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Daniel Cormier explains controversial UFC 210 weigh-in

Regardless of your take on what went down at the chaotic UFC 210 official weigh-ins Friday in Buffalo, on one item, there’s little room for dispute: UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had one brutal weight cut.

Cormier initially weighed in at 206.2 pounds, 1.2 pounds above the division’s championship weight limit, then re-weighed less then three minutes later at 205 on the nose, making his matchup with challenger Anthony Johnson official.

While many have pointed to the fact Cormier leaned on a towel in his second weigh-in, an old trick from the amateur wrestling world, Cormier believes a faulty scale was the culprit.