The fact that this is being talked about more and more suggests we're moving to a point where change is coming.
Fuck these guys who are cutting more than 15 pounds. And guys like Khabib who are cutting so much weight that their body just stops functioning.... I absolutely abhor extreme weight cutting and to me, it's the worst thing in the sport right now.
Imagine having a goal you've been working towards not only for a full fight camp, but for years - working up the ranks. Imagine that goal requires you to be at your best physical condition possible. And then imagine that 24 hours before reaching that goal, you drain your body of all fluids, you reduce your nutritional intake for a full week, starving yourself, and you completely distract yourself from the real task by committing this harm to your body.
It makes no fucking sense.
I'm incredibly curious what kind of performances we could see if fighters were healthy the week of the fight and weren't draining themselves.