Joe Rogan Was Right About Weight Cutting Being Stupid

[Blackjack]

Remember when Rogan said right before McGregor and Diaz started their fight: "I hope this starts a trend...making guys starve and dehydrate themselves 24 hours before a prize fight is the most stupid, sickening thing we do"

Well, he was proven right. Not weight cutting lie the way Diaz and McGregor were - just at natural weight makes all the mens in the world. If nobody does weight cutting, then they can stop starving and dehydrating themselves and everyone will still be on an even level playing field. All they need is for all the fighters to band together, kind of like if they were forming a union, they need complete solidarity on this.

What we found it is while Conor McGregor is a very good fighter, he's also a bully. He has a freakish ability to cut 25 pounds of water weight so that the 168 Conor we saw at the weigh-ins is capable of weighing in at 145 pounds - 2 weight divisions lower! That means that instead of fighting men his own size, he's dehydrating himself so he can compete against virtual midgets! He went 19-2 fighting much smaller men than he is. I don'tfind that admirable; I find it cowardly.

 

[Corleone187]

Stuff keeps exploding in this guy's face. I think he was saying it to push conor but it backfired

I think it's safe to say, anything Rogan says, just assume the opposite to be true

 

[Bend NvR Break]

It's hard to stop weight cutting. Always going to be some sneak eating celery sticks, tip toeing into the sauna when no one's looking.

 

[Blackjack]

Whether he was saying t

Stuff keeps exploding in this guy's face. I think he was saying it to push conor but it backfired

I think it's safe to say, anything Rogan says, just assume the opposite to be true

Whether he was doing it to push Conor or not, the idea is still a valid one and still just as important of an idea both for fairness of competition and most of all, the health of the athletes!

 

[goldennirvana]

If the only reason McGregor became FW champ was because he cut so much weight, then we'd have a totally different set of champs today and whoever cut the most weight would become champ. If you really believe that, you're obviously not very bright.

 

[Gbfury]

It's hard to stop weight cutting. Always going to be some sneak eating celery sticks, tip toeing into the sauna when no one's looking.

Slimeballs

 

[barillas]

TS got ignored for shitty opinion

 

[logicprob]

Frogan knows nothing about weight cutting. He has been fat for over a decade now.

 

[zephid]

It's hard to stop weight cutting. Always going to be some sneak eating celery sticks, tip toeing into the sauna when no one's looking.

No, not really. You could easily stop if by having the weigh-ins closer to the actual fight. The reason why they can cut weight right now is because they have so much time to rehydrate before the fight, remove the time they need and you'll stop weight cutting.

 

[HHJ]

No one complained about guys cutting weight to fight in a lower division before conor. Now all of a sudden everyone is a genius about weight cutting,and only Conor is a coward and a bully for doing something almost every fighter in their own div. is doing.

 

[Naos]

Remember when Rogan said right before McGregor and Diaz started their fight: "I hope this starts a trend...making guys starve and dehydrate themselves 24 hours before a prize fight is the most stupid, sickening thing we do"

Well, he was proven right. Not weight cutting lie the way Diaz and McGregor were - just at natural weight makes all the mens in the world. If nobody does weight cutting, then they can stop starving and dehydrating themselves and everyone will still be on an even level playing field. All they need is for all the fighters to band together, kind of like if they were forming a union, they need complete solidarity on this.

What we found it is while Conor McGregor os a very good fighter, he's also a bully. He has a freakish ability to cut 25 pounds of water weight so that the 168 Conor we saw at the weigh-ins is capable of weighing in at 145 pounds - 2 weight divisions lower! That means that instead of fighting men his own size, he's dehydrating himself so he can compete against virtual midgets! He went 19-2 fighting much smaller men than he is. I don'tfind that admirable; I find it cowardly.

You do realise that Nate Diaz cuts weight right? Including getting to 170.

 

[HHJ]

How much weight does Aldo cut,the longtime former champion? was he a coward and a bully too?

 

[Whippy McGee]

Johnny Hendricks is going to be fighting Mark Hunt.

 

[Phronimos]

First off, Conor tried very hard to get to 170, and only managed 168, so he doesn't drop 25 lbs to get to 145.
True he doesn't look good at 145, but a lot of fighters drop a lot more than Conor and put on a lot more before fight time.
Conor never missed weight. Lots of guys do.
Cutting weight is not good for the fighters health. Rogan is correct.

