UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier never shared previously separate details around the most controversial moment of his legendary career.
Prior to one of his light heavyweight title defenses at UFC 210, Daniel Cormier was in the middle of one of the largest controversies in MMA at the official weighting. Cormier would be Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson in Buffalo Rematchen in the midst of Jones’s suspension.
Cormier weighed at 206.2 pounds in his first attempt, looked down and reported on the scale. But only a few minutes later, Cormier returned to the scale with a few minutes to weigh, which makes the limit of 205 pounds seem to grab a towel that is kept by the commission officials to reduce his registered weight.
The moment brought a lot of controversy in the weeks after the fight, which eventually went into Cormier’s benefit due to interruption. Years later, at his UFC Hall of Fame induction, Cormier admitted that he grabbed the weighing towel in an attempt to successfully make the championship weight.
But according to Cormier, one of his star teammates is to blame for the incident.
Daniel Cormier reveals new details about controversial ‘towel’ weighting
In a recent to sit With former UFC-Bantam weight champion Aljamain Sterling, Cormier explained the background story behind the fiercely debated weighing incident.
“My nutritionist went:” You can grab the towel, “said Cormier.
“En raad eens wiens schuld het was? Luke Rockhold! Ik ben op de Buffalo University rennen, en ik ben voor deze schuur, deze schuurdeuren. Het was zo koud. Dus ik had dit ontwerp binnenkomen omdat ik op de loopband ben. Ik verlies het gewicht, het is meer dan een keer dat er een meisje is, en hij wil er nog meer uit, en hij heeft meer dan een meisje gewekt, en hij heeft meer dan een meisje gewekt, en hij heeft meer dan een meisje He has awakened more than a girl, and he has woken up more than a girl, and he has more than a girl, and he is not bothered by gym.
“I listened to that idiot and I left! That’s what happened,” Cormier continued. “I hope who it was, was worth Luke, because I had to have the most embarrassing moment of my career [LAUGHS]. “
Cormier and Luke Rockhold have long been teammates on the American Kickboxing Academy in California. Rockhold recently announced his retirement of combat sports after a box loss for Darren Till.
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