I personally cant stand the weight cut game. I constantly see it at any grappling tournament, even if there isnt even a prize. I can understand being a pro mma fighter and making a living, then you would look for any advantage. In my case however, all I wanna do is compete in a tournament and I dont wanna come at my natural weight because then Ill be dealing with people with 20 pounds on me. So as a result, everyone is eating crackers for dinner, spitting in a cup, and taking water pills. Say what you want, but starving yourself and dropping water isnt a healthy thing to do and will deprive you of energy that you need in a fight..Ive seen this happen many times. These kids are cutting 20 pounds to do a local grappling tournament, it is retarded. Next one Im doing I wont even shed a pound, gonna come in exactly the way I woke up that morning. The system is retarded. In MMA, make people weigh in the morning of the fight instead of the night before, then you wont have anyone passing out/cramping/going to hospital.
You sound bitter because you do not possess the athletic gifts necessary to cut weight and maintain stamina and strength. Excessive weight cuts
20lbs or more)
may potentially be detrimental to one's health, but this is a difficult thing to substantiate.
Now 13lbs or 20lbs not really but more absolutly. Its exactly why the is such a thing as weight classes to begin with its allready an established fact that it makes a difference. In those joke "PRO" fights where a clash of the local douchbag wannabes take place a descrepancy like that wouldnt make a difference because of the lack of caliber of the fighter. But in real PRO fights where one competes against people youve actually heard of in events that are selective it absolutly does. Common sense : 270lbs perfect technique and speed of a middleweight= A*S kicking against 210lbs perfect technique speed of a middle weight.
Your point fails to recognize something very particular to the argument: namely, that everybody (see:
everybody) has the ability to do so - i.e.,) it is complete fair and equitable from the standpoint of accessibility. That one individual may be able to implement this advantage to a greater degree than others is, quite literally, the inequality that lies at the very base of athletics itself: no matter how many rules are implemented, some individuals may do things others cannot. Get over it.
Attempting to normalize an entire league/sanctioned body because one individual possesses an ability another does not is by far the most ridiculous thing I have heard in some time. You know, Peyton Manning is a far more astute QB than most, and has the ability to read the defense prior to the snap: by your logic, we should require him to wear a blinder on one eye, so the "playing field is level".
As far as Brock so far he has established that he has NO knock out power No submission capabilities and No intelligence. By the way in case you forgot its still Brock 1 Frank 1
Considering Mir was his second pro fight and he succeeded in brutally avenging that loss, I am not so sure that is a point you wish to make. And whether or not he has submission skills is entirely secondary to the fact he utilizes the skills he does have to a fantastic degree - particularly in nullifying
Mir's submission skills, which I am sure you fetish.
And a new super heavy class has been discussed for over a year with NSAC signaling no problem with sactioning if they have fighters to sanction henc Brock and TUF this season
I am not entirely sure what you are trying to say here, but: a super HW class is not going to happen. It in-itself implies "freak-show" and a lack of legitimacy which I can assure you the UFC is never going to implement. The fact is, you have absolutely no issue with Brock's physical gifts - you have an issue with his personality; and so, you are projecting your dislike for his personality onto his physicality, and calling it foul.
Rest assured, the word would be mum should your favorite fighter hold such a prominent
legal weight advantage. Where were you when Thiago Alves was pushing 200lbs in his fight against Kos., who comes in most likely 20lbs lighter? Or what about Gleison Tibau? He has admitted in interviews that he is 25lbs - yes, 25lbs - heavier than his opponents on fight night.
The hypocrisy here is apparent.
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