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Anthony Johnson

1984 - 2022

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Anthony Kewoa Johnson (March 6, 1984 – November 13, 2022) was an American mixed martial artist. He spent most of his career competing for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was a multiple time title challenger, before ending his career with a single fight with Bellator MMA. He fought in the welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. Johnson had a small acting role as a fighter in a large international mixed martial arts tournament called Sparta in the 2011 film Warrior. He was the number 1 ranked light heavyweight contender in official UFC rankings, and was ranked number 2 in the world by Sherdog and ESPN, before his retirement in April 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Johnson is the 83rd most popular martial arts (up from 166th in 2019), the 12,097th most popular biography from United States (up from 17,182nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Anthony Johnson ranks 83 out of 179. Before him are Zhang Weili, Vitor Belfort, Cris Cyborg, Hongman Choi, Chuck Liddell, and Stipe Miocic. After him are Sean O'Malley, Mark Hunt, Derrick Lewis, Bobby Lashley, Hüseyin Özkan, and Michelle Waterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Anthony Johnson ranks 212. Before him are Camila Bordonaba, Hannes Þór Halldórsson, Siphiwe Tshabalala, Sunil Chhetri, Alex Scott, and Mounir El Hamdaoui. After him are Jackson Rathbone, Aram Mp3, Mónica Spear, Leyla Aliyeva, Raif Badawi, and Sho Kitano. Among people deceased in 2022, Anthony Johnson ranks 617. Before him are David McCullough, John Landy, Sergei Puskepalis, Bob McGrath, Hilarion Kapral, and Nina Rocheva. After him are Don Young, Albert Pobor, Josephine Tewson, Bill Lienhard, Nel Noddings, and Ludwik Dorn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony Johnson ranks 12,099 out of 20,380. Before him are Dan Butler (1954), Al Harker (1910), Jake Garn (1932), Dean Malenko (1960), Levi Leipheimer (1973), and AnnaSophia Robb (1993). After him are Tamara Tunie (1959), Lester Bangs (1948), Don Young (1933), Kristen Johnston (1967), Tip O'Neill (1912), and Terence Crawford (1987).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In United States

Among martial arts born in United States, Anthony Johnson ranks 19. Before him are Kevin Randleman (1971), Daniel Cormier (1979), Dustin Poirier (1989), Mark Coleman (1964), Chuck Liddell (1969), and Stipe Miocic (1982). After him are Sean O'Malley (1994), Derrick Lewis (1985), Bobby Lashley (1976), Michelle Waterson (1986), T.J. Dillashaw (1986), and Max Holloway (1991).

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