Wouldn't be hard to stop this, there's blood and urine tests that can tell how dehydrated someone is. Take a sample just before the weigh-in, if they're cutting too much ban them from competing in the fight.
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Death in the ring is why there's not same day weigh-ins. Unless you want the sport banned it should stay the way it is now.
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Originally posted by HandsofIron View PostUFC/MMA needs more weight classes so the fighters wont have to drain the hell out of themselves, the jump in weight is too high too.
Plus as long as there are rules that allow weight draining &/or weight gaining previous to getting in the ring guys will take advantage of it. Its human f#cking nature.
The only way you fix this is taking it off the table completely which means ending weight cutting & mandating healthy walking around weight combat sports. How you go about that is debatable, but its the only way I see to stop whats going on now. And boxers lives & bodies will be at greater risk than they are already til they decide to do this.
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mma weight cuts make boxing weight cuts look tame. lots of those guys come from wrestling, where drying out is super prolific. mma fights are usually only 3 rounds of 5 minutes. that's 15 minutes, less than half of the average boxing amtch on TV. you can cut more weight in that sport becuse of the duration of the fights.
some of those guys put on 20+ lbs.
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Originally posted by Eff Pandas View PostDon't say that. I'm enjoying seeing MMA in the way boxing used to be & dream of how amazing boxing could be right now with less divisions.
Plus as long as there are rules that allow weight draining &/or weight gaining previous to getting in the ring guys will take advantage of it. Its human f#cking nature.
The only way you fix this is taking it off the table completely which means ending weight cutting & mandating healthy walking around weight combat sports. How you go about that is debatable, but its the only way I see to stop whats going on now. And boxers lives & bodies will be at greater risk than they are already til they decide to do this.
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It's not healthy cutting muscle and I think that's ******ed, but most fighters just drain their fluids in the sauna and no eating or drinking a day before weigh in you could lose up to 12-15 pounds on that and easily gain it back when you start drinking and eating.
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Originally posted by A.K View PostIt's not healthy cutting muscle and I think that's ******ed, but most fighters just drain their fluids in the sauna and no eating or drinking a day before weigh in you could lose up to 12-15 pounds on that and easily gain it back when you start drinking and eating.
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Originally posted by Reloaded View PostYou cant cut muscle the day before a weigh-in all you lose is fluids, muscle mass is lost during training camp and dieting weeks before the fight. fighters should not except a weight they cannot make there is no advantage to being bigger if youre as flat as a tack because of fasting and wasting.
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