Great as always

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

I appreciate you as always mate! Keep up the grind.

@lionelrivera_MMA

Ай бұрын

@@MixedMartialAcademici think he meant me🙄

@TroyRobert

Ай бұрын

@@lionelrivera_MMA oh my god mom get the camera it's Lionel Rivera

@TheElbowMerchant

Ай бұрын

This comment thread is amazing. Carry on.

@lionelrivera_MMA

Ай бұрын

@@TroyRobert dad! Come back from the milk store! It's Troy!

Tony Ferguson the type of guy to make weight for no reason

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Why does he have to break our heart!

@MagnusGalactusOG

Ай бұрын

@@MixedMartialAcademic It was the beginning of the end.

@LandonBell11

Ай бұрын

Omg I laughed way too hard at this comment. 😂

@yuruichi4691

Ай бұрын

It is his prophecy to fail 😂

@xprettyhurt9560

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Tony Ferguson's spiral is one of the saddest things I've seen in combat sports. I really wish he would retire.

@_jeven

Ай бұрын

He can't

@millslite2289

Ай бұрын

@@_jevenwhy? His contract?

@mitchellheffernan3024

Ай бұрын

​@@millslite2289I think mentally he needs one last win before he leaves the sport, but it might be a while before he gets it. He's trying to win his legacy back but he's losing more in the process, like a gambler.

@millslite2289

Ай бұрын

@@mitchellheffernan3024 yes, he also likes the feeling of pain

@katiesmashes878

Ай бұрын

Tony's the type of guy who, gains weight in a sauna

TJ looking like Christian Bale in The Machinist

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Bro, it’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen.

@MagnusGalactusOG

Ай бұрын

That's a damn good movie.

@snowhero9

Ай бұрын

or looking like any Army Ranger school student during Florida phase.

@WastingOurPreciousTime

29 күн бұрын

Nice to see someone else liked the movie. Bale was 125lbs in the movie and he is fairly tall.

@TomCruz54321

28 күн бұрын

It's so archaic and so easy to solve, I don't understand why nobody's doing anything about it.

Maybe that's why heavyweights always seem to the the most gentle and relaxed: they never have to go through weight cutting.

@OnlyTheStrongest116

25 күн бұрын

​​@BluemanitouParaon Tom Aspinall can solo the entirety of UFC if you exclude his fellow heavyweight-light heavyweight peers

@familyguysofunny1933

25 күн бұрын

Aspinal and DC have a nice lil belly so you know they're eating good and strong as hell

@k.k8291

24 күн бұрын

@BluemanitouParaon That's partly true in MMA, but certainly not in boxing.

@k.k8291

23 күн бұрын

@BluemanitouParaon Yes they are, it's simply a different style of fighting than the smaller guys.

@Nazisarelame

11 күн бұрын

@@OnlyTheStrongest116 there is probably no exclusion necessary but we’d never know since Dana won’t let him fight anyone

It’s the most insane thing when you step back and look at it: 2 guys who weigh 190lbs, give or take, drain & dehydrate themselves massively to get down to 155lbs.....to then rehydrate in one day and fight another rehydrated guy, both being back up to like 175-180lbs. So it’s really like a zero sum game, and actually it’s a negative sum, there really is no advantage when everyone is doing it, weight cutting only serves to diminish the fighters

@aw2584

Ай бұрын

The funniest part of it being that they often do it to avoid fighting fighters from higher weight class cutting down to theirs, so they cut weight themselves to fight smaller opponents who then also have to cut down etc. So literally nothing changes.

@UKNamaste

22 күн бұрын

Exactly, it's absurd

@monstersaint

10 күн бұрын

It should be banned. it's a hard enough in MMA.

@bobbyhumphrey199

12 сағат бұрын

From what i've heard maintaining weight without pre fight cutting tends to lead to more stamina during the fight but I'm not a fighter

TJ looking like frank woods when he was in prisoned by Mendez

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Dont be doing COD references down here ahaha

@Syzoth_

Ай бұрын

@@MixedMartialAcademiche ain’t wrong though

@GinkgoPete

Ай бұрын

Chad imprisoned TJ?

@TomCruz54321

28 күн бұрын

Joe Rogan made a really good point about it, it's basically sanctioned cheating. A 165-pound guy fighting at 135 pounds has more of an effect than using PEDs. If they can ban PEDs, why can't they ban weight cutting?

@Suave121

27 күн бұрын

You cant kill me

Weight cutting is truly brutal and needs to stop

Bulimia and binge eating is such an underrated (not talked about enough) issue, in combat sports and in general, it's so debilitating and tolling on your mind and body. Great video, very much needed topic to discuss.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

People think it’s kind of a joke which is just strange. It’s a well documented psychological phenomenon that is affecting loads of fighters for sure.

@hansjuker8296

23 күн бұрын

I'm sure lots of men are secretly binge/purging but it's never reported.

@shedshow1439

13 күн бұрын

There is a pretty meaningful difference between someone that does this because of body image and mental illness as opposed to fighters doing it for strategic reasons. It’s unhealthy no matter the motives, and no one should put their body thru this.. but it is a little weird to just say a fighter who cuts weight and then gains weight has bulimia ..

