Dies und Das aus der Welt der UFC

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Nachdem die early weigh in`s eingefuehrt wurden, und die Anzahl der Fighter die das Gewichtslimit verpassten rassant gestiegen ist (doppelt soviele Fighter verpassten das Gewichtslimit als imselben Zeitraum zuvor), sagte Dana White nun, dass man auf das alte Format zurueck gehen wird. Auf die Frage ob er denkt das die early weigh in`s Schuld waren an den vielen Fightern die das Gewichtslimit verpassten meinte Dana White:

“I do think it’s that and guess what…we’re getting rid of it. We’re looking at taking the weigh-ins back to the way they used to be. So when the guys weigh in at the fight, that will be it. That will be the real weigh-in. We’re going to work with the athletic commissions to get it done.

Here’s what I believe — I believe that any time you change something, everybody looks to take advantage, as much advantage as they can of the situation. I think that when we started doing morning weigh-ins, it was very good. Everybody was making weight, everything was great, but then people started cutting it closer and closer and closer thinking they can put on more weight because they have more time to recover.

The reality is it f—ed everything up. So we’re looking at going back to 4 o’clock when we do the weigh-ins, those will be the real weigh-ins.

The other thing is I don’t know any fighters that are morning people. Most of them stay up half the night and sleep half the day, so that might have something to do with the morning weigh-ins as well. You have to get up earlier to make sure you’re on weight.”