mo4ch:>'I'd rather walk away with my head held high': Cormier relinquishes UFC light heavyweight title | Mo4ch News
The UFC's only 'double champion' has given up one half of his championships ahead of Saturday's title fight between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson, saying he would prefer to hand over the belt rather than be stripped of it.The 205lb title would have remained Cormier's until the first bell of the UFC 232 main event in Inglewood, California, at which point it would have been declared vacant and awarded to the winner of Jones and Gustafsson.Also on rt.comJon Jones vs Alex Gustafsson II: Five fights you don't want to miss at UFC 232"Today I am going to relinquish the UFC light heavyweight title," Cormier told 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."I’d rather walk away this way, with my head held high as it always has been, than have the history books say I was stripped. I’ve defended this title t…