@MMAMike22

11 күн бұрын

True

@bryanfrombuffalo7685

6 күн бұрын

Fasting can be a abused strategy too...I see that alot

This is why a dagestani will never take a short notice fight or make a quick turnaround

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Pretty much, they know what game they are playing

@A1v5p9

Ай бұрын

Not Khabib but LHW/MW/WW -probably yes

@scottc2076

Ай бұрын

@@A1v5p9 khabib never took a short notice fight or made a quick turnaround

@A1v5p9

Ай бұрын

@@scottc2076 He Did,but it was a long time ago,before the ufc,around 2010-2011 when he was young and also welterweight not lightweight,so you're absolutely right

@apuapustaja1

Ай бұрын

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't they doing it smartly? Khabib himself nowadays walks over 200 pounds and has gotten pretty chunky.

Can't wait for this one. It is so ridiculous that we have such a double standard with steroids and weight cutting. With steroids, it is extremely hard to stop, but we test them anyway because we don't want athletes to jeopardize their health. With weight cutting, it is extremely easy to stop them from gaining an advantage from weight cutting, but we don't do anything.

@matthewsalesman5225

Ай бұрын

Respectfully, this is a crappy argument. No one is mandating people to take illegal substances to gain an advantage. Fighters are mandated to meet the weight limits they sign up for. They choose to compete at a weight they naturally can’t meet because they want the advantage or be in a weight class they don’t belong in. Yes, we should prevent the harm weight cutting cost to fighters but they willfully do it to their own detriment. I AGREE THAT WEIGHT CUTTING IS AWFUL AND SHOULD BE REGULATED BETTER. But claiming a double standard for steroids to weight cutting is absurd. One is illegal and is dangerous to both fighters competing while the other is a poor choice that affects the one doing it.

@akaInfamous

Ай бұрын

​@@matthewsalesman5225 I agree with this. If you can make weight then I have no issue. The dangers should be discussed, and there should be more regulation as you mentioned

@AveSicarius

Ай бұрын

​@@akaInfamous You just need steps to prevent extreme dehydration, like the tests ONE does at Weigh-Ins... Weighing in isn't the issue, having such disparate weightclasses where many fighters are naturally Catchweight so forced to fight down or fight people much larger is what forces people to do this.

@AveSicarius

Ай бұрын

​@@matthewsalesman5225 I mean, mate, for anabolic steroids anyway what, exactly, is the difference when the major variable is the size and strength of the opponent? The UFC could easily avoid this through hydration testing prior to the fight. Is it fair to smaller fighters that they are forced into contests with much larger fighters when their reputation, and thus livelihood, is on the line? I mean the notion of PEDs being illegal is largely ridiculous anyway, MMA is an exceptionally juicy sport and the UFC likely binned USADA so they would stop losing money from getting their top fighters suspended due to positive tests. It's largely just social stigma in the extreme around it, and to be honest, using many steroids is far less harsh on your body than a brutal cut that hospitalizes you with the potential for death, depending on dose obviously.

@AveSicarius

Ай бұрын

Honestly PEDs should probably just enter the pool as a controlled substance open to fighters in a discrete quantity. MMA is exceptionally juicy sport already, all that testing does is discriminate against fighters not favoured by the organization.

The UFC needs to introduce same-day weigh-ins 1 hour before the event. There problem solved. Weight cutting ruins mma because it turns it into a competition thats not about whos the best fighter, but whos the best at cutting 30+ pounds of water without dying and can perform the next day without being massively handicapped after dehydrating themselves like a prune. If we got rid of weight cutting, it would solve a lot of problems. Especially this crap where fighters can hop between divisions and try to do this constant champ-champ garbage. Plus it would lead to more exciting fights because fighters are no longer competing while coming back from the brink of death just one day prior. They would perform better! And they would have longer careers because theyre no longer taxing their bodies so heavily prior to each and every contest. It would eliminate weight bullying. The list goes on... EDIT: Furthermore (since this post has so many upvotes), coinciding this reform, the weight classes should also be reformed. Having such a big jump between 170 to 185, 185 to 205, and 205 to 265 makes no sense. I propose we introduce a couple more divisions to fill these huge gaps, and we segregate each division by 5 kilograms / 11 pounds. This is what that would look like: atom weight would be at 45 kg, straw weight at 50kg, fly weight at 55 kg, bantam weight at 60kg, feather weight 65kg, light weight 70 kg, super light weight 75kg, welter weight 80 kg, middle weight 85 kg, super middle weight 90 kg, light heavy weight 95kg, Cruiser Weight 100kg, and then heavy weight could be 100kg+ with no upper weight limit. I say this for heavy weight because diminishing returns kicks in hard past the 100-110kg threshold, and more size isn't necessarily an advantage. All of the heavy weight GOATs such as Fedor and Stipe only weighed around 230-240 lbs anyways, and regularly beat guys way bigger than them (see Big Nog vs Bob Sapp, Cain vs Lesnar), so I don't think a super heavy weight division or a weight cap is necessary because all of the best heavy weights tend to cap off under 250 lbs anyways. 300+ pound men are usually slower, less skilled, and have poorer cardio.

