Joe Rogan & Ben Askren explain the solution to all weight cutting problems

From the latest episode of Joe's MMA show.

Ben Askren explains the weigh in system used in ONE Championship (where Askren fought the later part of his career) and how it has successfully eliminated weight cutting, and the associated health risks.

Time-stamped @1:34:54




For those who aren't able to watch the video; Ben explains the weigh in system at ONE which I summarised in the following spoiler
whereby
fighters take a specific gravity urine test, which is immediately weighed, showing whether or not the fighter is hydrated within seconds.

If the fighter is hydrated, he can proceed to step on the scales and weigh in.

If the fighter is not hydrated, he must drink water until he can produce a satisfactory sample and then weigh in.
If he is overweight, he gets fined.
Note that you can be ON WEIGHT, but if you are not hydrated you can't officially weigh in at all.
They can weigh in at any point in the 2 days leading up to the fight.

Both guys agreed that this is the solution for eliminating the dangerous and pointless process of weight cutting.

So what do you guys think? Why aren't UFC implementing this?

The only downside would be that many (the majority) of the fighters would have to change division causing some casual fans to get a bit confused. However they'd still be competing against most of the same guys as they are with the current system.

It seems like various athletic commission are coming up with convoluted ways of mitigating the problems and ignoring the most obvious and easiest solution.

Bumping this again for educational purposes due to recent weigh in malarky.

The simple and effective solution is out there people...
 
Specific gravity is a measure of the density of a liquid compared to water.

Water has a specific gravity of 1.000.
In order to be sufficiently hydrated to weigh in, the fighters must have specific gravity between 1.000 and 1.025.

(The more watery your piss , the more hydrated you are...makes sense right?)

In order to determine the specific gravity you weigh a fixed amount of the liquid.

I'm on board but anyone with a fundemental understanding of human biology will tell you that consuming a diuretic will make your pee clear as your kidneys mistakenly filter out water

Have 2 cups of coffee and your pee is clear, same with beer. Alcohol is a diuretic also. These will make your specific gravity within limits by flushing your body of water, even though you may be severely dehydrated.
 
I'm on board but anyone with a fundemental understanding of human biology will tell you that consuming a diuretic will make your pee clear as your kidneys mistakenly filter out water

Have 2 cups of coffee and your pee is clear, same with beer. Alcohol is a diuretic also. These will make your specific gravity within limits by flushing your body of water, even though you may be severely dehydrated.
Interesting . Havent heard about that.
Would there be a better way to check if someone is hydrated?

Maybe that's why ONE champ Angela Lee shows up so much bigger than her opponents lol
 
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