Daniel Cormier never admitted he used the towel to “make weight” prior to his UFC light heavyweight championship bout with Anthony Johnson at UFC 210. Less than three months later, a fellow fighter tried a different trick in front of the New York commission, but failed.
Sergio da Silva was one of the first fighters to enter the room this morning in New York to make weight for Bellator 180, but he was a few pounds over. da Silva, who was born in Brazil, but lived most of his life in New York, thought he could step in the scale, check his weight and come back later.