Khabib discussing his routine immediately following fight weigh ins

[Arm Barbarian]

He says top priority is rehydration. He drinks nearly 2 gallons of water on the same day (immediately after) official weigh-in.

Keeps the food on the lighter side - Rice, fish & chicken. Says he stops consuming anything 3 hours out from the fight.

I wonder how common this routine is among the Elite.

We know someone like Black Beast is chowing down BBQed ribs before the fight, as he's dicussed this. lol

I would imagine eating heavy stuff or junk food of any kind could be disastrous, in terms of stomach issues and possible blood sugar crash.

Always think of how much these guys sacrifice to make weight, but I hadn't really thought about even afterwards, what type of nutrition would be optimal for sustained energy in the actual fight.

Cool to hear fighters talk about it imo.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

There is nothing harder than not chowing down after dieting for 8 weeks and cutting weight for a week.

 

[TheHNICuLuv2Hate]

 

[Fluffernutter]

Two gallons of water is over 16 lbs!

 

[Arm Barbarian]

lol

 

[T.J.T]

except when you do it doesnt go down well and you usually feel like a giant pos.

 

[whaleshark]

I went a full week in the hospital with nothing to eat or drink (only had i v fluids)

First thing I ate was a bowl of Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup... was the best thing I had ever tasted in my life right then LOL. It’s crazy how good some crap food tastes when you been depraved

 

[Kowboy Karl]

Most post fight weigh in dinners include literally everything except obnoxious overkill on sweets

But some wine steaks pasta fruit anything and everything goes usually

I’ve never really seen much restraint again outside of not eating a gallon of ice cream

 

[Snowfist]

Most post fight weigh in dinners include literally everything except obnoxious overkill on sweets

But some wine steaks pasta fruit anything and everything goes usually

I’ve never really seen much restraint again outside of not eating a gallon of ice cream

I can’t quite see if your being sarcastic or not...you think these guys are drinking wine the night before the fight?! Lol

 

[CerebralKnievel]

I'm amazed this is even something that needs to be discussed. It should be common knowledge, and sadly just goes to show how woefully undereducated so many professional fighters are regarding not only weight cuts, but physical fitness in general. Eat light after cutting 25 pounds for several weeks. Wow. Rocket science, right there!


On a side note, I was once in jail for a week (many years back) and ate very little (basically a few mini cartons of milk and maybe a slice or two of bread per day) while spending basically the entirety of my days doing sets of crunches and pushups. Girlfriend finally bailed me out and, having picked me up at around 11 at night, and me being utterly starving, we went to....Denny's, where I ordered some kind of Texas burger and a shake.

We went back to her place afterward and began to fool around when the stomach gurgling hit me. Whooooooooo!!! Everything else is virtually identical.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

I can’t quite see if your being sarcastic or not...you think these guys are drinking wine the night before the fight?! Lol

Gomi got fucked up before every fight.

 

[DoopidyDawesome]

Well as long as it doesn't include a need to re-budget after losing 20% of his pay, I'm cool with it.

 

[JerichoMelenko]

Best thing to do is eat red meat after a hard weight cut.

 

[elbowsandwiches]

i would be eating two hours out from the fight.

chicken breast
bananas
coffee.

 

[Jim420316]

Just have the burger, not the fries.

 

[Rdude92]

I'm amazed this is even something that needs to be discussed. It should be common knowledge, and sadly just goes to show how woefully undereducated so many professional fighters are regarding not only weight cuts, but physical fitness in general. Eat light after cutting 25 pounds for several weeks. Wow. Rocket science, right there!


On a side note, I was once in jail for a week (many years back) and ate very little (basically a few mini cartons of milk and maybe a slice or two of bread per day) while spending basically the entirety of my days doing sets of crunches and pushups. Girlfriend finally bailed me out and, having picked me up at around 11 at night, and me being utterly starving, we went to....Denny's, where I ordered some kind of Texas burger and a shake.

We went back to her place afterward and began to fool around when the stomach gurgling hit me. Whooooooooo!!! Everything else is virtually identical.

I believed everything you said till you mentioned you have a "girlfriend".

 

[aristocrat]

I went a full week in the hospital with nothing to eat or drink (only had i v fluids)

First thing I ate was a bowl of Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup... was the best thing I had ever tasted in my life right then LOL. It’s crazy how good some crap food tastes when you been depraved

It doesnt count if you are on IV lol. IV replaces your food in calories completely.

 

[2sk]

what would happen if fighters start using energy drinks before fights,surely usada has this one covered

 

[PeacePipe]

Your heart rate got to be within parameters.

Anxiety be damned.

 

[sickboy_1]

I went a full week in the hospital with nothing to eat or drink (only had i v fluids)

First thing I ate was a bowl of Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup... was the best thing I had ever tasted in my life right then LOL. It’s crazy how good some crap food tastes when you been depraved

Which kind of depravity were you suffering?