Before he was one of the world’s elite athletes, before he was headlining UFC events, and before he was fighting for title shots, Anthony Johnson was an energetic 8-year-old kid. It wasn’t long into his childhood, that his granddad noticed he had an extraordinary grandson. Noticing that his grandson was on the move and witnessing his non-stop action exploring the outdoors, he took Anthony on a trip that would forever change his life. “My granddad took me to my first wrestling practice when I was 8 years old,” Johnson told MMAWeekly.com. “I had no idea where he was taking me, but he took me to my first wrestling practice at the gym at my old middle school.
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