Worn out, beaten down and exhausted, Anthony Johnson succumbed to a choke from Daniel Cormier in the third round of their first meeting back at UFC 187 in May 2015. This Saturday, Johnson will get a chance at redemption as he faces Cormier for a second time.
Cormier has only defended the title once since that first meeting, taking out Alexander Gustafsson in an outstanding matchup in October 2015. Two scheduled meetings with Jon Jones have fallen through, once due to a Cormier injury and the other a result of Jones' failed test for performance-enhancing drugs prior to UFC 200 last summer.