Daniel Cormier is no longer the light heavyweight champion.
Cormier told ESPN on Friday that he has decided to give up the 205-pound title rather than have it stripped from him once Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson fight for the belt at at UFC 232 on Saturday night.
"Today I am going to relinquish the UFC light heavyweight title," Cormier wrote in an exclusive statement to 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.