@rico14

Ай бұрын

I fight in Thailand, and we do same day weigh ins. Pretty much everyone just cuts less weight, and guys can fight more often. Since there not cutting tons of weight

@halflucan

Ай бұрын

UFC would never agree to it since they'd have to cancel their card if someone misses it or ruin their credibility if they allowed the person to fight

@griffinbrock9077

Ай бұрын

​@@halflucan they already do?

@Bt26x

Ай бұрын

100% agreed & well said. I’ve always thought this. There should be same day weight ins or a hydration clause to where you can’t add back on anymore than 5#.

@FrenkieWest32

Ай бұрын

Yes and then fighters constantly fall out without replacements are cards are ruined and UFC's stock drops and fighters will not eat or drink before a fight and ruin their performance that way.

I think TJ going down in weight class might go down as one of the worst decisions in MMA history. I believe (no way to know of course) that the shoulder injury that would haunt him later was, if not caused by this strain on his body, was at the very least exacerbated by it. Going through a camp while in nutrient deficit to cut weight must be terrible for the connective tissue.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

I honestly agree, and it's such a shame becuase dispite all his contraversies, he was such an entertaining fighter, one of my favourites always.

@cappy2282

Ай бұрын

​@MixedMartialAcademic Ya Tjs fights were always fun to watch. The worst thing about it, is that there was absolutely no reason for him to go down. His coaches/family should have talked sense into him

@timhughes3684

Ай бұрын

Why is no one talking about him cheating taking EPO during this camp

@FrenkieWest32

Ай бұрын

why would he be nutrient deficient? This sounds very far fetched...

@cappy2282

Ай бұрын

@timhughes3684 ...because that's cool and TJ a good guy

When the UFC Lightweight division started, the best were guys like Jens Pulver, Sean Sherk, BJ Penn, and Frankie Edgar. Nowadays, those guys would be tiny for the division and more suited for Bantamweight or Flyweight.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

That’s such a great point

@_GOD_HAND_

Ай бұрын

BJ was actually pretty big for the division. He fought at light heavyweight against Machida. Dude was a shapeshifter.

@mamadude505

28 күн бұрын

It's changed a lot since those days.

@Sleeepy23

28 күн бұрын

@@_GOD_HAND_ yeah that's because BJ Penn didn't want to cut weight. If you look at some guys in Bantamweight (Sandhagen, O'Malley, Vera, formerly Sterling, etc.) they have a much bigger frame then BJ. If they wanted to eat a lot of food then they could come into a fight weighing 190 just like BJ lol. My point is that guys cut wayyy more weight these days compared to back then. He may have been big for Lightweight back then. But today, if he was in Lightweight he would be small compared to Islam, Poirier, and Gaethje.

@Sleeepy23

28 күн бұрын

@@mamadude505 yes it's changed because guys cut way more weight than ever. Weight cutting is continuously getting more extreme.

Thats why heavyweight is bittersweet. Bitter cuz a lot of them aren’t very technical, but sweet cuz they barley cut weight and knock eachother out

Beneil Dariush looking like a COD zombie on the scales was probably the most sobering moment in recent memory. Genuinely thought that man was on the brink of death. Great video as per as well. Wordplay that would make Shakespeare jealous

@ethanlique7181

Ай бұрын

Yeah, also Emett looking like something straight out of a horror movie at UFC284 Weight in

My first kickboxing tournament I fought at 153 and I walked around at 175 6’2. That last 9 pounds was brutal. Could not sleep because I was overheated. And this was for no money. Weight cutting sucks ass.

@centipedekid9824

Ай бұрын

Then why do it? I used to wrestle in highschool and hated cutting weight. I'd never imagine doing it again. I went blind twice from how dehydrated I'd get.

@8.24.

Ай бұрын

That's what you get for trying to be a weight bully. Get better so you don't have to resort to such tactics

@hms9891

Ай бұрын

Sorry to sound like a dick, I’m an mma fighter and I have cut weight just so I can find fights so I’ve been there but only about 4 kilos Why cut so much then ?

@davidl4781

Ай бұрын

The focus shouldn't be on the hardships of weight cutting but rather on the reasons WHY you guys even do it in the first place smh all for an advantage? Just fight honestly at your honest weight division

@MR12AMAZING

Ай бұрын

Fighting at 153lbs at 6ft 2 is absurd.

I remember when Rumble couldn't make weight, so got cut, and came back as an amazing light heavyweight. I wish more fighters would think about this.

The cyborg clip is always hard to watch. The pain to make someone who's willing to put their life on the line fighting in front of millions, and push themselves training their whole life, it must be hell.

