Question about re-hydration/McGregor vs Diaz

[own1997]

I've been wondering recently about this and want to know if anyone can explain it to me. From my understanding, a fighter is able to re-hydrate around 15 to 20 pounds before fight night. So for instance, McGregor would be fighting around 160-165 as a FW on fight night. What's confused me recently is the fact that people are stating McGregor fight with Diaz was a 'LW contest without the weight cut'. However, surely both would be able to rehydrate to a much higher weight than 170. For instance, if this was a LW bout, both would have to weigh alot less than they were doing their WW bout and therefore would be fighting at a lower weight especially in Nate's case as he had to cut to 170.

Am I thinking right or have I missed something?

 

[joeyjoejoe]

And?

 

[wilKO]

I agree. Especially for Nate. Conor looked very bulky too. He looked too bulky. At LW I imagine Conor wouldnt be quite so big.

 

[own1997]

And?

The and would be am I thinking correctly or not

 

[camelfarmer1]

If you don't dehydrate in the first place how you gonna rehydrate?

 

[SH10151]

my thoughts on it....

one gallon of water weighs about 8 lbs... without an IV fluids would have to be taken in, assimilated, passed through the kidneys, into the blood stream and absorbed by cells. it would be hella painful to drink 2-3 gallons of water to rehydrate 20 lbs...

 

[own1997]

If you don't dehydrate in the first place how you gonna rehydrate?

From my understanding Nate did cut to make to 170.

 

[own1997]

one gallon of water weighs about 8 lbs... without an IV fluids would have to be taken in, assimilated, passed through the kidneys, into the blood stream and absorbed by cells. it would be hella painful to drink 2-3 gallons of water to rehydrate 20 lbs...

Then how are fighters still able to put some much weight on in 24 hours? McGregor goes from looking like death to being the bigger man.

 

[camelfarmer1]

From my understanding Nate did cut to make to 170.

Yeah probably a few pounds... Nothing like the usual 15-20 fighters cut these days

 

[SH10151]

Then how are fighters still able to put some much weight on in 24 hours? McGregor goes from looking like death to being the bigger man.

I dont know. Im not in their camps.

think about the physics behind it. rehydrating is not exactly like filling a sponge with water, unless you use an IV

you can try it out. take a gallon of water and force down as much as you can... your stomach will hurt and you will feel like shit if you take in too much too fast. after a while you will piss a lot of it out.

they got 24 hours to recover so there's that.

 

[RicksonsGrip]

I've been wondering recently about this and want to know if anyone can explain it to me. From my understanding, a fighter is able to re-hydrate around 15 to 20 pounds before fight night. So for instance, McGregor would be fighting around 160-165 as a FW on fight night. What's confused me recently is the fact that people are stating McGregor fight with Diaz was a 'LW contest without the weight cut'. However, surely both would be able to rehydrate to a much higher weight than 170. For instance, if this was a LW bout, both would have to weigh alot less than they were doing their WW bout and therefore would be fighting at a lower weight especially in Nate's case as he had to cut to 170.

Am I thinking right or have I missed something?

if i understand correctly you are right. However its not only dehydration loss that fighters do when preparing for a bout. They also watch their diet more, and therefore shed some pounds of fat during camp to come in leaner... i wouldnt be surprised if McGregor, who fought quite lean vs Diaz, could still have shed an additional 2-3kg or around 5-7lbs of fat during camp.

So that in addition to dehydration gets him where he needs to be. Im sure you heard how McG wasnt watching his diet during camp, i remember him mentioning he was eating steak and all these other yummy foods and was happy he didnt have to be watching the diet.

So to summarize, its not only dehydration weight, its also fat weight that they cut down...

 

[TheBulletwithWings]

my thoughts on it....

one gallon of water weighs about 8 lbs... without an IV fluids would have to be taken in, assimilated, passed through the kidneys, into the blood stream and absorbed by cells. it would be hella painful to drink 2-3 gallons of water to rehydrate 20 lbs...

8.5 lbs for the gallon of water, and a few more decimals but I'm sure nobody cares.

 

[own1997]

Yeah probably a few pounds... Nothing like the usual 15-20 fighters cut these days

Well I read Diaz was 185+ with plenty of fat.

 

[camelfarmer1]

Well I read Diaz was 185+ with plenty of fat.

Could be. I'm just guessing he was close to 180, but that's a pure guess.

 

[own1997]

Could be. I'm just guessing he was close to 180, but that's a pure guess.

Possibly but surely if it were the case than this fight can't be classed a 'LW bout without the weight cut'.

 

[camelfarmer1]

Possibly but surely if it were the case than this fight can't be classed a 'LW bout without the weight cut'.

True true. It is its own thing. We won't know how much either guy cut. I think the point is it's closer to being a LW fight than a legit WW fight.