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When Anthony Johnson flattened out Ryan Bader and pounded him into a violent slumber in the UFC on Fox 18 main event on Saturday in Newark, New Jersey, all I could think about was the size of the chasm between light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and the rest of the division. Sure, Johnson and Alexander Gustafsson had solid performances against Cormier, but in the end, he prevailed by solid margins.