Anthony “Rumble” Johnson handled his business in Stockholm. | Photo: Ryan O'Leary/MMAViking.com
When Anthony Johnson was cut by the Ultimate Fighting Championship three years ago, he essentially had to start over from scratch, reassess his career and refocus his dedication to mixed martial arts. He grew perfectly into his light heavyweight build, began a torrid winning streak, re-signed with the UFC and eventually found himself fighting for a crack at light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.
Meanwhile, former Dream and Strikeforce champion Gegard Mousasi’s choice of “Hate or Glory” as his walkout song made sense when the smoke cleared following his 70-second finish on MMA legend Dan Henderson in the co-headliner. He was relishing the glory that went along with stopping one of the most decorated fighters in history, though longtime “Hendo” fans likely hate the guy for crippling the American’s chances at a storybook conclusion to his career.
Finally, Andy Ogle walked out to the Outkast classic “Hey Ya!” and was probably thinking those exact words when his fight against Makwan Amirkhani ended not long after it began. A flying knee and follow-up punches from the Finnish newcomer took out Ogle in just eight seconds -- almost the same amount of time it took the Team Alpha Male-trained Englishman to say, “Hey Ya!”
UFC ON FOX 14 WALKOUT SONGS
Anthony Johnson: Lil Wayne | “Moment”
Alexander Gustafsson: Zlatan Ibrahimovic feat. Day | “Du Gamla Du Fria”
Gegard Mousasi: Gesaffelstein | “Hate or Glory”
Dan Henderson: Toby Keith | “Made in America”
Ryan Bader: The Rolling Stones | “Paint it Black”
Phil Davis: Hillsong United | “With Everything”
Sam Sicilia: John Frusciante | “Murderers”
Akira Corassani: Rage Against the Machine | “Testify”
Nicholas Musoke: The Latin Kings | “Botkyrka Stylee”
Kenny Robertson: Jake Maurer | “Just Don’t Quit”
Sultan Aliev: Eminem | “Lose Yourself”
Makwan Amirkhani: J Balvin feat. Farruko | “6 AM”
Andy Ogle: Outkast | “Hey Ya!”
Nikita Krylov: Aria | “Stand Up, Vanquish Fear”
Stanislav Nedkov: Slavi Trifonov & Tonco Tokmak | “Sveti Georgi”
Mairbek Taisumov: Nasheed | “Kuntu Maytan”
Anthony Christodoulou: Notorious B.I.G. | “Juicy”
Mirsad Bektic: 180 Boys | “Volim Te Bosno”
Paul Redmond: Jimmy Cliff | “The Harder They Come”
Viktor Pesta: The Animals | “House of the Rising Sun”
Konstantin Erokhin: Salvador | “Fight Nights (I was born a Warrior)”
Neil Seery: Coldplay | “Every Tear Drop is a Waterfall”
Chris Beal: Rich Homie Quan feat. Problem | “Walk Thru”