Why didn't CSAC cancel fights at UFC 241?

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The CSAC reserves the right to recommend that any fighter who has a 10 percent difference in their pre-fight and fight night weights move up a division, though commission doctors and officials can use their own discretion when deciding if that recommendation is necessary.

Fight Night Weights

PPV
Stipe Miocic (230.5 pounds to 233 pounds = 1.1%) def. Daniel Cormier (236.5 pounds to 247 pounds = 4.4%)
Nate Diaz (170 to 180 = 5.9%) def. Anthony Pettis (169.5 to 177.2 = 4.5%)
Paulo Costa (186 to 213.8 = 14.9%) def. Yoel Romero (184.5 to 207.2 = 12.3%)
Sodiq Yusuff (145 to 169.2 = 16.7%) def. Gabriel Benitez (146 to 164.6 = 12.7%)
Derek Brunson (186 to 204.8 = 10.1%)
def. Ian Heinisch (185.5 to 203.5 = 9.7%)

Preliminarie
Khama Worthy (155.5 to 167.6 = 7.8%) def. Devonte Smith (156 to 163.8 = 5%)
Cory Sandhagen (136 to 149.2 = 9.7%) def. Raphael Assuncao (136 to 153.2 = 12.6%)
Drakkar Klose (155.5 to 175.2 = 12.7%) def. Christos Giagos (155 to 176.2 = 13.7%)

Casey Kenney (139 to 145 = 4.3%) def. Manny Bermudez (140 to 164.8 = 17.7%)

Early Prelims
Hannah Cifers (114.5 to 125.6 = 9.7%) def. Jodie Esquibel (116 to 127.8 = 10.2%)
Kyung Ho Kang (136 to 156.4 = 15%) def. Brandon Davis (136 to 156 = 14.7%)
Sabina Mazo (126 to 145.6 = 15.6%)
def. Shana Dobson (124.5 to 136 = 9.2%)


Should CSAC have taken action by pulling all the fights which had one or both fighters gaining 10% or more after weigh-ins?
 
Because they don't have the power to scuttle fights that cross that 10% threshold, but rather after the fight is over, they tell that fighter to move up.

They're working on a reg now that would allow them to do that, cancel fights with fighters that gain over 15% of their body weight from weigh-in day to fight night. So that would have axed the Yusuff/Benitez, Kenney/Bermudez and Mazo/Dobson fights.
 
Proabably didn't want to destroy the card.

CSAC, via taxes, would have lost out of their paydays as well, you know.
 
Of course but when its half the damn roster you realize ufc is a joke. Everybody is cutting 20 to 25 pounds just to weigh in tiny and rehydrating 25 pounds right back the next day thinkin thier gonna dwarf the other guy im 180 and i fight 135.. Type mentality theyre literally cheating the system because the system is stuipid as fuck should be weigh ins the day of the fight withing 3 to 8 hours before
 
Lets weigh in in the morning and fight tomorrow....night....
 
This should help explain it TS:

https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2018/01/csac-10-point-plan-explained-andy-foster

In 2017, the CSAC adopted a 10-point plan to address the issue of severe weight cutting. One of the measures of that plan is to recommend a fighter move up a weight class if they “gain excessive weight” between weigh-in day and fight night. By the definition of the plan, “excessive” is anything more than 10 percent plus one pound more than the fighter weighed in at.

Foster was adamant that the recommendation to move up is by no means a punitive action, but that it is based solely on concern for a fighter’s well-being.

Foster knows that, despite his best effort, the perception is out there that the recommendation to fight in a higher weight division is a penalty of sorts. Because of that misperception, Foster plans to amend the 10-point plan to make things more transparent for everyone involved.

“What I’m going to do moving forward, they’re still getting the recommendation (to move up) from the California system,” Foster said. “I’m just not going to put it out there for the entire (Association of Boxing Commissions) to see for 60 days, because I’m going to let them have a chance to correct it and to get with a plan, because it’s all about health and safety.”

During those 60 days, it’s up to the fighter to assemble a strategy with a doctor, dietician or, in the case of a UFC fighter, possibly the UFC Performance Institute, that shows they can safely make the weight they were initially licensed at without severe dehydration and extreme rehydration during fight week. Once that plan is in place, the CSAC and its doctors will review it and decide whether or not to license that fighter at their originally licensed weight.
 
Because they don't have the power to scuttle fights that cross that 10% threshold, but rather after the fight is over, they tell that fighter to move up.

They're working on a reg now that would allow them to do that, cancel fights with fighters that gain over 15% of their body weight from weigh-in day to fight night. So that would have axed the Yusuff/Benitez, Kenney/Bermudez and Mazo/Dobson fights.
How about day of the fight weigh-ins from 9am to 11am? Because now they've up to 36 hours to recover from the weight cut.
 
Lets weigh in in the morning and fight tomorrow....night....

How about day of the fight weigh-ins from 9am to 11am? Because now they've up to 36 hours to recover from the weight cut.

Weigh-ins used to occur just 24 hours before the fight, but fighters complained a lot about it. Having weigh-ins the day of won't necessarily fix the problem and will likely result in worst fights. The problem will continue until the UFC and athletic commissions mandate and implement hydration testing.
 
Weigh-ins used to occur just 24 hours before the fight, but fighters complained a lot about it. Having weigh-ins the day of won't necessarily fix the problem and will likely result in worst fights. The problem will continue until the UFC and athletic commissions mandate and implement hydration testing.
I remember when the early weigh-ins started.



UFC 199 was a special event with early weigh-ins, Helwani being banned, Brock announcement, Bisping winning, post-fight presser.
 
How about you all just stop whining about what other people want to do with their bodies. That makes more sense.
 
How about you all just stop whining about what other people want to do with their bodies. That makes more sense.
it's not whining if it's supposed to be regulatory to prevent things like death associated from weight cutting or dehydration causing fighters brain damage during their bouts.
 
They should turn it into WFC (Walk-around-weight Fighting Championship).
 
This CSAC?
The California State Athletic Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to grant former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones a temporary fight license and remove all regulatory blocks to his scheduled title fight at UFC 232.
 
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