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Both of them have practiced weight cutting to an extreme point. Had Conor continued for another few years and he might would have ended like Max..
I'm just refering to them because they are a perfect example of this Idea that you have to capitalize on your early career to kill yourself cutting weight and dwarf your oppponents at the lower weight class, which is not your natural weight class.
I am aware that almost all fighters cut weight, but not to that point. Holloway should have never been a FW, neither McGregor. Their success is partly due to the CRAZY amount of weight they were able to cut during their camp.
And that shows that fighters are considering damaging their health at a young age while getting all the Glory for being dominant at a weight class they dont even belong.. once they get older they start fighting at their natural weight, where things get more interesting..
Edit: props to Whittaker for going up a class and dominating. And of course Big up to BJ Penn, who never agreed to this weight cutting bullshit and became a two weight class World Champion, with victories and defeats
I'm just refering to them because they are a perfect example of this Idea that you have to capitalize on your early career to kill yourself cutting weight and dwarf your oppponents at the lower weight class, which is not your natural weight class.
I am aware that almost all fighters cut weight, but not to that point. Holloway should have never been a FW, neither McGregor. Their success is partly due to the CRAZY amount of weight they were able to cut during their camp.
And that shows that fighters are considering damaging their health at a young age while getting all the Glory for being dominant at a weight class they dont even belong.. once they get older they start fighting at their natural weight, where things get more interesting..
Edit: props to Whittaker for going up a class and dominating. And of course Big up to BJ Penn, who never agreed to this weight cutting bullshit and became a two weight class World Champion, with victories and defeats