Filed under: Featured , News , UFC Anthony Johnson claims he doesn’t want Daniel Cormier stripped of the UFC light heavyweight title, all appearances to the contrary. In a since-deleted Instagram post captured by MMAjunkie, Johnson denies part of his appeal to the New York State Athletic Commission includes a directive to strip Cormier of the title – and take 20 percent of his purse – if he can’t properly explain his actions at the official early weigh-ins for UFC 210. “First and foremost I never said I wanted D.C. stripped of the title,” Johnson wrote. “He beat me and that’s that…2nd I said everything would be handled After the fight because I was focused on the Fight. Weigh ins was messed up and at the end of the day it was wrong.
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