State of Ohio makes MMA fighters weigh in same day starting July 1

[ClosetVitorFan]

https://www.bluegrassmma.com/2016/06/ohio-institutes-same-day-weigh-in-for-pros-beginning-july-1/
I don't know how to feel about this. Good or bad?

 

[vkram]

Bad, fighters will still cut a lot of weight but won't have enough time to rehydrate properly.

 

[Semper Barta]

Bad.

California got it right with the most recent fight in Los Angeles. Fighters are going to cut no matter what.

 

[Martialarts123]

So will 203 be badly affected by this? Maybe that's why they booked two heavyweight fights as the headliners

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

It is dangerous.

 

[ClosetVitorFan]

So will 203 be affected by this?

That's a great question. Lucky for the heavyweights on the card though. Not so much for the others.

 

[neomage2021]

bad. Ssme day weigh ins suck. I hate even having them for grappling tournaments.

 

[MTNinja]

Fucking disaster. Too many idiots in high places.

 

[Roads55]

I like it, will discourage bigger weight cuts and have fighters fight closer to their natural weight which is safer and more logical.

 

[gevoudane]

Then they shouldnt cut. After a couple loses I doubt they will keep it up? And whats the point of weight classes if you can weigh 20-40 lbs more then the limit when you actually fight.

Bad, fighters will still cut a lot of weight but won't have enough time to rehydrate properly.

 

[chitoortiz]

So this is going to be in effect for UFC 203?

That's garbage. Watch the UFC move the card now.

 

[Fire Belly]

Think this sort of thing has to be all or nothing. If only one state does it, no fighter is going to move to their real weight. Maybe if it was enforced throughout the sport it might have an impact.

 

[phatron]

https://www.bluegrassmma.com/2016/06/ohio-institutes-same-day-weigh-in-for-pros-beginning-july-1/
I don't know how to feel about this. Good or bad?

The move towards no weight cutting is good.

The cluster fuck and different weigh in procedures being enacted by the various commissions is retarded.

Can't they just have a damn telecon and agree on one standard. Its fucking 2016 for christs sake, pick up the phone and work shit out.

 

[BRASIL WAND]

>Ohio


Nuff said.


That's the last state you want making any rulings on sports.

 

[vkram]

Then they shouldnt cut. After a couple loses I doubt they will keep it up? And whats the point of weight classes if you can weigh 20-40 lbs more then the limit when you actually fight.

I agree that weight cutting is a problem but same day weigh ins are dangerous and not a reasonable solution.

 

[leatherf4ce]

I like it, will discourage bigger weight cuts and have fighters fight closer to their natural weight which is safer and more logical.

Me, too, but bad for the guys already signed for fights.

 

[Cage917r]

Another reason why OHIO sucks

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

UFC will stop holding shows in Ohio

 

[Warh3z]

As a fighter I'd just say no thanks to fights in Ohio then.

 

[PivotPunch]

That's awesome. Weight cutting will gradually disappear and for those saying it's unsafe if the cost outweigh the benefits then fighters won't do it also hydration testing will eliminate fighters fighting dehydrated in any bigger organisation.
People saying its "just Ohio" doesn't california also have something similar now? And with One FC and the UFC implementing all those anti weight cutting rules it#s safe to say that the end of weight cutting is near