Daniel Cormier is giving up his UFC light heavyweight title before Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson fight for the belt at the UFC 232 headliner on Saturday.
The former UFC light heavyweight champion told ESPN that he would rather give up the 205-pound title as opposed to having it stripped from him when Saturday night's winner is crowned.
"Today I am going to relinquish the UFC light heavyweight title," Cormier told ESPN. "I am not going to be stripped of the belt that I've defended with my all for three and a half years. Being stripped of a title suggests you've done something wrong, and I haven't.