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Photo emerges showing Miesha Tate almost dead while cutting weight for UFC 200

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Photo emerges showing Miesha Tate "almost dead" while cutting weight for UFC 200



Looks like that was a nasty one. Very dangerous thing to do. I should say losing her belt wasn't that bad after all. Things could have been way worse, as they were to other people.
 
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I think the picture looks worse than it is. It looks like she's basically saying "I'm weak. I'm just gonna lie down on this towel" but the picture looks like she straight collapsed on the ground.

To be fair, her weight cut imo didn't have an effect on the fight. She didn't get given the gift of time to actually see if it was relevant.
 
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I think the picture looks worse than it is. It looks like she's basically saying "I'm weak. I'm just gonna lie down on this towel" but the picture looks like she straight collapsed on the ground.
Assumed that position a few times in the living room after a good night out...

I always thought people said Tate would thrive at a 125lb class and that she was small for BW?

Maybe she went to big on her fake chest.
Big on the arms and shoulders, people talking about her dropping down seem to think she is the same size as she was vs Ronda, Tate put on quite a bit of muscle.
 
#11 ·
Problem:
I TOLD YOU in other topics, giving fighters more time with earlier weigh in does not remove the problem of weight cut.

Solution:
Weigh in should be same day as fight, so no one have time to weight cut and gain back weight!

In fact, 2 weigh ins would be optimum
- 1st weight in 2 days before fight at weight limit (for example 185)
- 2nd weight in on fight day just hour before entering octagon at limit + 5 (for example 185+5=190 for middleweights)
- HARSH penalties for missing the final weigh in
 
#12 ·
Really the new rules protect the weight cutter, giving them more time to re-hydrate. If anything its more unfair on the guy/girl who is fighting at their natural weight.
 
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Exactly. The further away from fight day the weigh in is, the more weight you can cut and still gain back in a good way.

That also mean more extreme scenarios. Someone who used to cut 15 pounds now maybe think "hey i can add on 3 pounds more muscles and cut 18 pounds next time since i have an extra day to regain weight".

Giving them more time just mean they will stretch the limits even further.
 
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Exactly. The further away from fight day the weigh in is, the more weight you can cut and still gain back in a good way.

That also mean more extreme scenarios. Someone who used to cut 15 pounds now maybe think "hey i can add on 3 pounds more muscles and cut 18 pounds next time since i have an extra day to regain weight".

Giving them more time just mean they will stretch the limits even further.
I agree with this. It helps the fighter to recover from dehydration for the fight, but won't prevent them from dehydrating badly to hit the mark at the weigh ins.

Miesha was clearly doing it the wrong way, just like Machida before fighting Rockhold. She was desperately getting rid of body fluids, instead of having her weight under control with adequate anticipation.
That is very dangerous and I reckon they are yet to implement the test for dehydration at the weigh ins to protect fighters.

Bear in mind that with all this dangerous struggling and dehydration, Miesha tate still had to get stripped from her clothes to make weight.

 
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Initially I was going to say it was rather surprising that this would occur in such a setting (UFC 200 main event), then I thought about her long tenure in the sport. She's experienced enough to know what to do. Thus I peg it towards the media obligations for screwing up her scheduling. I was going to bet big on her, opted out. Stuck with Cain and Brock as my only two picks. She did not look right. She almost always weathers the storm. What a strange division it has become.
 
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Initially I was going to say it was rather surprising that this would occur in such a setting (UFC 200 main event), then I thought about her long tenure in the sport. She's experienced enough to know what to do. Thus I peg it towards the media obligations for screwing up her scheduling. I was going to bet big on her, opted out. Stuck with Cain and Brock as my only two picks. She did not look right. She almost always weathers the storm. What a strange division it has become.
I would assume that as well, the so called fight promotion is killing it's fighters...doing promotion. Miesha was definitely doing more promotion than everyone else on the card, part of the problem with the under 170lb classes is that the weight cut is so important.

Anyways I'm just happy she got a huge paycheck for that fight, long time coming for her.
 
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Added "_____" to "almost dead" at the thread title, so you can feel better.
We don't want people thinking Miesha was really dying and fought anyway, right?

If I remember right, Barao said he got up too fast, slipped & hit his head?
No. He specifically declared he was in a very intense weight cutting process, still 1 to 1 1/2 kilo to lose and insisting in the tube, feeling suffocated and he had a black out while getting up. He never mentioned hitting his head.
 
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