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Anthony Johnson after UFC 187 title loss to Daniel Cormier: "I promise I'll be back"
May 24, 2015 - 3:50:52 PM Anthony Johnson after UFC 187 title loss to Daniel Cormier: "I promise I'll be back"

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"My goal is still to be champion one day. I was on a nine-fight win-streak and Daniel just defeated me. But I promise I'll be back. I don't care who I have to fight, when I have to fight them or where I have to fight them. I will be back and whoever's there, hey, let's do it... I can't lie, he wrestled the hell out of me tonight. Daniel did an awesome job. He definitely made me carry his weight and he's heavy as hell. It wasn't an adrenaline dump. This motherf***er is heavy. I'm just glad to be in this moment right now. I can't take anything away from Daniel. I'm happy for him, I'm proud of him, and I wish him nothing but success."

-Anthony Johnson reacts to his loss to Daniel Cormier at UFC 187 during the post-fight press conference on Saturday night (transcribed by MMAJunkie.com).

Penick's Analysis: It's going to take several fights for him to get another title fight, but considering a matchup of his power against Jon Jones remains intriguing, it's still a future possibility. He made a couple of mistakes against Cormier that he might be able to address and work back from, but it was a significant setback for him on Saturday night. He's got a positive mindset here after the loss, and maybe that'll be enough to get back into the thick of things quickly, but he's obviously still got quite a bit of work to do.