Getting TKO'd by a weight cut should = immediately forced to move up a division

[RicardinhoPT]

It should be as simple as that. If you miss weight your next fight should be a division higher, alsk if it's only by 0.1 pounds...

 

[Horriblehim]

I think first time missing should be 50% purse. 2nd time missing 50% plus automatic move up weight class.
Can't make it to the fight because cutting issues = no pay plus automatic move up. Put it in the Damn contracts!

 

[genecop]

Wtf is so hard about everyone fighting at their natural weight..

 

[NekMinnit]

Yoel has no business at MW any more

 

[turna]

This is categorically incorrect.

NCAA wrestling didn't make changes to weight cutting until there was a string of grave injuries and deaths. The policies they put in place to monitor weight cutting are what we should rightly call 'common sense' and they are effective.

You get certified for your lowest weight class by a medical doctor each year. If you'd like to move down to a lower weight class, its very difficult and requires another clearance.

Throughout the year, specific gravity tests (urine sample) examines your hydration. You simply cannot get certified for a weight class by weighing in dehydrated, end of story.

Student athletes stopped dying, and similar programs were adopted at the high school level in many states.

The UFC can cheaply and effectively end hero water cuts with a similar policy, but I'm afraid it will take a grave injury or death before they take action.

This seems pretty fucking sensible.

 

[Mangar]

The fighters can do what they want you turd surfer.

 

[Strategery]

Disagree. Fighters are already punished for missing weight via their purse. Let UFC manage egregious misses or chronic offenders on a case-by-case basis exactly as they are doing now. They take into account the business impact and the fighter's health.

 

[Vegesus44]

People will never stop the dangerous cutting and everyone else should mind their own business instead of being anti-freedom crybabies.

Herp?

 

[IGotAHugePeckah]

Missing weight by more than 2lbs should be an automatic move up, too.