Minus some superficial damage to his face, it could not have gone smoother for Daniel Cormier.
The American Kickboxing Academy Ace submitted Anthony Johnson with a rear-naked choke to retain the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight title in the UFC 210 main event on Saturday at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Cormier coaxed the tapout 3:37 into Round 2, as he continued his reign at 205 pounds in the absence of Jon Jones.
Johnson could not have employed a more puzzling game plan. “Rumble” chose to engage in Cormier’s wheelhouse, as he muscled his way into the clinch and pressed the two-time Olympian for takedowns.