Media William Gomis on deaths doorstep from cutting weight - *Edit: Fight has been Cancelled

[Ladder Master]

Killing your kidneys for peanuts.
There has got to be a better way.

 

[contrail]

DC thought it was at 135 jfc

 

[misterfurious]

No idea why they don’t just go to 3 hour weigh-ins; it keeps everyone in their natural weight class. When I was competing in powerlifting the USAPL had 3 hour weigh-ins and this never happened because you couldn’t get your strength back in 3 hours. The APF had 36 and 48 hour weigh-ins and guys were practically dying at every nationals. One guy I knew made 165 and lifted at 196 two days later.

 

[tornado362]

Wasn’t it cancer?

Yeah, with some other issues. The causes of cancer are still widely unknown, so it could be that the stress on the body contributed to it. I mean the poster boy for harsh dangerous weight cuts was Rumble