CERRITOS, Calif. — Daniel Cormier has admitted that his weight cuts are never easy. And that last one, before his UFC 210 title defense against Anthony Johnson in April, was the worst yet.
Cormier, the UFC light heavyweight champion, missed weight on the first attempt before that fight, 1.2 pounds over the 205-pound limit. He did make weight less than three minutes later, albeit while leaning on a towel draped around him to cover his body. Cormier went on to beat “Rumble” Johnson by second-round TKO, but the discussion coming out of the week in Buffalo had more to do with the weight struggles and “Towelgate.