Daniel Cormier rose to the occasion at UFC 187. | Photo: Christian Peterson/UFC/Zuffa/Getty
Daniel Cormier made the most of his second chance.
Nearly four months after suffering a humbling defeat at the hands of Jon Jones in a 205-pound title bout, Cormier captured the light heavyweight crown with a third-round submission of Anthony Johnson in the UFC 187 headliner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. After securing the tapout 2:39 into the period, the American Kickboxing Academy product wasted no time calling out Jones, who was stripped of his title and suspended indefinitely last month.