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In addition to this guys proposal about weight cutting. They could easily start weighing fighters say 1 month out, then 3 weeks, then 2 weeks etc. If a fighter is say over 20lbs or 25lbs above their weight class max limit then they should be fined.
There is no reason WW as big as WW Johnny hendricks should be allowed to fight at WW when 2 months away from the fight he is weight 215lbs or 220lbs then he needs to lose 20lbs of fat and then cut 30lbs of water weight.
If you like to eat a lot and are going to be so big you are freaking 25lbs heavier then you go up
http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/the-ufc-should-put-hard-7-5-rehydration-limits-on-weight.3675001/
Below is Hendricks saying 10 seconds into the video that he walks around NORMALLY at 215lbs, at 30 to 34 seconds he says or 220lbs!!
There is no reason WW as big as WW Johnny hendricks should be allowed to fight at WW when 2 months away from the fight he is weight 215lbs or 220lbs then he needs to lose 20lbs of fat and then cut 30lbs of water weight.
If you like to eat a lot and are going to be so big you are freaking 25lbs heavier then you go up
I think it's ridiculous how much weight MMA fighters cut. This has been discussed to death, but eventually someone is going to outright die from weight cuts in the UFC. And weight cutting makes the brain more vulnerable to TBI's, which is detrimental to a fighters long term health.
Why don't they just implement hard 7.5% rehydration caps? For example, if you fight at 170, 7.5% of 170 is 12.75 pounds. Thus, welterweight fighters shouldn't under any circumstance be allowed to walk into the cage heavier than 182.75 pounds. Obviously this is just an example -- you could up that number to 10% rehydration (187 pound hard limit for walk-in to cage at welterweight), at least to start.
Also, regardless of whether this is implemented -- every fighter should be weighed walking into the cage, and their weight published. We should know exactly how much each fighter weighs in the cage. This public information would at least help start a dialogue on extreme weight cutting.
http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/the-ufc-should-put-hard-7-5-rehydration-limits-on-weight.3675001/
Below is Hendricks saying 10 seconds into the video that he walks around NORMALLY at 215lbs, at 30 to 34 seconds he says or 220lbs!!