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Video: Daniel Cormier, 41 pounds heavier, had jokes at UFC 226 weigh-ins

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LAS VEGAS – Daniel Cormier today hit the scale for UFC 226 and was 41 pounds heavier than his previous weigh-in; no wonder he was all smiles.

Cormier (20-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC), the UFC’s reigning light-heavyweight titleholder, is moving up a division for Saturday’s UFC 226 pay-per-view headliner and title fight with heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic (18-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Check out the video above as Cormier was in a cheerful mood – and even joked about Thursday’s near-disaster of falling off a press-conference stage.

“I won’t face-plant off this thing,” he said with a laugh.

Cormier, the 39-year-old two-time Olympic wrestler, has struggled to make his weight cuts to 205 pounds. But for his super fight with Miocic, he didn’t have to stress so much about his weight thanks to extra 60 pounds allowance.

Miocic, meanwhile, subsequently weighed 242.5 pounds – 3.5 pounds lighter than Cormier.

Cormier’s previous fight came in January, when he defended his 205-pound title with a second-round TKO victory over Volkan Oezdemir. Cormier, who most recently competed at heavyweight in 2013, weighed exactly 205 pounds for that light-heavyweight bout with Oezdemir at UFC 220.

For more on UFC 226, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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