UFC 187 descends on Las Vegas on Saturday night, with the headline fight from a packed card seeing Anthony Johnson and Daniel Cormier do battle for the UFC light heavyweight title.
It’s all been set up perfectly, with the No. 1 challenger in Johnson taking on the third-ranked Cormier, and the duo looked ready for a ferocious encounter during the weigh-in.
UFC President Dana White revealed the fighters’ face-off:
JOHNSON vs CORMIER!!! pic.twitter.com/gUpI5PKykm
— Dana White (@danawhite) May 23, 2015
Both Johnson and Cormier have the chance to take advantage of disgraced champion Jon Jones being stripped of his title, and they both made weight in their respective bids to do so:
Fighter | Weight |
Anthony Johnson | 204. |