Cody should have been at 125 all along, dunno what he was thinking
Hypothetically if Khabib was willing to kill himself cutting to 145, and Max turned down the fight, for any reason at all, would you give him shit for ducking? If Cormier could cut to 185 and Whittaker said no because, let's say they didn't offer him enough money, is he also ducking?
Basically I don't like the creeping expansion of the word "ducking" to basically mean "not fighting the guy I think he should fight regardless of weightclasses". It will just lead to even more retarded fighter-bashing.
Guys turn down fights all the time for reasons other than "they're scared", and only the biggest dumbasses immediately, without knowing any details, jump to "lololol he was ducking i knew it!"
That is straight up like elementary school thinking....