A Call For Regulations On The Weight Cut In MMA

Discussion in 'General MMA discussion' started by PsychoIcon, May 9, 2013.


Who would still be champ with new Regulations

JBJ 3 vote(s) 20.0%
Anderson 10 vote(s) 66.7%
GSP 4 vote(s) 26.7%
Bendo 0 vote(s) 0.0%
Aldo 6 vote(s) 40.0%
Cruz 1 vote(s) 6.7%
Johnson 5 vote(s) 33.3%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. derek666 Well-Known Member

    Thought he usually weighs around 220 or so? and then cuts down to 205 during his pee drinking days? hahaha
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  2. mmablaster Well-Known Member

    Athletic commissions could do a body fat check and only allow fighters to cut to 4% body fat.
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  3. renjr84 Well-Known Member

    He may be 220 but by the day before the fight he is under 205, like he was against Henderson, so obviously he would not be affected by same day weigh-ins.
  4. MacWombat Well-Known Member

    The problem with same-day weigh-ins is that they are even more dangerous. People will still try to game the system and shred as much as possible. But instead of being able to rehydrate, they will come into the fight dehyrdrated and face more serious injury.
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  5. Contender Well-Known Member

    If this can be tested easily just a few hours before a fight, that would be a great way to do it. It would even things out immensely and keep the fighters fighting fit.
  6. darcebandit Well-Known Member

    Frankie Edgar would still be champ.
  7. Reckin007 Well-Known Member

    He'd be at MW and not nearly as successful. He's too small for MW.
  8. JW1978 Well-Known Member

    I'm not sure that there are many fighters that low to begin with. Four percent is a really low bodyfat percentage, like pushing in-competition pro-bodybuilder type stuff. I would guess, for example, that Brock was well over 4% even after cutting to 265.
  9. Reckin007 Well-Known Member

    Whatever weight guys want to fight at should be up to the fighter. Couch potato fans shouldn't be making any of these decisions for them. Some guys have a walk around weight but that's not necessarily their "in-shape, ready to take on the world" weight. I'm a pudgy 195 right now, if I was in super shape like these guys I'd likely be fighting at 155 since my height is 5'7". No reason for me to continually be at that weight though since I only fight 3 times a year. Why not have a few extra donuts/slices of pizza during my down time :)
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  10. darcebandit Well-Known Member

    your logic is wrong......

    GSP stops cutting, fights at 185lbs but so does everyone else. He would be fighting other guys who are naturally 185lbs roughly, which is most of the current WW roster and maybe a small few of the current LW roster. No one would be bigger than him unless they were cutting weight which for the sake of this thread is being regulated.
  11. Reckin007 Well-Known Member

    Perhaps...but its still dumb. As soon as he trains for one day I bet he doesn't weigh 185. Why would he fight at that weight?
  12. FullItalian Well-Known Member

    LOL at Machida beating Silva... Look at Machida's performances vs Hendo and Page and then tell me with a straight face Machida would beat Silva..
  13. renjr84 Well-Known Member

    He is also the only person to finish Evans and Silva.

    I think the Rua ko kind of put him in the GSP place and lessened his chances of a flash ko.
  14. FullItalian Well-Known Member

    have you seen the Jones fight? Machida got dropped.. and you think Silva won't do the same?
  15. TheVileOne Well-Known Member

    I think fighters are cutting too much weight. I mean look at George Roop, he looks horrendous cutting down to bantamweight. All that and all he could manage was a tight decision at that weight. Sometimes guys move down just to be bigger and it doesn't really give them much of an advantage.
  16. darcebandit Well-Known Member

    I bet he does weigh 185lbs, right through camp up until about 2 weeks out, then drops carbs and starts increasing his water intake, if he maintained the same diet up until the fight, no matter how hard he trained he would be above 180lbs anyway.
  17. darcebandit Well-Known Member

    Cain would still be champ
  18. Reckin007 Well-Known Member

    He walks around at 190. A gallon water is 8lbs. I think he could cut close to that in a typical GSP training session. It would make zero sense for him to fight at 185 considering he's not even a big WW at 5'10" and he gets to 170 so easily already. A 20 pound weight loss (water/muscle/fat) in a 12 week training camp is nothing for an athlete. Hence why couch potatoes shouldn't even be commenting on this stuff. Their metabolisms are insane!
  19. Reckin007 Well-Known Member

    Some fighters are...but hey that's their problem. Think of a guy like Cormier. He's like 235 fight weight right now with quite a bit of blubber on him. If he cuts 30 pounds over an 8-12 week camp who are we to judge that he shouldn't be cutting weight to make LHW? Makes no sense. 30lbs is a lot for guys like you and me...its nothing for athletes that are doing it correctly. Hell I went on a diet last year and lost 20lbs in 2 months HEALTHY, going to the gym 4x a week and eating properly. That's all it takes. These guys live/breathe training during that period of time.
  20. darcebandit Well-Known Member

    Ok now you are confusing cutting weight with losing weight, huge difference buddy.
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