When should fighters be weigh in?

[brently1979]

Most fight cards start around 8 or so in the evening, with the main events around 10.
I'd prefer to see the weigh-ins at around 4 to 6 on the same day, or at worst in the morning.

The fighters should be within 5 pounds of the specified weight at the time of the fight - if they're not, they shouldn't be at that weight.

As to the stuff about dangers of rehydration, fight at your proper weight division.

I agree, fighters should just fight at their proper weight like they in the old days. I'm sick of fighters talking about making weight.

[squealpiggy]

The way the weigh-in works now is probably best, the rewards for boiling down are just too great to get around it. However having a rule in which you cannot boil down too much a la MSG and another where you have to make regular target weights make this safer for both fighters. There are also prhibitions on diuretics which are (or should be) banned substances.