Filed under: Bellator , Featured , News , UFC In May 2015 Daniel Cormier defeated Anthony Johnson to claim the vacant UFC light heavyweight title. The win was a decisive one, with Cormier forcing Johnson to tap to a rear-naked choke in the third round. On Saturday the two meet for a second time, headlining UFC 210. Since their last meeting, Cormier has defended the belt once, defeating Alexander Gustafsson in a hard-fought five-round contest in October 2015. Cormier won that fight , which ranks among the best light-heavyweight title fights in UFC history, by split decision. Cormier followed up with a unanimous-decision win over Anderson Silva in a non-title contest at UFC 200. Since losing to Cormier, Johnson hasn’t needed the judges
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