Ray Elbe - http://www.mmarepz.com/2016/05/corruption-on-scale-one-fc.html?m=1
Here you go Ray
ONE Championship superstar and rising MMA prospect Angela Lee is set to take on veteran Mei Yamaguchi for the inaugural ONE Championship Female Atomweight Championship on May 6th. Just in time for fight week a little bit of controversy is stirring up and is slowly spreading across social media, but that is. The controversy is surrounding corruption on the weight scale for the fight.
After a fight died last year due to an intense weight cut the organization and Asian MMA giant ONE Championship implemented a new weight cutting program where fighters are allowed to fight at a specific weight in accordance to their walk weight and training weight. The rules of their weight cutting program are below highlighted in the gray.
ONE Championship superstar and rising MMA prospect Angela Lee is set to take on veteran Mei Yamaguchi for the inaugural ONE Championship Female Atomweight Championship on May 6th. Just in time for fight week a little bit of controversy is stirring up and is slowly spreading across social media, but that is. The controversy is surrounding corruption on the weight scale for the fight.
After a fight died last year due to an intense weight cut the organization and Asian MMA giant ONE Championship implemented a new weight cutting program where fighters are allowed to fight at a specific weight in accordance to their walk weight and training weight. The rules of their weight cutting program are below highlighted in the gray.
Rumor has it though that Angela Lee failed to meet the requirements to fight at Atomweight however. So naturally Mei might have wanted to pull out, but either ONE threw more money in the Japanese title contender's direction to keep this entire thing on the down low and to not pull out of the fight. You can clearly see the size difference in the picture at the top of this article. There is no way that they walk around at the same weight, but this was speculated by some to be the case when this fight was first announced actually. Let's see how this situation unfolds. This may leave many people rooting for Mei than before, but Lee is the huge favorite already.
"1. Athletes must submit their current walking weight and daily training weight regularly. Athletes will input and track their daily weight online via a dedicated web portal. Athletes may input data weekly but must include daily weights.
2. Athletes will be assigned to their weight class based on collated data and random weight checks. Athletes are not allowed to drop a weight class when less than 8 weeks out from an event.
3. During fight week, weights are checked daily. Urine specific gravity will also be checked the day after arrival and 3 hours prior to the event. Athletes must be within their weight class and pass specific gravity hydration tests all week and up to 3 hours before the event. If an athlete falls outside the weight, or fails a test, they are disqualified from the event. Doctors may request additional testing at their discretion.
4. Catch weight bouts are allowed. However, the athlete with the higher weight will not be heavier than 105% of the lighter opponent’s weight.
5. ONE will conduct random weight checks on athletes at our discretion.
6. Athletes may petition to change weight classes outside of the 8-week competition zone and must be within their new desired weight at that time. In addition, athletes must pass a specific gravity urine test when their weight is within the limits of the newly petitioned weight class. ONE doctors can request additional testing to determine the amount of weight drop allowed over a specific time.
7. The usage of IVs for the purpose of rehydration will not be allowed.
Overage and limits of weight reduction:
· 3 weeks to event day: Athlete must be within contracted weight class
· 4 weeks: 1.5% bodyweight over max
· 5 weeks: 3%
· 6 weeks: 4.5%
· 7 weeks: 6%
· 8 weeks: 6% max over.
(ONE Chief Doctor may approve up to +/- 0.5% maximum error in any weekly weight check)"