Fighter suspended for dangerous weight cut! lets talk about weight cutting!

[HHJ]

I hate that weight cutting is the only way to make things fair. There is nothing beneficial about this.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

You think they can stay dehydrated for two weeks straight?

you don't think they're going to try? they'll do whatever it takes

 

[HHJ]

I get how the numbers work but you’re talking about monitoring every fighter on a card everyday for the two weeks leading up to a fight, and that doesn’t seem realistic to me.

UFC is never going to make more rules that can stop fights from happening if they can avoid it. Its the fighters' personal responsibility not to cut so much weight. Unfortunatley sometimes the weight class that would be better for certain fighters dont yet exist.

Yet even guys like Masvidal who used to be at 155 is now struggling to make 170.

 

[gentel]

I like this idea, but it can be very hard to find a vein on a dehydrated person. I am not a medical professional, but I have had a lot of blood drawn over the last few years.

Too dehydrated to find a vein, too dehydrated to fight

 

[HavokHarmon]

No. If you fight at 220 lbs and your weight swings 10 lbs, just make sure it swings between 210 and 220 lbs.

Agree to disagree. I think it would lead to a lot of shenanigans or a lot of misses, and definitely a lot of fights getting canceled last minute. That or a bunch of catch weight fights muddying the rankings up even more.

I’d love to see them prove me wrong though, if it’s doable I think it’s a good idea I just don’t think it would function very effectively in the real world.

 

[NoSmilez]

Bring back IVs like the old days or give limitations like in certain promotions in boxing. Boxing has two weigh-ins. Day before fight and morning after. They have a limit to how much you can rehydrate. Why not give 155lb guys a 171 limit on fight day? That is ten percent of bodyweight.

Of course there will be dumbasses trying to cut weight twice but they aren't going to do well in the fight. You can fine people if they miss the second weigh-in or flat out refuse if they come in let's say higher than 176. All this makes the fight fair. It might hurt the existing champions who made their mark being the biggest in their class.

 

[The American Eagle]

Imagine hydration tests and where conor, Dustin and khabib would be with it.

 

[Masturbin]

Bring back IVs

Natty goat bless.
Never failed a drug test funnily enough.

 

[MT5]

Schools are all uptight about "unsafe" crud now right? Have any high school or college wrestling programs changed rules on weight cuts?

 

[Pious Augustus]

In a way I'm glad there was repercussions for an extreme weight cut. I know this was a Bellator fighter but this discussion can range across all organizations. So this can be discussed in UFC forum. imo

https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/02/bellator-274-adam-piccolotti-suspended-weight-cut-vomit-video

Post some bad weight cuts and your overall thoughts on weight cutting and possible solutions to the problem!

Go.

James Vick never missed weight

 

[BEATDOWNS]

James Vick never missed weight

No but he whined about it all the time..