Daniel CormierThe Cormier-Johnson 205-pound title fight was one of two top-of-the-card bouts on Dec. 10 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. A featherweight match between Max Holloway and Anthony Pettis had been scheduled as the co-main event at UFC 206, which is the first UFC event in Canada's largest city in three years.
The planned light-heavyweight match was a rematch of a May 2015 title fight, when Cormier won the vacant title by submitting Johnson at UFC 187.
Johnson put out a message to Cormier on Twitter:
I wish nothing but the best for DC and I hope you have a full recovery champ...
��" Anthony Johnson (@Anthony_Rumble) November 25, 2016
Cormier responded with this tweet:
@Anthony_Rumble I left a message for you on ur phone. I apologize. We Will get to rock and roll bruh. Once again my apologies. DC
��" Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 25, 2016
In April 2016, Cormier was forced to withdraw from a title defense vs. Jon Jones at UFC 197 because of a foot injury. Cormier has had one fight this year, earning a unanimous decision over Anderson Silva at UFC 200 in July.
Prior to launching his MMA career in September 2009, Cormier, 37, was a two-time NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) champion at Colby Community College in Kansas, who then transferred to NCAA Division I powerhouse Oklahoma State. The Louisiana native earned All-American honors by making it to the 184-pound finals of the 2001 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, where he lost to Iowa State's Cael Sanderson, 2004 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle, now head coach at Penn State. In addition to his college credentials, Cormier earned a place on the US freestyle team for the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.
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