In the wake of Cynthia Calvillo’s bad weight cut at UFC Argentina, some are asking why UFC doesn’t employ ONE Championship’s putative tactics to combat intentional dehydration. While ONE’s methods – moving everyone up, hydration testing – sound good in theory, they don’t release any weigh-in information to the public or press. As it stands, there is no reviewable evidence that they’ve made any progress. That isn’t to say their methods haven’t worked, but that one way or the other, no one actually knows. Ben Askren spoke highly of their methods on Joe Rogan’s podcast, which is promising, but just anecdotal evidence. Real information about the full extent of the program is simply unknown, which means claims that ‘ONE Championship solved weight cutting’ are unverified.
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2018-11-17
Why you hating on one championship
if you miss weight twice, its mandatory that you fight in the next higher weight class
Just make everyone do hydration tests day of weigh ins. You fight healthy or dont at all. And avoid the issue of people ballooning up on fight night. Like Micheal Chandler would brag about on fight night rehdryating close too 200 despite being a 155er. The hell is this shit. Fight dudes your size and weight and figure out whos the best.