Overview

• In a new interview with Aljamain Sterling, Cormier offers fresh detail on the 2017 weigh-in now known as towel gate.
• He says he left the Buffalo University gym with about five pounds to lose after Rockhold urged him to go for a personal engagement.
• At the official check-in, Cormier first weighed 206.2 pounds, then returned minutes later and registered 205 while holding a towel, which he later acknowledged using.
• Cormier contends the commission’s setup enabled the moment, pointing to a floor-level scale, officials kneeling to read it, and his own coach holding the towel.
• He retained the title by submitting Anthony Johnson that night, drawing public mockery from Jon Jones, whose later 2017 win over Cormier was overturned after a positive drug test.