Question about UFC weight classes

[Ratman]

Im sure there is someone here who can help me out. Last night i ordered UFC 100 and enjoyed it. I am not too familiar with their rules and regulations, so was shocked to hear one of the welterweights made the weigh in at 170 but was fighing heavier. I know this isnt too uncommon, but Joe Rogan guessed he was fighting at 209 and was later confirmed by his cutman as to fighting at 198.

In boxing the weigh in is usually the day before. Is this the same for UFC? How the hell did he gain nearly 30 pounds over night? More importantly, how can i cut weight like he did?

thanks guys-

Henry

[LD395]

they said he probably dehydrated himself.  so there was no water weight at all.  i don't think that would total 30 lbs...but it could have been a huge chunk of it.

[hammerhands]

They don't weigh in the day before. When Brock fought Randy, he made weight at 205, but was something like 240 when they fought.

Cutting weight is easy, work out and dehydrate yourself to the point where you want to pass out. Not healthy. Work out in a rubber suit which promotes sweating, and work out (cardio mainly) as much as you can. Even go in a steam room wearing sweat pants, a toque and sweat shirt.

I kinda think the weigh ins are a joke, if you want to control the weight classes, have weigh ins the night before a fight. Then you don't have someone who (like Brock) has no problem weighing in at a much less weight then putting it back on. Yes I realize that it is all part of fighting, but come on, someone who can weigh in for 205, then fights at a more natural, heavier weight has an advantage to the guy who could fight at a lower class but has trouble making weight. Again I know that it is part of the game.


Tim

[Elmore]

Hey Henry,
 Some of those guys can lose some crazy weight. Lesnar has to cut weight to make it DOWN to the 265 weight limit, he walks around at like 280ish I think he said one time.
 GSP walks around at like 185 so he said on Off the Record the other day, just guessing that he was 180+ish last night.
 Alves is a monster at 170...Rogan is a retard when he said 208..I thought they confirmed him at 190 but I may have heard that wrong, 198 wouldn't shock me. But ya 28 pounds is a crazy amount of weight.
 The weigh-ins were Friday at suppertime and some of those guys looked like shredded zombies. Alves chugged a big drink like 2 seconds after got off the scales.
 I think that most guys in boxing and MMA would put on around 10-15 pounds over the night before the fight. There was talk a few years back in boxing that they were going to limit the amount of weight that you could put back on to like 7 pounds or something...Autturo Gatti(who just got killed this weekend) used to put on crazy pounds before the fight...like 20 pounds in a 24hr period.
 Thats just what I have read and can recall off hand.
If you can figure out how to drop 10-15lbs of pure fat let me know!!
Ryan Elmore

[DanPacella]

They don't weigh in the day before.

I think they do weigh in the day before...weigh ins were covered live on ESPNNews at 7pm Eastern Time Friday night; fights began 10:00pm Saturday night.  Not exactly 24 hours before the fight, but real close to it.

[hammerhands]

Then they should change they way they do things, to make weight and then put it back on, no wonder guys die.

My bad, I thought they weighed in 2 or 3 days before a fight.

[Adrian]

hey Henry - if you haven't moved by October - I'll ask Kerry McCoy at UMD if we can watch one of the wrestling practices ...

you'll see on average 9-12lbs difference for just a single 2 hr workout - imagine that for 6-8 hrs prior to a weigh-in

[mrbennyortiz]

I wrestled for years.  The difference with wrestling is that they weigh you in directly before the match, or if you're at a tournament they'll weigh you in the morning of the tourney.  Any in-shape fighter/wrestler can drop between 8-10 lbs in a day with little difficulty.  If you really suck weight, you can probably drop close to 20 lbs from your natural weight with a few days notice. Unhealthy, yes - but definitely doable. 

I wrestled before there was body fat or hydration regulations so it was similar to professional fighting since they do not have these regulations either.  Basically you can get your bodyfat down as low as possible then just stop drinking water, work out in a rubber suit for a few hours, then go jump rope in the showers with all the shower heads blasting hot water to steam the place up.  You'll be so dehydrated that walking to the scale will get you winded.  All that matters is that you make weight.  As soon as you're off the scale it's back to business as usual.

I usually wrestled at about 15 pounds less than my natural weight.

 

[Bspleen528]

I remember in College and Highschool the wrestlers would run for hours in sauna suits. They would not drink anything and were constantly spitting in cups before they had to make weight.  I can only imagine how someone feels dropping that much weight.