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Surprise retirements. Controversial finishes. Slick submissions. UFC 210 had a little bit of everything, including a fair amount of weird.
That includes how Daniel Cormier retained his light heavyweight championship against Anthony "Rumble" Johnson.
The end result wasn't the surprise. It ended with Cormier locking in a rear-naked choke on the challenger—just as their fight finished at UFC 187.
What was surprising, however, was Johnson's strategy in the fight.
Rumble—known for his incredible knockout power—opted to wrestle with the former Olympian. Johnson pinned Cormier against the fence early in Round 1 and even took down the champion.