Tom's jawline can cut glass Jesus Christ On a serious note, really great video on a topic that has so much nuance. It's always crazy the amount of effort you put into these

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

God your so good looking too 💃

@GAsh0012

Ай бұрын

Gays are gay

@danielwilson1105

Ай бұрын

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@GAsh0012

Ай бұрын

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@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Let me bang bro

When I first started competing as an amateur kickboxer and MMA athlete, I knew virtually nothing about cutting weight, so I was extremely reliant on my training partners who had more experience than me. I cut 18 pounds in 72 hours, and felt like I was dying! Turns out, I really might have been. I have no wrestling background, so I had no frame of reference, and it was absolutely brutal. And by professional MMA fighters standards, 18 pounds is nothing. As I continued to train and compete, I got my "walking around" weight down to within 7 pounds of the weight class I'd be fighting in, just because I made changes to my diet and cardio regimen. Long story short: cutting weight sucks, and it's not worth whatever advantage it gives you, which I wish I knew when I was a young man hoping to be world champ someday. Spoiler alert: I retired after 4-3 record in amateur MMA and 6-3 as an amateur kickboxer, due to some scary post-concussion issues (another serious problem in combat sports), so "world championship fighter" was never in the cards for me.

I think just adding more weight classes and not doing anything else is just going to allow some fighters to cut more to have an even bigger size advantage. If you want to stop weight cutting, you have to take away the advantage of weight cutting. Do cage side weigh-ins without the opportunity to put the weight back on. If fighters continue to dehydrate after that without getting an advantage then that is their own fault. As long as we give fighters the choice to not dehydrate without taking a competitive disadvantage, I don’t care about fighters choosing to dehydrate for NO advantage. We shouldn’t ask smart fighters to set themselves on fire to keep the dumb fighters warm.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Good point about more weight classes, I guess it just furthers my point that athletes are always going to try and break the system.

@_ainyy

Ай бұрын

@@MixedMartialAcademicI think it is an example where the "system" then needs to adapt to address the loopholes being used by athletes - especially if it's harmful to them.

@xxjunedamogulxxlopez3112

28 күн бұрын

How u trying to fight for something nobody but yall want lmaoo none of you are competing in these fights but feel a need to tell someone else how to fight fair that's the problem yall think it matters what yall think 😂😂 yall soft so to yall it's omg he weighs 20 more pounds on fight night then this guy n alot them guys lose who are bigger so idk understand yall point make it safer for fighters who don't want that to find a more dangerous loop hole like what 😂😂😂 moronic

Insane to me that you've just uploaded this, about 5 days ago I submitted my dissertation on this exact thing. The psychological effects of weight cutting on combat sports athletes. Fantastic video

I really can't believe they are going thru this 24hrs before getting into a MMA fight!? That's gotta be the WORST thing ever. Why can't we adjust the sport to keep different people near their normal "in shape" weight? There can still be the range of divisions but off set what those divisions are. No grown pro athlete male should ever way 125! I weighed that in the beginning of High school and I'm only 5'7".. *BTW I like the skateboard in the background. I grew up skateboarding since HS. Only stopped a few yrs ago at 31 when I ruptured my ACL and couldn't skate after the surgery

@mitchellheffernan3024

Ай бұрын

"No grown pro athlete male should ever weight 125 pounds" 125 pounds isn't an unhealthy weight for a shorter man. What's unhealthy is the practice of cutting excessive amounts of water and body fat from your body to make weight, only to gain that weight in the next 24 hours to fight at a much heavier weight.

@carlossssssss5492

Ай бұрын

​@@mitchellheffernan3024there are very small fighters that truly shine at that weight class, look at Demetrius Johnson.

@MR12AMAZING

Ай бұрын

@@mitchellheffernan3024 Even the avg skinny high schooler is like 150lbs. 125lbs is extremely skinny for any adult male unless they're below 5ft 5.

@mitchellheffernan3024

29 күн бұрын

@@MR12AMAZING hence "shorter man"

@shedshow1439

13 күн бұрын

@@MR12AMAZINGwhere’d you get your data on the average weight of high school kids

I like this idea of same day weigh ins. Everyone wins, fighters have to fight at a reasonable weight cut which is essentially just their in shape weight, less tragedies, fighters can likely be more active and fans see fighters at peak performance. It’d take 6-18 months to figure out everyone’s new weight class but it’d be sorted out and we’d all forget about the current system in no time.

@SnailHatan

Ай бұрын

Same day takes away far too much focus from the fight. Fighters ONLY concern on fight day should be fighting. Period. Just limit how much weight they can gain after initial weigh-ins. It’s much less stressful to make weight then limit how much you gain, than it is to have to be an exact weight just an hour before a fight.

@hms9891

Ай бұрын

I fight in a month and it’s all same day weigh ins, it’ll be interesting because it’s my first match where this is all happening so I will hang around and see if there’s any weight misses and whatnot mines heavyweight so I don’t have a concern

@Juli.ni23

28 күн бұрын

​​​​​@@SnailHatan it wont take nothing away from the fight, their only concern should be to maintain their normal/everyday/training weight. Its better than the current format in everyway

@Kujien

24 күн бұрын

people will still cut and attempt to rehydrate that day, many would go into the cage still dehydrated. Its good to give the fighters atleast 24 hours to recover after weightcuts

@shedshow1439

13 күн бұрын

@@hms9891don’t forget to come back and tell us about it !

When everyone is a weight bully at 155 who is doing the bullying?

