yes the one championship make all fighter do Hydration Test first if do not pass can not do the Weigh-Ins. do to fact want to make sure all Hydration. do to fact some would have issue before they started this to keep weight down just so make weight to fight. good safety measure.
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Man there's been way too much of this in mma and am happy to see ONE implement this I remember seeing the Ufc embedded when Joanna Jędrzejczyk was in the tub looking like she was on deaths door having issues with the weight cut, not to mention who would be superstars in their set weight Conor at Featherweight looked terrible at weigh ins, same with Mac Holloway, I remember seeing Gleison Tibau weigh in at 155lbs and being mind blown that he said he walked around at like 215lbs while his weight cut prolly wasn't all dehydration, I'm sure in his career he did dehydrate himself to make weight -
its sad that boxing mma kickboxing do do not do this. UFC does something like this only if they think some should have it done. if watch some videos i seen on this you be ashamed what people have to do to make weight. and it hurting body's like doctors say it does
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I coach high school wrestling.
Same day weigh ins would help this issue.
My athletes do a begining of season weigh in and an advanced BMI test. This is their baseline, they are only allowed to compete at a safe fraction of that baseline.
The school athletic trainer takes care of this . As a coach I have no input.Comment
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some do same day. one championship does many test head of time and day of. they had issue where one people got really hurt so they made this rule up. for some reason UFC does not want to touch this but they do make sure people are Hydrated but not like this compnay
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I cut ridiculous amounts of water in high school to wrestle; I once put on 16 pounds from weigh in to the end of a tournament.
Worst season, I wrestled at 114, and hit 145 a month after it ended.
Hydration tests and mid- season correction (guess what - teens are growing!) would make a lot of coaches angry, but make for a much safer sport.Feedback
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I'm all for anything that makes things safer.
Pro fighters should have same day weigh ins. 48 to 72 hours allows abusive weight cutting practices. You can't "recover" from reckless dehydration and perform in a sporting event in the same day.
It may seem counter intuitive, but I think it's the best way to handle pro fights. The incentive has to be performance based.
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