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Hydration tests or continual weigh ins during training camps are a better idea.
No reason you can't have replacement fighters. The point of multiple weigh ins is that you can't have a fighter dehydrate and stay that way for 6 weeks. Fighters will have to choose a weight class that they actually weigh in when in fight shape but without dehydrating.What do you do about short notice replacements, fights on short notice, quick turn arounds etc? how are you gonna get 6 weigh ins in two weeks for example.
The fairest way is weigh ins on the day of the fight or something.
How are fights cancelled? They get fined for missing weight not cancelled. You will have less cancelled fights as fighters will get injured less as they are not starving themselves while training and wont't get sick as often and have to pull out. Also the biggest benefit is that fighters can FIGHT more often. No need for months and months to recover from a weight cut.Worst idea I have ever heard, you will have so many canceled fights. The goal should always be less organizational involvement. The current weight class system has worked for over 100 years, you cut too much weight your cardio and chin goes to shit, you cut no weight you are undersized in your division. There is no need to micro manage fighters. If they have half a brain and a decent team they will find what class works best for them.
The weapons should count towards your fight weight, so if you want to bring more weapons you’ll have to be at a weight disadvantage. Also, if you miss weight you’ll have to give up some weapons to make weight.Each man gets to bring a bag of weapons into the cage (no guns or blades)
The catch is that your opponent picks two weapons from your bag, one for him and one for you. You also do the same from your opponents bag
Thus it would behoove the combatants to secretly become a master in two obscure weapons which their opponent is unfamiliar with
How many dozens of people do you think would die?Yes, but so can Ngannou. The names of the weight classes would no longer have any meaning relative what they actually fight at, they would simply mean what their minimum weight is. So for example, perhaps Minimum Weight Class 180 would actually be the new heavyweight, if you insist on giving it a name that has something to do with what they actually fight at.
How many dozens of people do you think would die?
Great idea
You're more naive than I thought. They now also have months to prepare. Let's take Aldo as an example. He had trouble making 135. Now he has one weigh in that defines his weight class for years. Everybody has time to prepare so big guys will try to go as light as possible and also try to hit 135. Let's say it looks like Aldo is not going to make 135. Don't you think he would try everything to reach 135 and probably even way lower than that? Because if he doesn't, he'll have to fight bigger guys not once, no, for years! Weight cutting is unhealthy and dangerous, your idea would be even more dangerous and many athletes would die or harm themselves for no reason.None because they have 2 months to do it and do not have to fight immediately afterwards, also no one would die to fight in the UFC.
You're more naive than I thought. They now also have months to prepare. Let's take Aldo as an example. He had trouble making 135. Now he has one weigh in that defines his weight class for years. Everybody has time to prepare so big guys will try to go as light as possible and also try to hit 135. Let's say it looks like Aldo is not going to make 135. Don't you think he would try everything to reach 135 and probably even way lower than that? Because if he doesn't, he'll have to fight bigger guys not once, no, for years! Weight cutting is unhealthy and dangerous, your idea would be even more dangerous and many athletes would die or harm themselves for no reason.
That's right, a minimum weigh in. You have 2 months to prepare, then whatever you weigh in at determines your weight class for the next some number of years.
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Woodstock was a stoner idea man, everyone laughed at that dude too. Say, you got any Scampi Nik Naks or tomato Wheat Crunchies or anything man?This guy has to be stoned this is a stoner idea
I had read back to see what the personal attack would be. I assume you mean the naive part? No offense meant, I meant to say, you don't really believe that, do you?!First, can we not resort to personal attacks as soon as you disagree? That’s not going to get you anywhere in life.
Second, I agree everyone would try to get much lower. What I’m saying though is that it is not obvious that it would be more dangerous than the current system because the current system incentivizes you to cut an extraordinary amount of weight in a very short period of time, and to do so repeatedly. In this system, you only have to do it once, and have months to prepare, and months to recover. Then you can do most of it using some healthy way, like just running a lot and a strict diet.