@MMAVoodoo

26 күн бұрын

It's an airheaded, meaningless term.

@buildawall5803

13 күн бұрын

Ur not 155 if you have only 1 day you weight that​@@MMAVoodoo

@shedshow1439

13 күн бұрын

They’re all potential bullies to the one guy who doesn’t cut weight

I’m working on rigs here in my shop , and I listen and just take my mind off work , while I hear you narrate these documentaries. The best part is that it’s free !!! Thanks man , I hope you are getting paid by KZread , you work is excellent. You deserve more subscribers. I love the background music lol , techno ? I don’t know I just enjoy your documentaries , no bias, nothing political, nothing weird , straight to the point and factual!! Thanks again brother

Hi thanks for the documentation iam actually doing a Presentation for my a level exams in germany about commercalisation in the ufc and how it affects the fighters health your videos really helped thanks.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Glad i could provide any assitence on that, good luck with it! You'll smash it

@swagdino13

Ай бұрын

Thank's man

Amazing video! I've also heard people talking about how 'gangster' it is to make weight on short notice and thought the same, that it's crazy and irresponsible. Can you imagine the best Olympic athletes in 100m or a marathon or any other number of sports doing this to themselves and then trying to compete and be the best they could? Then you add the brain trauma... it's a crazy situation and needs to be stopped.

Man if we could abolish weight cutting, ufc would be so much better. Same with fixed gloves. Hoping the new ones are good

@shanedavey6993

25 күн бұрын

Can you explain the new gloves please?

I’m not even that big of an MMA fan, but your videos are so informative and thoughtful that I can’t help but watch. Keep it up man. You’re doing important work.

To end the nonsense, they should weigh in as they walk into the cage to fight.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

It's a good suggestion

@DaLeprechaun

Ай бұрын

I agree I would like this but the issue is there would also have to be anti-dehydration protocol. People know the dangers but will still cut weight to have an advantage. Even if they get no chance to rehydrate. They will still risk it for that perceived advantage

@ElevatedAgenda

Ай бұрын

@@DaLeprechaun Two dehydrated rounds would be excrutiating. That would probably work itself out.

@DaLeprechaun

Ай бұрын

@@ElevatedAgenda you're right and I would hope it would. I am being a bit of a devils advocate. In the end I do just want the weight cutting problems to be resolved

@LSgaming201

Ай бұрын

People would suddenly be very surprised to see every division under 145 disappear. Along with a ton of fighters showing up at heavyweight.

People like Joe Rogan that say cutting large amounts of weight is a bigger advantage than steroids have little to no perspective on how brutal weight cutting is. If you use steroids you don’t make yourself easier to knock out and the majority of negative effects on your body are long term not short and long term like weight cutting. Incredible video as always you always cover the less flashy but equally as important aspects of the sport.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! We could make content that stimulates the algo, but where is the fun in that brother, we want to get into the weeds!

@Hathur

Ай бұрын

None of the potential "benefits" outweigh the simple fact that weight cutting also reduces Cerebrospinal fluid in your brain... the fluid that both protects the brain from injury, impact and ensures proper neuron firing. It takes DAYS to weeks to fully recover diminished cerebrospinal fluid losses from dehydration.. not 24 hrs. This means every fighter that undergoes water dehydration to make weight is also reducing cerebrospinal fluid in their brain, meaning they are VASTLY more susceptible to knockouts because they no longer have adequate fluid in the brain to protect it and are also fighting at diminished mental capacity as their neurons cannot fire efficiently, which is what is used often to make split second decisions in combat in relation to gauging when to strike , dodge, block etc. Slow neurons = slow fighter. As viewers, we are literally watching INFERIOR fighters if they weight cut. Their brains are more vulnerable and incapable of making ideal rapid decisions in combat to fight at their most efficient level. Not to even mention the fact that any doctor will tell you the BODY alone CANNOT recover from the damage done in just 24 hrs of rehydrating. It too can take days or weeks to fully recover. We are watching inferior fighters when they weight cut when gauged from a medical / physiological perspective.

@FrenkieWest32

Ай бұрын

@@Hathur if what all just like that than nobody would be doing weight cuts... It is a whole lot more individually variant how much this happens.

I really appreciate the efforts you put in to make these videos with well researched facts. Not to mention, the script is damn engaging.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much mate I really appreciate it!

Thank you for making a video about this. So many people pushing it too far, both pro and AM

The scene with the projected image over the shoulder was a nice touch. No surprise to me the scenes are as well thought out as the scripts. Great video.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thank you mate! Just trying different things!

Another banger man. Some of the best journalistic MMA content out there keep it up.

Quality and commentary was great dude, keep it up!

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thank you mate appreciate it!

I have stumbled on your channel today and while I enjoy the serious topics in question, it is warming my heart the respect you are showing to amazing yet underappreciated athletes like DJ.

Dude. First off I have to say .. I hope this video blows up because you did an OUTSTANDING job on this man. Well done, and you got a new sub out of me!

This must have taken forever, great video, surprised you aren't more popular. Keep it up brother.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

I appreciate it!

