude. I wasn’t anticipating that out of him. I do know he’s a smaller man – positively wasn’t as sturdy as quite a lot of the those that I’ve fought in my life. I used to be anticipating that his jiu-jitsu was going to be lots higher than it was contemplating that he simply received his black belt a pair weeks in the past.
“We didn’t plan for no rattling submission in any respect. That was the furthest factor from my thoughts. My jiu-jitsu coach is all the time pondering, ‘Strangle anyone, break a bone’ – we’re all the time pondering that. However I used to be positively simply wanting to harm him. He was speaking quite a lot of sh*t on Instagram, so I used to be similar to, ‘Yeah, all proper, you assume you’re a canine? Present me that canine.’ And that’s the place my pleasure got here in to play a bit of bit and I needed to present him I used to be a canine and sh*t.” LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 18: (R-L) Jose Johnson kicks Chad Anheliger of Canada in a bantamweight combat through the UFC Battle Evening occasion at UFC APEX on November 18, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Photos)
“I can achieve this significantly better. Sorry. I’m a lot extra technical than that. I similar to to combat. My coaches had been screaming at me and so they had been making an attempt to inform me don’t brawl with this dude. I cherished it. I feel I ought to simply stick with the sport plan that we select subsequent time. I may have gotten that end a very long time in the past. I simply loved getting hit and hitting anyone. It’s been some time.”
Jose Johnson
“What are your plans for the subsequent one? Do you have got an opponent in thoughts or a time you’d prefer to return or something like that? I feel it’s a bit of too quickly for callouts. No callouts wanted. When they need me, I’m right here – ship me the contract and what’s up.”
To listen to extra from Johnson, take a look at the video of the complete post-fight interview above. For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC Fight Night 232.
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