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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Dana White said this week that the UFC will consider putting together a fight between Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony "Rumble" Johnson now that the Jon Jones-Daniel Cormier bout's been shifted to January.
That came after Gustafsson's camp said he wouldn't take another fight until getting his title fight, with White saying he'll probably fight again anyway. For his part, Johnson's more than willing to take that fight.
"I'm down to fight whoever," Johnson said in an interview with MMAjunkie.com. "If they want to give me Alex, that's fine. We're all going to have to fight eventually, one day. It's bound to happen, so why not?"
The one potential holdup for Johnson would be if the UFC wanted the fight to happen in Sweden. Still, it's something he'd begrudgingly do if they asked.
"I'll hate it, but alright, I guess I'm going to Sweden to whip some ass," he commented jokingly.
Whether it's Gustafsson or someone else, Johnson says he just spoke with the UFC regarding his future, so something could be coming out soon enough.
"We haven't talked main events yet – we just talked about potential opponents and people I'm for sure going to fight," he said. "We're just taking it one day at a time. I could [have an announcement soon]. We'll see what happens."
"I can't say nothing. I don't throw bones – I throw bombs... I'll fight 'em all. They're all going to be victims."
Penick's Analysis: Johnson's ready and willing to take on whomever the UFC can give him to move towards a title fight. Gustafsson's the fight that makes a ton of sense, but we may still see Gustafsson holding out. The problem Gustafsson has now is that his only fight since last September came on UFC Fight Pass, and the longer things go between fights, the less he's in the public eye to make that a relevant fight.
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