Thank you! So much work you put into this Videos! 🙏🏻

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much mate that means a lot 🙏

@ronburgundy2383

Ай бұрын

@@MixedMartialAcademic ✌🏻

Wow this video is so well done, some of that footage was truely eye opening. Hearing about it vs seeing it has such a different impact.

You do such amazing, vital work. It's a great thought-provoking piece. Thank you for this.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much I appreciate it!

Another masterpiece. Thank you for blessing us with this brother 🙏

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much mate appreciate you!

Thanks for the video. Good stuff. I started competing in kickboxing as a teenager, and I don’t think I’ve ever had a healthy relationship with my weight ever since. It’s been fifteen years and I still weigh myself every day to manage weight, because I’m still fighting. The weird thing is that you can’t really stop as long as you’re active. I do a lot of BJJ now, and they often have ~10kg weight classes. You don’t wanna be on the wrong side of that limit.

I am glad you are giving this attention. Its insane and they need a new way of doing weigh ins.

this is an absolute masterpiece of a video. very well explained and full of knowledge. thank you!

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thanks very much my friend I appreciate it!

145lb class for women would 100% make WMMA more interesting. We don’t need a bunch of extra divisions tho, maybe one for men at 165. And one for women at 145. That would allow the best and most violent female fighters to come in feeling good and get Kos

@ransakreject5221

Ай бұрын

Nah. There are few good 135 women. The champ Raquel kinda sucks. 145 there’s nothing. More weight divisions don’t stop cutting anyways

Ryan Garcia beat Haney, The ref, The Judges, The fans AND Weight cutting 👑💯

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

ahaha Ryan is so funny

Good on you for presenting a possible way to improve the situation. The more the fans are made aware of this the more they will push for changes. The sport is never going to make these changes as long as they money is flowing, they don't care until they start worrying the fans will turn on them.

Your videos are amazing. You really highlighted some dark stuff here. Thank you for your stellar journalism.

Thank you for making this video! Its crazy that the best attribute that a fighter can have for mma isnt their strength, or power, or cardio, or fight iq, but the ability to cut 30 pounds of water without dying and then performing well the next day witbout being handicapped after dehydrating themselves like a prune. Weight cutting definitely ruins the sport because it turns it into a contest of whos the best weight cutter first, and whos the best fighter second. The fact that soccer kicks and grounded knees, two techniques that have killed no one are illegal, yet weight cutting, which actually has killed fighters and sent them to the ER is allowed and encouraged is ridiculous!

My god you just don’t ever miss. Such a beautiful and well made video mate!

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much mate, I appreciate you!

FANTASTIC video. Professionally produced. Excellent oration. Can’t say enough good stuff about this video. Keep ‘em coming. I am a new fan of your channel. Thank you.

Best idea I can think of to fix it is that they get on the scale on the night of the fight and need to weigh in at the limit for the class

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

I would love to see this cocept play out in a promotion, I honestly think it could work, but I hate to think of fighters trying to push that boundry. Hydration test and same day weigh in, and weight checks through out the year. But is that over the top?

@noobish7046

Ай бұрын

@@MixedMartialAcademicit might be necessary for fairness and the safety of the fighters

@jayfisher3359

Ай бұрын

Fighting with a dehydrated brain is way more dangerous

Khabib VS Tony in his prime Would’ve been such a great banger I think Tony would have done the most damage to khabib ever by an opponent but still lose by submission

@moonie1825

Ай бұрын

Khabib would have gotten his shit rocked, khabib had practically no striking game and tony was excellent at takedown defense. Khabib no fighting tony saved his legacy.

@FrenkieWest32

Ай бұрын

@@moonie1825 Tony was excellent at takedown defense? Based on what performance?

@1974Imperium

Ай бұрын

Yeah right bro. Tony is the kind of guy who got the shit beat outta him by Gaethje, arm snapped by Charles, kicked into orbit around the sun by Chandler, choked out by Bobby AND Nate, wrestlefucked by Dariush, oh yeah and smacked around by Paddy. And to think people actually thought he could beat Khabib. 😂 I digress.

@shaneg4388

29 күн бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@1974Imperiumliterally all of those fights happened past the age of 36 how is that prime tony

@nam3less14

29 күн бұрын

@@moonie1825Khabib made Conor quit. Tony wasn’t the hero to avenge Conor’s humiliation. 😂

Conor at 145 is still the craziest cuts ive ever seen. He looked like a corpse.

My man! Another banger, adding amazing value.

Jesus Christ. What these fighters go through for weight cut is horrendous. UFC is just giving me more reasons to support and become even bigger fan of ONE Championship more and more. They don’t do that out of touch, barbaric nonsense over there. And have a wider range of weight classes Well documented and informative video lad. Thank you for bringing these things out to the light for fight fans who aren’t ware this stuff.

@Day-ZDuke

Ай бұрын

....not to burst your bubble, but check out some videos actually taking a look at ONEs weigh in policies. Luke Thomas has some good videos about it. It’s not as good as it seems. They still have guys cutting weight, despite their “hydration testing”, plus ONE is not transparent with the actual details and info of the whole processes Don’t get me wrong though, I enjoy ONE very much, they have a great mix of kickboxing and Muay Thai with 4oz gloves . But they are just as suspect as any other promotion, when it comes to their practices

@1974Imperium

Ай бұрын

No they are not like other promotions. I'm sure they have fighters that screw the system. However, even if it's flawed, they are making a real effort to restrict and eliminate weight cutting. Even if they are not eliminating it outright, they are making a public effort to put a stop to it.

