🧵 What do you think of bringing One dehydration rules to the UFC?
Anonymous at Sun, 25 Feb 2024 23:40:14 UTC No. 188355
Pros
>nobody would die of dehydratation (so far it hasn't happened in the UFC though)
>no fights would be called off because of too harsh dehydration (it has actually happened)
>performance of fighters would be slightly better
Cons:
>more fighters might be unable to make weight and some fights might be called off because of it
Also, it may require changes in weightclasses. Current LHWs wouldn't be able to cut to LHW so they would need additional 225 lbs class to avoid fighting much bigger guys. Giants like Derrick Lewis wouldn't be able to make 265 so the limit in HW should be abolished or moved up. Same with current woman's featherweights who might need a 155 class.
Anonymous at Sun, 25 Feb 2024 23:57:08 UTC No. 188356
>>188355
The only reason you would have dehydration would be because of roids and other stims that fuck up your system.
Anonymous at Sun, 25 Feb 2024 23:57:30 UTC No. 188357
I think ONE's dehydration tests don't hold water.
Anonymous at Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:18:52 UTC No. 188362
It's simple, you lose 10% of your purse for every pound over you are on the day of the fight
Anonymous at Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:46:36 UTC No. 188427
I very much like the idea, allowing extreme weight cutting is one thing, but allowing the fighter to then regain 20lbs back before the fight is retarded
Anonymous at Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:05:43 UTC No. 188429
>>188355
I have a better idea. Do the weigh-ins on the same day as the fight.
Anonymous at Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:57:52 UTC No. 188466
>>188429
ONE does that. Both a few days before and few hours before the fight itself
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 04:52:17 UTC No. 193282
>>188355
If a fighter would risk death to dehydrate in a shorter timeframe, it's their fault. The point of the rule is to make guys like that fight in a weight class above where they're trying to weight bully. It should be the standard.
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 22:29:14 UTC No. 193597
>>188355
>Same with current woman's featherweights who might need a 155 class
or better yet cancel them entirely
Anonymous at Thu, 11 Apr 2024 04:03:38 UTC No. 193625
>>188355
There are problems and ways around the dehydration rule in ONE FC. I remember a youtube video featuring an Aussie sport physican explaining how to get get around it and how it could make the weight cut cheat worse for everyone
Anonymous at Thu, 11 Apr 2024 04:11:39 UTC No. 193626
>>188355
It doesn't even work in One.
Anonymous at Thu, 11 Apr 2024 05:40:42 UTC No. 193630
>>188355
Bring back steroids
Anonymous at Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:06:10 UTC No. 193633
>>188355
They should weigh before they step in the ring. Only that would make it honest
Anonymous at Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:43:45 UTC No. 193661
>>188357
Ayyy gottem
>>188355
The channel MMA On Point did an investigation into ONE's testing for weight cutting and weigh ins, and they found it was easily exploitable. Very easy to cheat.
Here's the vid in case anyone wants to see.
https://youtu.be/RaqqicqGL0s?si=ZUx
Anonymous at Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:39:17 UTC No. 193668
>>193633
Same day weigh ins come with a whole other set of problems. Especially at the professional level where they're more reliant on the outcome
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:05:39 UTC No. 193754
>>193668
No they don't.
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:12:14 UTC No. 193759
>>193754
Yeah, they do, retard. You have any idea how much money venues & promoters would lose refunding tickets for all the fights that have to be cancelled for missing weight? No pro is just going to willy nilly put his rep on the line cause of some weigh in shenanigans turning their class into some sort of loosley restricted open weight bullshit.
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:27:32 UTC No. 193767
>>193759
So cut the ones who constantly miss weight.
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:30:37 UTC No. 193768
>>193767
>just casually lose millions of dollars over a notoriously common problem for many athletes
Mkay
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:32:58 UTC No. 193769
>>193768
Are you retarded or something? Just don't miss the weight. People can do it now, they can continue to do it right before the fight.
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:49:07 UTC No. 193773
>>193769
>tell me you've never had to meet weight without telling me you've never had to meet weight
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:53:51 UTC No. 193774
>>193773
>NOOOOO IT'S TOO HARD TO CHEAT LIKE THAT YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME
Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:49:42 UTC No. 194308
>>188355
The test is a meme and easily bypassed
Anonymous at Tue, 16 Apr 2024 01:55:28 UTC No. 194321
>>188355
People will always find a way to cheat. If fighters longevity was of concern the best solution would be to make more weight classes but that's not gonna happen
Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:11:12 UTC No. 194604
>>188355
They should do the weight in the day of the fight, everything else is a bullshit
Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:31:28 UTC No. 194608
>>193774
Dude, every competitor in every sport that I have EVER known, in either fighting or even in wrestling, makes weight with serious dehydration. On weight day, you can't do shit, you feel weak as fuck. You have no fucking clue what you're talking about.
>>194604
This. But they would pretty much have to completely redefine weight classes.
Anonymous at Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:33:05 UTC No. 194609
>>194608
That's no one's problem but their own.
Anonymous at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:28:17 UTC No. 195824
>>194608
You're pathetic and you lack self control. It's extremely easy to meet weight without excuses and if you think professional fighters can't do that, you lack the brain of an adult.
Anonymous at Mon, 13 May 2024 14:22:34 UTC No. 197491
>>194608
>or even in wrestling,
fuck off you faggot, we weighted in right before the matches started