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UFC 142 weigh-in: Anthony Johnson misses weight for his middleweight fight, Dana White rips him

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Johnson's weighs 197, but still looks fit (Getty) What the heck just happened? Insert some stronger language and that had to be Dana White's initial reaction to Anthony Johnson's huge gaffe at the UFC 142 weigh-in. Johnson, a massive 170-pounder, took this fight at 185 pounds months ago. Thought by some to be the smaller fighter against Vitor Belfort, Johnson clocked in at a shocking 197 pounds! The backstory was that Johnson got as low as 187.5 and doctors told him to stop. UPDATE: Here's the medical explanation why Johnson stopped cutting weight at 187.5 pounds. [ Don't miss the action: Watch UFC 142 live on Y! Sports ] White was alerted to the issue earlier in the day and announced right around 4 p.m. ET that Johnson wasn't going to make weight. "Rumble Johnson is not on weight today. And when I say he's not on weight he's way off weight," White said on FX. White rightly flips out when fighters miss weight by three or four pounds. This was...