Islam had a horrible weight cut

[HHJ]

We cant really go by it. We seen him and Khabib both super drawn out,and then go on to emasculate their opponents and give them the business

 

[Conan the K-9]

Have to compare it to other weight cuts. He looks like death to be sure, but guys often recover 100% for the fight and it doesn’t matter I.e prime Conor dying at 145

The time is not on his side. 24-30hrs is not enough time to recover from that kind of dehydration. He can still make it to that point that he will be the stronger athlete at fight time. But to be 100%, is not possible.

 

[The Last King]

Volk was officially 166.5lbs day of fight against Chad Mendes at FW.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/1/...-only-had-4-5-pound-advantage-on-amanda-nunes

That was years ago and he def hasn't gotten smaller since then and now is moving up in weight. He should be north of 170 comfortably.

Thanks for clarifying brather. My mistake.

 

[HHJ]

The time is not on his side. 24-30hrs is not enough time to recover from that kind of dehydration. He can still make it to that point that he will be the stronger athlete at fight time. But to be 100%, is not possible.

Good point.

 

[CanMMAfan]

Human body needs over 3 days to fully recover from severe dehydration. You get the water weight back quite fast, but it takes time for the organs and brain to recover and of course the athletic performance will be not optimal for days.



Honestly Islam looked bad. Worse than ever. Prolly the first time he actually had to make 155 (I know there is still speculation about the scale not stopping).

Props to him if he can keep fighting and making weight as active as he has been blustering. 3 times a year and not in Abu Dhabi. That will be everything else than healthy.

Which makes it even more bizarre that some guys can cut a lot of water weight and still have great cardio.

 

[HHJ]

Emmet's cut looks so much worse. They need to make sure that dude is ok.

 

[Noraaq]

Meh Islam and Volk looked great at the ceremonial weigh ins.

 

[fortheo]

Emmet's cut looks so much worse. They need to make sure that dude is ok.

I didn't even recognize him at first.

 

[davidlemonparty]

I didn't even recognize him at first.

Tbf dude looks like a fucking vampire even outside of camp

 

[Kb7]

Islam only cut 6kgs for his fight against Olivieira, a lot posters on here are already setting a excuse wether Islam wins or loses. A lot are over exaggerating his weight cut, because they so want him to be Khabib with his trouble making weight in the past. Islam is not Khabib, let it go. He made weight & he will continue do so.

 

[Kb7]

Everyone these days has a horrible cut unless they're moving up. Islam will be 190lbs tomorrow. Volk will be 160lbs.

178lbs Islam
172lbs Volk

You people are are generous with amount of weight fighters are.

People on here were believing Israel Adesanya walks around at 190lbs, while Israel himself said he walks around 215 recently,

 

[corrupted]

Its one bad photo, I'm sure he's fine

It wasn’t just 1 photo. He looked rough. I’m not sure what he usually looks like tbh, but he didn’t look great.

 

[HuskySamoan]

Bruh, who said anything about muslims? It's not like the officials in Perth would be happy if the main event lost the belt on the line in a champ vs champ match. Nobody would be happy with that. Stop trying to make this about religion.

I don't fucking get these people that imply its a anti muslim or anti Dagestani stance to question commissions, commissions handle a lot of things that are incredibly valuable, I mean Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta bought the UFC because they were on the athletic commission board and could pull strings to make it advantageous for them. Boxing commissions have been corrupted in the past with judging and other things quite obviously. I still remember the issue with GSP weighing in according to Nick and that they rounded down his weight instead of forcing GSP to cut more which I do not believe is common practice for title fights. Obviously it isn't some Islamic conspiracy, it's UFC wanting their money, Australia to whatever capacity wanting their money, giant networks that are tied into this...I'm not saying its likely but it's certainly possible some shit was stirred. Beyond that, what happened in Abu Dhabi was really fishy with Khamzat too and theres literal video evidence.

 

[HaulParris]

Weight is only part of it, you also have to factor in Norwood hairline and degree of shookness.

 

[Cartiac]

I thought Islam actually looked really good for his weigh in. He did not need any help walking up, was not stumbling, did not have someone waiting with a water bottle as soon as he stepped off and even showed energy to pose and show some enthusiasm. By Dagestani standards that looked like an easy cut.

These guys aren't there for a beauty pageant, this is part of normal life for them. That is makes them so scary. The pain they do to themselves before the fight is worse than anything their opponent can do to them.

 

[Wormwood]

Height wise aside is there actually a massive size discrepancy? Volk is thick af but always seems size is exclusively used for Khabib and Islam to discredit them.

I wouldn’t say exclusively… a fair amount of successful fighters are discredited as being “too big for their weight class.”

 

[Hypetrainofthemonth]

Looks like Islam had tear rolling down one of his cheeks, tough cut it was I bet, & first time he had to weigh in nude, correct?

 

[HuskySamoan]

Islam will likely be around 180lbs. That's what the biggest lightweights weighed on fight night according to CSAC. Drew dober rehydrated up to 183lbs, for instance, and I'd say islam is in that ball park. Volk has said that he'll be 170lbs on fight night.

So yeah, there will likely be a 10lbs or so difference.

Volk has been pretty clear he wants to be just under 170lbs, the bastard always states in Kilos but I think its 168 he aims to be, Islam has been noted with his cage weight at 175lbs before, honestly I think talking lean mass Islam is probably 15+lbs bigger comfortably though, he gets his body fat percentage VISIBLY lower than Volk does, even at 145lbs, when Islam makes 155lbs.

 

[Cartiac]

Did he really make it though? Heard people talking about how the scale hadn't stopped moving before they called it. Also, that apparently you only get one chance to make weight in Aussieland.

Yes, Islam's weigh in was as clean as you could possibly get, he was perfect. No officials even close to touching the scale and it started at the bottom when his arms were raised and stopped completely level absolutely no oscillation above center at all. Whoever these people are you heard talking you should stop listening to because they are full of shit.

 

[piropiro]

Islam will likely be around 180lbs. That's what the biggest lightweights weighed on fight night according to CSAC. Drew dober rehydrated up to 183lbs, for instance, and I'd say islam is in that ball park. Volk has said that he'll be 170lbs on fight night.

So yeah, there will likely be a 10lbs or so difference.

This seems absolutely reasonable and in line with both their past weight cutting approaches, interviews and “eye test” at the cerimonials.

In cage Volk 170 vs Islam 180 is likely the closest estimate, so a 10lbs difference which frankly is not hugely meaningful.