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This past weekend at UFC 210, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier defended his light heavyweight championship<\/a> for the second time as he picked up a 2nd round submission win over Anthony Johnson in a highly anticipated affair. <\/p>\n

With that being said, there was quite a bit of controversy leading up to the fight given that Cormier missed weight on his first attempt, before then weighing-in just moments later 1.2 pounds lighter<\/a> than he had been moments before.<\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/p>\n

Backstage footage from weigh-ins showed Daniel Cormier and Johnson playfully talking. Cormier exclaimed to Johnson that this was his most difficult weight-cut yet. According to the champ, who spoke to MMAFighting<\/a> in the days following the fight, it’s because of the nine months off since his last fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy weight was good. Wednesday morning, I\u2019d guess I was like 218, but I could just feel like I wasn\u2019t losing as much as I would lose normally,\u201d Cormier said. \u201cWhereas, if I would go and work out for an hour and lose eight pounds, (instead) I was losing five-and-a-half pounds. So I was like, \u2018alright, this is going to be a little bit of a tougher cut, so I know Thursday is going to be rough.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the hardest one by far,\u201d he continued. \u201cI think the beginning of my 205-pound career was easier because I was fighting so often. Like, if you remember, I fought Patrick Cummins, then I fought Dan Henderson, then I fought (Jon) Jones and I fought (Alexander) Gustafsson, \u2018Rumble.\u2019 They were all within the first year-and-a-half. So every three or four months, I was fighting; whereas now, after Gustafsson, it was like nine months (until UFC 200), and then this time again it was like eight months. So it\u2019s just a lot of time between fights. Just, I need to be a little more active, so that my weight doesn\u2019t get as high, and also my body gets used to the weight cut again.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Anthony<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, backstage footage also caught Cormier informing Johnson that this would be his last trip down to 205<\/a>. Whether or not the champ was serious remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 4\/12\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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