Fighter Badly Misses Weight at UFC Japan Weigh-Ins, Stumbles off Scale

[Str8shooter]

It would be nice if commissions had the resources to weigh guys at random around 30 days out to make sure they weren't trying to cut to much.

 

[ryanrandy]

If this guy is nearly killing himself to cut weight, then him fighting fully hydrated and not as dieted-down at his normal weight probably wouldn't result in that much of a weight difference. And if you're worried about a weight disadvantage, you can always gain some lean muscle mass and then just cut a smaller reasonable amount of weight at the higher (natural) weight class. Then hey guess what you have more time and energy to actually work on your skills and prepare for your opponent

I have a theory that it's not about being outweighed; I believe most fighters cut weight in order to (a) either gain a reach advantage at a lower weight or avoid a reach disadvantage at their natural weight, or to (b) mitigate a lack of power or chin that would disadvantage them at their natural weight class

Well honestly you're theory is not good. Most guys cut proper

There's no such thing as "properly". Severely starving and dehydrating yourself and then reintroducing that water weight over a 3-4 day period is bad for you no matter how you slice it.

Obviously it's bad, what I'm saying is a lot of guys do it in a fashion that doesn't diminish performance.

 

[MMouse]

why don't these fools just fight at weight that allows them to be well hydrated and fed?

 

[MMouse]

what's funnier is when you have 2 guys who walk around the same weight to kill themselves to make weight, when they should have just met at the weight they were walking around at

 

[Ananth]

asian fighters are really bad at the weight cutting game.

or really bad at the PED game.

 

[Shaddows]

Ahead of the promotion’s most recent attendance in Japan, to be headlined by a fairly uninteresting fight between Ovince Saint Preux and a returning Yushin Okami, drama unfolded on the scale.

Featherweight Mizuto Hirota, 1-3-1 in the UFC, arrived as the last to weigh in among athletes slated for the card and looked off from the moment he appeared from behind the curtain. Swaying slightly as he met the public, he shuffled to the scale and climbed on.

150 pounds.

It was an egregious miss in its own right, four pounds above the non-title featherweight limit, but it got worse from there.

Hirota, badly drained and looking a little aloof, resignedly took a second to ponder his miss before making a move to exit the scale. When he did, he quite evidently became temporarily overwhelmed and stumbled from the scale, saved from falling only by a pair of UFC overseers who caught him.

Hirota is the most recent example, coming but a few weeks after Ray Borg was pulled from a title fight due to complications arising during his weight cut and after superstar Paige VanZant announced moving up in weight after passing out cutting to 115 pounds.

Adding insult to injury, Hirota will forfeit 30 percent of his purse to his opponent. Check out video of his weigh-in below.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ght-at-ufc-japan-weigh-ins-stumbles-off-scale

While I feel for him, I do think that if it is that hard to make that weight, he shouldn't be fighting at that WC.
Moreover, I am against the very principle of weight cutting. It should be abolished period!

Every fighter should fight at their natural (in-shape) weight. we would all win!

Better fights, healthier fighters.

 

[Ananth]

why don't these fools just fight at weight that allows them to be well hydrated and fed?

you dont make it to ufc level, if you're clean most probably.