@mattbrown2351

Ай бұрын

Ones weight in system is a bit of a joke. If it even happens, a hydration test is pretty easily fooled

love MMA hate MMA fans. Great video man.

Love the content! Keep going strong!

Great video. I found myself agreeing a lot, you were speaking my thoughts as I was having them!

excellent video man! new subscriber here :)

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Welcome aboard! Thanks for watching really appreciate it!

i dont get it man...its mental regardation...why dont they fight at their natural weight classes, viz a viz, tj at lightweight, islam at welterweight and so on but rather whine about weight cutting, like bro either fight at your natural weight class or just retire smh

@zim-zf7mq

28 күн бұрын

Because people would still cut, claim it’s their “natural weight” and then rehydrate and come in even larger.

@bestcocbaseswithlink5069

28 күн бұрын

@@zim-zf7mq if they can...then more power to them but clearly fighters like tj shouldn't drain to featherweight but to lightweight , islam to welterweight and so on

I've been getting my friend into MMA. He asked me about weight cutting and why fighters do it. This doc is perfect! Good timing for us. Thanks

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Appreciate you Mark!

Bro you are a great writer! This video encompasses exactly how I feel about weight cutting. Great video and channel 👊

@shedshow1439

13 күн бұрын

He writes these scripts ?

Weight cutting isn't killing MMA, either as a sport or a business. It's bad for the participants, which is another matter.

@Slayyyaphine

Ай бұрын

It is tho.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

It's not concern trolling its a fleshed out point of view that many people agree with, Drama added to a video isn't view chasing it's storytelling. Don't conflate the two. If I wanted to view chase I'd make documentries on fighters every video bub.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Appeal to authority, concern trolling, hyperbolic (what ever that actually means); brother you are just saying things other people have said. None of those things happened in this video you melt.

Great video

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much I really appreciate that mate!

Love finding new great channels, congrats watched a couple of your vids, you gained a sub

Not just mma but combat sports in general. There is weight cutting in boxing, Muay Thai, kickboxing, wrestling, etc. There needs to be a precedent set to have to fight within 10 lbs of your walk around weight. Plus adding 2-3 other weight divisions at least. It's not too bad between 125 to 155 because it's only a 10 lb difference but after 155 it's 15 lbs to 170 and then 185, and then 20 lbs to 205. No cutting massive amounts of water weight the night before or day of weigh in. Needs to be a limitation on drastic water weight loss. Even doing same day weigh ins would mitigate many issues nicely. There isn't really much of a point to hit 155 if by the next day you are 175 or 180 on fight day. You aren't really fighting at 155 then.

Hydration tests should be mandatory.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

I agree, it’s a shame there are known ways around it

@A1v5p9

Ай бұрын

It is,but not in UFC,in ONE Championship

@christypan2556

Ай бұрын

And the ‘known ways around it’ can be potentially more dangerous

@Thumbu-mz4up

Ай бұрын

@@christypan2556 One championship solved this issue. More weight classes and hydration tests.

What kind of advantage is it to appear heavier, when you are so weakened by weight cuts??

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

I think the effects are more so long term that short, there still are short term effects, but yeah the advantages outweigh the negative for the better part of a career it seems

@galmart3111

Ай бұрын

Being bigger is a strong advantage when it comes to power but the weight cut fucks your cardio

Well done, Mate. Very well done VidDoc. 👏🏽🙌🏽

@MixedMartialAcademic

4 күн бұрын

Thank you kindly

A very meaningful MMA video. Thank you for another high-quality, highly informative video.

The fix for drastic weightcutting is a weigh in shortly (e.g. 2 hours) before competition. That still allows an athlete to cut 3-4kg if they need to, but beyond that and you cannot rehydrate fast enough to be in shape. There is absolutely no reason not to do this.

@RD-wg9em

28 күн бұрын

Because fighters will still dehydrate themselves for the competitive advantage. Would be even more dangerous than having cuts as a result. It’s why boxing made the shift cuz too many people in lower classes were dying. A more substantial version of one champs solution is a good avenue to pursue

@MMAVoodoo

26 күн бұрын

If you can't see the multiple reasons not to do this, you're not thinking clearly

@IsleyNumber1

26 күн бұрын

@@MMAVoodoo well, there's the drawback that with shorter weigh ins, missing weight is more likely and happens on a short notice. But this already happens - so the fighters and their teams will just have cut less weight. Then there's the drawback of a fighter actually attempting the same weight cut they did before. But that's actually no longer an advantage, because they'd be fucked in the fight. So, go on, what am I missing?

