Weighins should be an 8 hour window 9am-5pm it will help when fighters can starting the cut. I would love to see fighters fight at their natural weight, but realistically it's not going to happen.
Moist Gracie - On the contrary.
You're able to float off a little bit of weight overnight. Some fighters upwards of 1-2lbs. So I'd argue in some cases it's easier because you sleep through part of the worst stretch.
Whoops, someone made the point before me.
kennyfrommd -Has to happen. Only a matter of time before somebody's kidneys give out. That wouldn't be a nice law suit at all for the promotion. They would claim the fighters are self employed contractors but a lawyer would just state the advantages of being bigger come fight night increasing your chance to make more moneyAdd a weigh in.
Yeah, I said it. Night before weigh ins like the old days, then a cage side weigh in before the fight, or an hour before the fight at least that checks to make sure you are within 5-10lbs of what you weighed in previously. Similar to what ADCC did after Popovitch beat Marcelo. It eliminates drastic weight cuts, and now people have to actually fight what they weigh.
MMA needs to look at boxing and wrestling where after you weigh in you must be within a certain limit of the weight class.
This will stop the huge cuts and have fighters fighting closer to their natural weights.
cyberc92 -NineFightFour -knot eye - I agree 100% and have mentioned this before. I think it's stupid because fighters are dehydrated longer. They're going to sleep undernourished and waking up relatively early in regards to their schedules.
Fighters fight at night. Why have them do early morning or night before cuts and weigh in before noon. It's idiotic.Playing devils advocate you could argue fighters should stop being so much heavier than the weight class they fight in requiring less of a cut. I walk at 212-215 and compete at 205 and the only "cut" I do is stop drinking water around 1-2pm the day before my weigh ins. But I drink an entire gallon and a half before that, so I basically have more than enough water in me all day and just keep pissing. I'll wake up day of weigh ins maybe have a small black coffee and pee one more time and I'm golden. These dudes are citing 15-20 lbs in a matter of a day, it's never going to be safe or healthy.
Most guys your size will be fighting at 185 and some even 170 lol. MMA fighters are going to be wrecked later in life from braun and kidney trauma.
I don't fight haha, I compete in powerlifting and I'm not a fan of cutting, I do the same for jiujitsu
da Vinci 81 - I think another poster a while ago suggested extending the weigh in time. Make it an option to weigh in either in the morning or later in the afternoon like 3pm or something. It would benefit everyone I think.
I've written about this before. This is exactly right.
What a lot of people don't understand is that sleeping during a weight cut is extraordinarily difficult. The wrestlers who cut cut the most weight (I was one of them in college) usually have to cut the last couple of pounds the morning of weigh ins.
However, we only had 1-2 hours before we wrestled. MMA fighters have over 24 hours. So it's in their interest to cut more. (Can you blame them?). The night weigh ins allow people to SLOWLY get those last pounds off without a TIME CRUNCH.
For those who said, 'just go to sleep earlier and wake up early,' it isn't so easy. Most fighters are putting themselves on a fight sleep schedule. Early wake ups are not conducive.
One thing worth noting: I've never missed weight in my life. And I have cut extraordinary amounts. No scares - never. I'm not sympathetic to fighters missing weight for any reason other than severe illness unrelated to the cut. I am interested in less people missing weight.
The idea of having the scale open from 10AM to 6 PM is a great one. We don't need press there - just commission officials. It's the most FAN FRIENDLY option.
Herb Mazzagatti -It did make things worse but weight cutting is still a problem in general.
I hope this is finally the wake up call the ufc needs to make more weight classes and restructure how the athletes make weight.
u are missing the point- that still wouldn't stop some Rambo from trying to cut 20-30lbs just so he can have an advantage
Adonis RNA -cyberc92 -NineFightFour -knot eye - I agree 100% and have mentioned this before. I think it's stupid because fighters are dehydrated longer. They're going to sleep undernourished and waking up relatively early in regards to their schedules.
Fighters fight at night. Why have them do early morning or night before cuts and weigh in before noon. It's idiotic.Playing devils advocate you could argue fighters should stop being so much heavier than the weight class they fight in requiring less of a cut. I walk at 212-215 and compete at 205 and the only "cut" I do is stop drinking water around 1-2pm the day before my weigh ins. But I drink an entire gallon and a half before that, so I basically have more than enough water in me all day and just keep pissing. I'll wake up day of weigh ins maybe have a small black coffee and pee one more time and I'm golden. These dudes are citing 15-20 lbs in a matter of a day, it's never going to be safe or healthy.
Most guys your size will be fighting at 185 and some even 170 lol. MMA fighters are going to be wrecked later in life from braun and kidney trauma.
School me on Braun trauma.
Is it named after Lloyd Braun from Seinfeld?
no, lebraun james
Iaquinta said that he wasnt looking forward to them for this reason
kennyfrommd -Add a weigh in.
Yeah, I said it. Night before weigh ins like the old days, then a cage side weigh in before the fight, or an hour before the fight at least that checks to make sure you are within 5-10lbs of what you weighed in previously. Similar to what ADCC did after Popovitch beat Marcelo. It eliminates drastic weight cuts, and now people have to actually fight what they weigh.
This has little impact at on drastic weight cuts, it just has fighters entering the cage dangerously dehydrated. Plus, it is fiscally and ethically irresponsible to the fans.
StevetheWeasel - The time of weigh ins isn't the issue. People trying to fight in weight classes they aren't really in is the issue.Conor at 145. Agreed
Shanebone -Or it's more than likely the combination of IV ban plus early weighins.StevetheWeasel - The time of weigh ins isn't the issue. People trying to fight in weight classes they aren't really in is the issue.Conor at 145. Agreed
Fighters should take Conors lead. Just keep moving up weight classes.