biggest (scary) weight cuts/gains

[Pequeño Corey]

Gian Villante on that Serra diet looked like he absorbed another person.

 

[LoneStalker]

What are considered the most extreme MMA weight cuts? In boxing, guys like Terrence Crawford walk around at 175 and cut to 135. That seems insane. What are crazy MMA examples?

Holy shit, if those numbers are correct that is just insane, it represents like 20% of Crawford own weight or more.

 

[DeathStroke]

Silva only weighed 198.5 lbs at UFC 200; 0% weight cut for Light Heavyweight.
Lee said that when he was optimal, that he would cut from 176-177 lbs at Lightweight; 11.9% weight cut.
Cormier cut from 236 lbs to 205 lbs; 13.1% weight cut.
Costa cuts from 213.8 lbs to 185 lbs; 13.5% weight cut.
Tibau cut from 181 lbs to 155 lbs; 14.4% weight cut.
Till cut from 200 lbs to 170 lbs; 15% weight cut.
Ladd cuts from 158 lbs to 135 lbs; 15.1% weight cut.
Dober cuts from 183 lbs to 155 lbs; 15.3% weight cut.
McGregor cut from 172 lbs to 145 lbs; 15.7% weight cut.
Dodson cut from 152.4 lbs to 125 lbs; 18% weight cut.

The biggest weight cut I have on record, was Holloway's first fight against Aldo; he cut from 178 lbs to 145 lbs; 18.5% weight cut.

Sources for these weights (and other cage weights) can be found in my signature.

I trained with Dober for over a year.... he definitely used to cut from the 190s. I cant vouch for more recent times though.

 

[Gi Choke]

Rumble turned green for fucks sake.

 

[acannxr]

I trained with Dober for over a year.... he definitely used to cut from the 190s. I cant vouch for more recent times though.

You didn't speak in past tense in your original post, whereas I was speaking in present tense.

 

[GBJohn]

I'm glad Jinh Yu Frey has moved up to fighting at strawweight (115 lbs).

On the left, she begins fight camp at 123 lbs, already quite slender. On the right, is what she looks like after cutting 11 lbs, to get down to 112 lbs. But she still needed to cut 7 lbs of water from that weight to get to 105 lbs for atomweight. It doesn't seem healthy.

Take it for what it’s worth, but the announcing team for one of her fights with Grusander said that Minna arrived about a week before the fight at 130 pounds, then made atom weight for a championship fight.
That would put her 7 pounds heavier than Frey’s “before” pic, losing all of that in a week.

 

[Kumason]

Could someone really not know right away that was fake? Are you blind or just really ignorant?

 

[El Fernas]

Dober 155 to 180-ish is probably the biggest jump, percentage wise and also a high pure number.

"Walkaround" weight should be taken with a grain of salt regarding their "efective" weight, for the lack of a better word, these guys tend to let go off camp, even in camp, look at Villante, OSP and DC going to HW...they went to the buffet on a daily, CSAC should be the only reliable source.

Costa... dude looks like hes 230 pure muscle and fights @ 185

Fought at 214lbs (iirc) against Romero who was also over 205.

 

[The Big Babou]

IIRC Mark Hunt had a drastic weight cut for a short notice title fight against Werdum... I believe he was around 310lb cutting down to 265.

 

[smiles mma]

Yeah, he went from 177 to 135. Its crazy, but there are some vids online that show it.

Yes, why are you disputing this? Just google it and see for yourself

177-147 is the one that declares he weighed 177. and that's at the start of camp, he isn't cutting that much. that's not that bad at all.

 

[Straatblaffer]

177-147 is the one that declares he weighed 177. and that's at the start of camp, he isn't cutting that much. that's not that bad at all.

Maybe Im wrong, but Im pretty sure he fought at 135, coming from 177. But again, maybe Im wrong

 

[Franklin U.]

Rockhold was huge in SFORCE ( and miserable week before fight)and only got bigger once he got to UFC. I dont even know how much weight he was cutting. Him and Lovato biggest 185ers I've ever seen. They looked like light heavies cutting to make 185. I actually believe it played a part in the breakage of Rockhold....just caught up with him along with terrible defense.

 

[Karelinator]

. Him and Lovato biggest 185ers I've ever seen. They looked like light heavies cutting to make 185.

That's kinda mean, she didn't look more than 170 here.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Costa walking around 235 but fighting at 185

 

[smiles mma]

Maybe Im wrong, but Im pretty sure he fought at 135, coming from 177. But again, maybe Im wrong

he used to fight at 135, the video i found of him cutting he had 5 to go when they mentioned his weight.
walking around weight minus fight weight isn't the weight they cut. i used to walk around about 192 during camp, few weeks out start losing weight and cut from 182-178 down to 170. a gallon of water is 8 pounds, that isn't easy to sweat out while not drinking. dudes that cut 20 are insane. uncle chael considers extreme weight cutting 12 and over.