I8URV8

Does anyone know what time the weigh ins will be starting on Friday?? I am possibly driving over to see them and meet the fighters, but I kinda need to have an idea when they will start them. I would guess around 4 or 5PM...Thanks

Pitbull

I pulled some info from UFC.com.

The weigh-ins start at 4 PM ET and will be aired on NBCsports.com.

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Mouth For War

arent the weigh ins on the same day in ohio?

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I8URV8

Thanks Pitbull...I thought they were around 4, but wasnt sure.

Pitbull

No prob V8.

No, they're going to take place the day before, on Friday. Dana said that he had the day-of weigh-ins waived.

MTKrav said something about Friday's weigh-ins not being the official weights. Maybe he can eloborate a bit more on what he's heard.

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duke09

thanks for teh info pitbull, and i am not directing this at you, but that is ludicrous.

dana doesnt want to have his 'fighters' weigh in the same day, so they dont have to? whats next, gloves are optional, no headkicks or anything else that is governed by the regulating body because mr. white is gonna be pouting?

what is it that he is so afraid of? that his "best champ at 155 (read 185)" will be found out that he is really a MW? this is retarded, imo.

we dont need rules, we have mr. dana white. if he is so concerned about guys not making weight or looking terrible after cutting that much weight, perhaps he should discuss with his fighters about what weight they should really be fighting at.

sorry, this upsets me terribly. i wonder what other rules dana gets to have broken because he is mr. dana white?

if your fighters cant make the weight they claim to be in when the athletic commission asks them to, perhaps the ufc should consider re-evaluating a few things rather than asking the regulatory body to conform to them.

i have a parking ticket from a few years back, anyone know dana's number, maybe he will take care of it for me.

RockemSockem

You make a valid point. But imo you're blowing this way out of proportion. I'm sure the fact that the big names would be affected most had something to do with it. But even if they weren't Dana would have tried to get this waved. It's more about keeping consistency. If the rules change depending on where you are, that hurts the fighters, the fans and the business. The three most important things to Dana White. There is no way the rule was waved because of who Dana White is. Marc Ratner might be a better person if you want to use that arguement.

I don't know what you want Dana to do about fighters cutting weight. His only option is to only offer the fighters fights at their higher weightclass. Which would rub many fighters the wrong way. Not a good business move. If they cut all this weight the day of, it will definitely hurt the fights. Lower quality fights hurts the fighters, the fans and the business. See above. Talking to them will do nothing. They want every advantage and will do everything within the rules to get them. Regardless of anything Dana White says.

Same day weigh-ins will not help. New rules like fighters having to meet certain weight requirements the weeks leading up to the fights will. I'd like to see everything fair as far as weight is concerned, but that is a long way off. And not as simple as some make it seem. More rules for weightcutting need to be added. As well as number of new weightclasses.

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duke09

i appreciate and respect what you are saying, and i agree with you. i just get frustrated. it seems like the weight cut makes the sport more artificial, you know?

i do think that all fighters had to weigh in on the day, the benefit would go to the natural weighted guy rather than the guy who cut 30 lbs and rehydrates the 30lbs back. if safety is such a concern, and perhaps the reason for the weightclasses in the first place, i would suggest that it is not meeting its objective when there could be a 40 lb difference in fighters at the time the bell rings.

moreover, i am not sure the fighters would get upset. if the majority cut 20 lbs (for arguments sake), they would all still be in the same weightclass, just up one class. for big tim, make a super weight or something. it just bugs me that dana's smarmy little grin when he says he has the best 185 lber in the world, but the guy is actually a HW.

maybe i am overreacting, i dunno. just seems to cheapen the title as the best 155lber when the guy only is at 155 for 3 minutes a year.

RockemSockem

I see your point, but that's a part of the sport. If you can make it to 155, you're 155. If you take off the huge amount of muscle these guys have on, they would be around that. If cutting weight were an easy or short proccess i'd be more inclined to agree with you. But it's one of the most grueling parts of the fight process. These guys earn that advantage. All fighters have the option to put on more muscle and cut more weight.

The weightclasses are in place so you're fighting a guy roughly the same size. 40 lbs. is a definite exaggeration unless you're coming in under the weight limit, which won't happen unless it's LW(still rare) or HW. I don't think the fact that fighters would still be grouped with same opponents would be of much comfort to them. They want to be able to perform to certain standards. Take that away from them, they're not going to be happy.

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WarDawg

Guys cut weight in alot of sports to make wieght. Not just MMA . Look at boxing and wrestling . Wrestleing at even highschool level all the way up through college sports. It's nothing new. WD

PINOYPRIDE

Sorry for a stupid question but who is Dana referring to "his best champ at 155??"

Is this Sherk??

hpulley4

Honestly, I'd like to know whether a natural weight fighter who didn't just drop 25 lbs could fight better than a guy who just went through hell dropping that weight in a matter of days. The nutritionists supposedly have it all down to a science but as we've seen recently, it doesn't always work! Seriously, I wonder if a guy who took a week off before the fight would do better than guys who sit in a plastic suit and a sauna and trains right up to when he hears his intro music. I'm not a fight trainer so I'm sure I'm wrong but intuitively it seems like a rested guy might fight better.

Tuffguy

Everyone who's anyone in UFC will be there!!! Forget the actual fight card (which has so many top people fighting) but for sure for sure other fighters will be there. This is UFC not to be missed....look out for the who's who in UFC there!

Lucky sommamabitch! :P

duke09

no such things as stupid questions...


i simply used that as an example as i had mark hominick on the brain, who isnt even the champ, so it was likely a bad example.

i melded dana's attitude with a weightclass at random. i dont think dana has ever said best champ at 155, at least not to my knowledge.