Friday morning, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier stepped on the scale for early weigh-ins ahead of his UFC 210 title fight with Anthony Johnson tomorrow night.
Cormier’s weigh-in controversy overshadowed UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Johnson weighing-in two pounds under the light heavyweight limit of 205 pounds.
Following the bizarre and controversial weigh-in sequence from Daniel Cormier, the NYSAC Executive Director fielded questions from media members in attendance, who were still attempting to process the bizarre situation.
One interesting quote that was caught on a separate video was the NYSAC executive director stating that Cormier “wasn’t holding the towel” during his second weigh-in attempt, insinuating that the champ miraculously cut 1.2 pounds in just over two minutes.
This likely will create quite a bit of controversy as more and more footage has continued to emerge of the champ holding onto the towel, and celebrating with officials after he made weight on his second attempt.
Regardless of the situation which occurred Friday morning, Cormier and Johnson will step into the Octagon Saturday night and fight for the light heavyweight championship!
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