Planning to miss weight as an intelligent strategy

[Draxton]

No one officially said it, But they are assuming since it was such a large miss. She also didn't look depleted in fact she looked down right jolly. IMO

That fake “oops did I mess up? It was an ‘accident’. ” look. You know you fucked up Dern

 

[elbowsandwiches]

Up front, I think ABC should've declined the fight and Dern should be forced to 125 for at least one fight. But I honestly think the weight miss was intentional, calculated and damned effective (especially since fighters can't re hydrate with IV fluids).

You just don't miss by that much. That isn't a miss, that's a plan. Dern was able to fully recover from camp, experienced no diet gyrations, no weight cut dehydration and was able to collect 70% of her purse for fighting someone a full weight class below her who had gone through the cutting process. She's catching some shit for the miss, but she's also catching just as much praise for her victory.

I know this isn't exactly Dick Fucking Tracy, but my point is she played the rules, or more specifically their laxness, to her advantage. The rules need to change. The UFC needs to impose tougher restrictions. Maybe s/he should forfeit 75% of their purse and be forced to compete in one fight at a heavier class before being allowed to cut back to their previous weight class? I don't know, but the org needs to take decisive action.

The problem arises that if you give away 50 to 75% of the purse of the person that misses, then they're just not going to fight either.
See the Dilemma?

 

[MikalP]

Lol another thread about this girl

 

[gunlok]

The problem arises that if you give away 50 to 75% of the purse of the person that misses, then they're just not going to fight.

Yep. They'll either claim an injury or something else and wait for fight to be rescheduled.

 

[Ortegoat]

Didn’t Kevin lee just miss weight by a few lbs? By that logic ufc needs to move his ass up to WW too then

 

[One MMA Fan]

Not sure is this was her 'evil' strategy or just plain lazy and not caring.

I tell you what she was bigger then 8 lbs on fight night too so I thinks she did cut some weight just so she doesn't look extra ridiculous to not even book the fight.

Was horse shit so much weight in a lower class it's not even funny all this "but I'll still continue to fight on" bullshit thing that the other party feels forced into it by the UFC and the fans also needs to go.

Are we professionals or aren't we, is this a regulated sport or what ? this wasn't 'omg I was close but shit happens my body couldn't do the last 0.5 ~ 1 lbs' even that is bad cause the other party forced themselves to make that extra cut but to miss by 8 in such a low class is sad.

 

[loyalyolayal]

Didn’t Kevin lee just miss weight by a few lbs? By that logic ufc needs to move his ass up to WW too then

Twitter will be blowing with "racist!".

 

[acannxr]

Didn’t Kevin lee just miss weight by a few lbs? By that logic ufc needs to move his ass up to WW too then

Lee was 1 lb, or 0.6% over the non-title Lightweight limit; Dern was 7 lbs, or 5.7% over the non-title Strawweight limit. Dern was 9.5 times more over the limit than Lee, they're not the same.

 

[campbecc]

I don't know if it was a plan; but she had to know she wasn't going to make weight, and she could have made 115 if she really wanted.

 

[Darwinambrosius]

Start getting wild with penalties for missing weight and you'll see fighters just pull out to avoid them.

 

[jabelar]

How about they get rid of weight classes all together and the pay is just heavily pro-rated based on the percentage weight differential? Big guys could whale on little guys all they want but make no money (it would just be for their own sadistic pleasure) and little guys could make big bucks if they get a David-and-Goliath win.

Then we'd get the freak shows we really want to see.