@RD-wg9em

26 күн бұрын

@@IsleyNumber1 cutting weight still provides a competitive advantage. Fighters would just choose to enter the ring dehydrated, which can have fatal effects on the brain. Boxing did have same day weigh ins, people in lower weight classes kept dying, hence they moved them to the day before. Having a guy rehydrate 15+ pounds is quaint by comparison

@IsleyNumber1

26 күн бұрын

@@RD-wg9em Ahh yes, the well known advantage of coming so dehydrated you might die from being hit Truly, something must be done to stop boxers from ekeing out that advantage

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@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it mate!

Thanks again very good job I appreciate you I learned a lot

Amazing video as always

I think a same day weigh in might be a solution. Fighters will still cut weight of course, but it will be very risky to go as hard as when they have 24 hours to recover. The risk to reward ratio for every additional pound of weight cut would be much higher.

@Mutex50

Ай бұрын

I think they should do it right before the fight with no chance to gain the weight back. If you take away the advantage of dehydrating over dieting, fighters will stop dehydrating and they can be in fighting shape well before the fight with no draw backs.

@calvinsomething5348

Ай бұрын

​@@Mutex50 Exactly. They should weigh them several times in the build up to the fight to make sure they are on track. As long as the fighters are within some % of each other on the night of, the fight can happen.

Make weigh-in on fight day. Problem solved, I would think.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

I'd love to see that play out for sure!

@vincevice1398

Ай бұрын

Horrible idea.

Excellent video. Great editing. 👌

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thanks very much mate appreciate it!

Awesome doc. Really informative! Well done

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you 🙏

Dana/UFC isn't to blame for fighters killing themselves If a fighters is having trouble making weight that's a sign they should change If you want to fight at a certain weight it's your job to make it

@hata6290

Ай бұрын

Yes but a point the video was trying to make is that multiple of the weight brackets are too far apart, so someone who’s natural weight sits in the middle is at a larger disadvantage because they have to change their weight the most. Yeah it could be a case of ‘life is unfair’ but this is a sport basically defined by the champions in each weight class, so there’s no reason to not just make things less arbitrary by making more weights accessible to more fighters actually fighting at their IDEAL/PRIME weight (more impressive results 👍)

@icantthinkofacoolname1308

Ай бұрын

I know and I still disagree​@@hata6290 Too many weight classes is bad for the sport also even if the ufc uses 22 weight classes like boxing you will still have this problem Cutting weight isn't complex. If you happen to be too small for a certain weight well you got two options 1) suck it up and try to find a way to win 2) ask for a release and find some other promotion where the competition isnt elite

Bro if you're fat then you're fat we don't need to change what words we use because somebody's feelings get hurt, if they weren't fat then they wouldn't feel bad about it. I'm sick of Americans pushing this policing of words on to everybody. Fat shaming works, if you care about somebody and they are over weight shame them for it because that means you care.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Hope your wife is okay mate!

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

And I'm not American

@PazuhSuh

Ай бұрын

Yeah stop telling truth so you dont offend somebody 😅

@clayongunzelle9555

Ай бұрын

What does my wife have to do with anything? You called out tjlovesfights for using the word fat but why? You made it seem like he was adding to the fighters struggle by using the word fat which makes no sense.​@@MixedMartialAcademic

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

If you think I was specifically talking about the word fat that I don’t know what to tell you mate. In the video is referenced to scientific peer reviewed research papers that specifically say that with out a doubt it has negative effects for combat sport athletes mental health. I’m not just making things up. But then there people like you who think “fat shaming” works. Like I say hope you treat people in your family with that same energy lol.

Amazing job on this video, you definitely have skills 👏 Your style is so interesting, I love it, you definitely got my subscription.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much my friend appreciate it!

I'm really glad you made this video. There's a massive portion of MMA's audience that are overly insensitive, and it's cringe. They look so stupid, thinking it makes them look tough.

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

We like to stay grounded here, nothing wrong with a bit of emotion and sensitivity. Appreciate you brother

Keep doing this man , I love you videos .

This was a fkng fantastic way to approach this subject and was handled with class, totally new subscribers, myself and my husband ❤

solid video. Great research and explanation on this topic.

But thanks that deserves a follow this is the first video I’ve watched on the weight cuts I have been interested in the past so thx

So glad you made this video

first time in a KZread video where the credits start rolling and i’m just sat there thinking wow do i rlly wanna do this not the rest of my life, i make 155 walking around at 190 and am seriously considering welterweight but everyone there is so much more dense then me. Amazing video

Great work mate🙏

@MixedMartialAcademic

11 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙌

ive always thought its crazy that any kind of weight cutting exists in mma. If you fight at 70kg you should be 70kg in the ring, why have weight classes otherwise? there are lightweight fighters that actually belong in middleweight, so whats the point? Fighters should fight at their natural/actual weight

Great job on this 🔥🔥🔥

@MixedMartialAcademic

Ай бұрын

Thank you mate appreciate it!

Hugh Respect to you bro. For your love of sport.❤. Love and support from Himalay (India)

The way this guy explains the stories is so intriguing

You are a hell of writer 👏 Your economy of words is something to behold, had me smiling to myself in the shower 🚿 as I was listening to this

Unpopular opinion: Tj gets too much hate for testing positive, owned up to it and never did again as opposed to jones