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OmfgOliveira missed weight.
He is stripped, Gaethje can win the vacant title tomorrow, Oliveira can not.
OmfgOliveira missed weight.
He is stripped, Gaethje can win the vacant title tomorrow, Oliveira can not.
Honest question. What is the point of differentiating between title and non-title matches when allowing a half pound weight allowance?
Obviously once it's in the rulebook, it's the rules, but I am asking about the logic behind the rule. Why not just cut it off at the billed weight? For example, all fights at 155 pounds must be at 155 pounds. No half pound weight allowance, no exceptions. Is the idea like "Championships are supposed to be hard mode" or something?
Adding in that extra wrinkle for a title fight kind of feels like they were just asking for something like this to happen. Just get rid of the half pound weight allowance so fighters don't get used to weighing in at that weight before title fights.
What’s ridiculous about it? And where do you draw the line once you start moving the goalposts?Rules can change if it's ridiculous.
I mean it's called the fighter hotel, they set everything up. If the scale was wrong that's the fault of the UFC or the athletic commission and not Oliveira. Also Championship weight and non championship weight is weird af to me. If the weight limit is 155 then why can you weigh 156 if it's not a title fight?
What’s ridiculous about it? And where do you draw the line once you start moving the goalposts?
It’s not a new rule and every other champ in UFC history made weight (was Fig already the champ when he missed or was that fight for a vacant belt?) I don’t remember and don’t care enough to look it up.
Rules should always be hard and fast. Otherwise what’s the point of them?
It’s like Iaquinta wasn’t eligible to win the title when he fought Khabib. He was 1/4 lbs over the championship limit, yet he wasn’t even supposed to be fighting for the belt to begin with. He was actually 3/4 lbs under the LW limit. He only got put into the fight AFTER the weighins.
If you don’t like the rules go play a different sport.
They should probably stop cutting ridiculous amounts of weight then.It's a ridiculous system that actually hurts the fighters right before they are supposed to be at their best. Neither will be remotely close to 155 libs come fight time but cutting an additional 0.5 lbs of water weight proves what? Who is better at dehydrating themselves? Cutting weight makes them worse fighters. The point in them fighting is to prove who is the better fighter, not who is better at dehydrating themselves. This irrelevant and dangerous practice before the fights only gives us a weaker product.