Aren't they free to rehydrate as much as they want between the time of the 2nd weigh in and the fight? This is not a true blue rehydration clause
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Originally posted by GrandpaBernard View PostYou need to pay more attention if you haven't ever heard of a fighter gaining up to 20 pounds after a weigh in.
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Dude weighs in at 160....say he re-hydrates 20 pounds overnight, that's 20/160 = 1/8 = .125 = 12.5% of total body weight.
If he weighs in at 160, weighs in at 176, that still means that he is technically LHW on fight night which is still a 2 division difference.
They should make it so that you can only re-hydrate a max of 10 to 12 pounds or just do a same day weigh in.Last edited by mathed; 06-30-2012, 09:58 AM.
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Originally posted by GrandpaBernard View PostYou need to pay more attention if you haven't ever heard of a fighter gaining up to 20 pounds after a weigh in.
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Its a silly rule. They should have made it 10% max increase in weight at fighttime. As it is this rule will have no significance at all.
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This affects the little guys the most as if they didn't have it hard enough already not getting much exposure and earning a lot less.
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Yeah you're off ignore. When I be trolling, no one can ruin it. Comprendre LOL.
There are fighters who gain 10%. If someone is 135, adding 13.5 lbs isn't hard say Rios.
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Originally posted by BattlingNelson View PostIts a silly rule. They should have made it 10% max increase in weight at fighttime. As it is this rule will have no significance at all.
If a fighter can safely cut down that much weight and be healthy/safe, i dont see any difference between a 10% max (16 lbs for 160'ers) and no max (20 lbs). By that point, the difference between 4 lbs is minimal, its just water and poop as the guy is already hydrated in either case. Might as well just leave it be in that case.
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