Should Fight Day weight be added to Tale of the Tape stats?

[Teppodama]

If nothing is ever gonna change about the practice of weight cutting by dehydration, for whatever reason someone wants to use to justify it, have another weight taken the day of the fight and add it to the fights stats on the Tale of the Tape before the fight so everyone knows exactly how much over the max the fighter is coming in at. So the weight disparity between the fighters if any is known.

If there's nothing wrong with the practice then there should be no problem with transparency on what they weigh going into the octagon.

 

[Tone]

I agree.

 

[HwoarangStyle]

wow I thought you were saying that they actually did add it. change the name of the thread to They should add fight day weight to the tale of the tape stats.

 

[wilKO]

Hendricks will be the same.

 

[TheLuckiest]

wow I thought you were saying that they actually did add it. change the name of the thread to They should add fight day weight to the tale of the tape stats.

This. Seems click-baity.

I also think that they would be closer in weight than people think. I don't know the science enough, but I'd imagine that hydrating your body occurs at a certain speed and 24 hours wouldn't get you back to the weight you were at before you started cutting.

Both fighters are probably within 2 or 3 pounds of each other depending on how effectively they can rehydrate.

 

[IloveTHIS]

Change thread title hommie.

 

[Teppodama]

Whomever changed the title, thank you. Not trying to be click-baity, just worded it wrong.

 

[Grijswaarde]

Ah yes also thought the thread name was changed. But i agree they should.

 

[Crimson Glory]

They do it in Boxing.

I think they should do what Lion Fight does and talk about the length of the fighters legs as well. Legs are like arms, there are different lengths and it's not always as simple as "he's taller so he has longer limbs" sometimes shorter guys have similar length or guys who are the same height have longer legs and shorter torso's and vice versa.

 

[WinZip]

it'd be an interesting insight for sure, but I think the skill discrepancies are more important than the weight difference (within a certain limit, of course).

 

[Strikes Again]

It would be a fun stat.
We all know damn well, it would be used as an excuse after fighter A loses to fighter B.

 

[El Fernas]

No need to, it would only add a potential excuse about fighter size.

 

[Teppodama]

This. Seems click-baity.

I also think that they would be closer in weight than people think. I don't know the science enough, but I'd imagine that hydrating your body occurs at a certain speed and 24 hours wouldn't get you back to the weight you were at before you started cutting.

Both fighters are probably within 2 or 3 pounds of each other depending on how effectively they can rehydrate.

Truthfully, I'm not so much concerned about the potential disparity between the fighters as I am interested in how much over the max they are coming in at. If a a fighter shows a trend of always coming in a at a a weight that would place them a division, or possible two, higher...

 

[MMAFan232]

I think they should just for curiosity sake

 

[TheLuckiest]

It would be a fun stat.
We all know damn well, it would be used as an excuse after fighter A loses to fighter B.

This was also another thought I had.

Not only would we hear about how hard a weight cut was on someone, we'll talk about how Fighter A couldn't find organic coconut milk and had a bad hydration cycle.

 

[TheLuckiest]

Truthfully, I'm not so much concerned about the potential disparity between the fighters as I am interested in how much over the max they are coming in at. If a a fighter shows a trend of always coming in a at a a weight that would place them a division, or possible two, higher...

I think it'd be more interesting to weigh them a week after the fight when they are fully hydrated but still in fight shape. What I was saying is that 24 hours probably doesn't give enough time for the bigger fighter who cut more water weight to actually be significantly heavier than the smaller fighter. I know it takes days to hydrate even from minor dehydration as I've been there before.

 

[Teppodama]

it'd be an interesting insight for sure, but I think the skill discrepancies are more important than the weight difference (within a certain limit, of course).

Apparently not cause everyone goes to so much trouble to dehydrate themselves down to make their respective divisions. As I said before, if for nothing else it would be interesting to trend a fighter to see what they keep coming in at.

 

[LongTermLurker]

Think it is the broadcasters who ask fighters for unofficial weights in boxing. But the UFC handles their own production so I guess they have no interest. Surprised Bellator doesn't do it and start a new trend.

 

[spid3yo]

No, it'll do nothing more than confuse an already idiotic fanbase.

 

[Teppodama]

I think it'd be more interesting to weigh them a week after the fight when they are fully hydrated but still in fight shape. What I was saying is that 24 hours probably doesn't give enough time for the bigger fighter who cut more water weight to actually be significantly heavier than the smaller fighter. I know it takes days to hydrate even from minor dehydration as I've been there before.

I agree, your idea would be very interesting as well, but not as immediate of interest as the weight they are actually fighting at.