 

[Skip Reming]

Remember when Rogan said right before McGregor and Diaz started their fight: "I hope this starts a trend...making guys starve and dehydrate themselves 24 hours before a prize fight is the most stupid, sickening thing we do"

Well, he was proven right. Not weight cutting lie the way Diaz and McGregor were - just at natural weight makes all the mens in the world. If nobody does weight cutting, then they can stop starving and dehydrating themselves and everyone will still be on an even level playing field. All they need is for all the fighters to band together, kind of like if they were forming a union, they need complete solidarity on this.

What we found it is while Conor McGregor is a very good fighter, he's also a bully. He has a freakish ability to cut 25 pounds of water weight so that the 168 Conor we saw at the weigh-ins is capable of weighing in at 145 pounds - 2 weight divisions lower! That means that instead of fighting men his own size, he's dehydrating himself so he can compete against virtual midgets! He went 19-2 fighting much smaller men than he is. I don'tfind that admirable; I find it cowardly.

it shows that conor is too short for ww. you have weight classes seperated by 15-20 pounds. sucks for a 188 pound guy to have to fight a 205 pound guy. weight cutting is fine. Maybe regulate it to only being able to drop 1 weight class

Also, they cut weight 1-3 times a year ffs, not every week for wrestling meets

 

[Speckoh]

Even though some claim the heavyweight division is dead, at least they don't have this abuse going on with their weight in order to gain an advantage.

Makes you wonder how Jon Jones would do if he were to move up to Heavyweight and he even said it himself that he'll be more cautious of the bigger 265 pounders than the lighter heavyweights like cain, werdum, etc.

 

[farfromhome]

No one complained about guys cutting weight to fight in a lower division before conor. Now all of a sudden everyone is a genius about weight cutting,and only Conor is a coward and a bully for doing something almost every fighter in their own div. is doing.

Eh, many people have been complaining about fighters weight cutting for many years. With good reason.

 

[Grenz]

Remember when Rogan said right before McGregor and Diaz started their fight: "I hope this starts a trend...making guys starve and dehydrate themselves 24 hours before a prize fight is the most stupid, sickening thing we do"

Well, he was proven right. Not weight cutting lie the way Diaz and McGregor were - just at natural weight makes all the mens in the world. If nobody does weight cutting, then they can stop starving and dehydrating themselves and everyone will still be on an even level playing field. All they need is for all the fighters to band together, kind of like if they were forming a union, they need complete solidarity on this.

What we found it is while Conor McGregor is a very good fighter, he's also a bully. He has a freakish ability to cut 25 pounds of water weight so that the 168 Conor we saw at the weigh-ins is capable of weighing in at 145 pounds - 2 weight divisions lower! That means that instead of fighting men his own size, he's dehydrating himself so he can compete against virtual midgets! He went 19-2 fighting much smaller men than he is. I don'tfind that admirable; I find it cowardly.

To be fair though, he's hardly the first guy who cuts a lot of weight. Chuck Liddell was a huge 205, Rich Franklin could have easily fought at 205, Jon Jones is essentially the same size as smaller-medium HWs, GSP was a massive 170, the list goes on. More often than not, the top guy in the division is also one of the biggest. I don't hate on Conor for that, I fault the ACs for that, for mainly treating weight cutting like it's not actually a problem. If a guy fights at 20 lbs heavier the day after the weigh-in, that's an issue that should be addressed.

 

[Blackjack]

If the only reason McGregor became FW champ was because he cut so much weight, then we'd have a totally different set of champs today and whoever cut the most weight would become champ. If you really believe that, you're obviously not very bright.

You ought to be very careful when you accuse someone of not being very bright and then, making yourself look even more incompetent you wrote "If you really believe that, you;re obviously not very bright," So not only do you make a false accusation, but you then go on writing about how obvious it is that I'm not very bright.

Saying those things did more damage to your image than anything I could have said about you. If you yourself were even of average intelligence you could not have possibly drawn that conclusion from my post. At this point you may be asking why what I'm writing happens to be true. The evidence is right in front of you! I wrote "What we found it is while Conor McGregor is a very good fighter, he's also a bully. He has a freakish ability to cut 25 pounds of water weight so that the 168 Conor we saw at the weigh-ins is capable of weighing in at 145 pounds - 2 weight divisions lower! That means that instead of fighting men his own size, he's dehydrating himself so he can compete against virtual midgets! He went 19-2 fighting much smaller men than he is. I don'tfind that admirable; I find it cowardly."

 

[HHJ]

Eh, many people have been complaining about fighters weight cutting for many years. With good reason.

like who?? the only complaints i saw were for when guys missed weight.

 

[Zefram Cochrane]

There are two sides to this issue.

The most stupid thing they do is weight cutting to fight people their same size.

The most intelligent thing they do is weight cutting to fight midgets.

Until the kidneys are shot.