UFC Fight Night 210 has a very exciting lineup of fights, but one of the most anticipated fights is surely going to be Daniel Cormier taking on Anthony Johnson for the title of UFC light heavyweight champion. Not only will the outcome of the fight determine who is the next light heavyweight champion, but it will also affect the future and the path that the whole weight division itself will undertake going forward.
Cormier (18-MMA and 7-1 UFC) had already faced and fought against Johnson (22 – 5 MMA and 13 -5 UFC) once previously back in May of 2015 at UFC fight night 187. This fight saw Cormier emerge victorious and take the championship and the belt which before him was vacant. The fight had gone into the third round when Cormier won by submission.
It has been almost two years since that fight went down and the pair are going to be back at it. Will the fight yield a different result this time around? The bookmakers don’t seem to agree, but we have all seen the contender develop and grow as fighter in the two years since he last fought Cormier.
One thing is for sure – Cormier is going to have a much more paramount challenge to overcome this time around if he wants to cling on to that championship belt. Johnson is not the best on the ground, but has a deadly knockout punch always up his sleeve.