The UFC's response to the weight cutting issue: UFC’s Performance Institute

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http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/The-Crusade-to-End-Extreme-Weight-Cutting-118955

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“We’ve reached out to different experts all over the world who specialize in fields like dehydration so we can educate our fighters and explain why certain things are not good for them,” Novitzky added. “It’s important that they are aware of the short- and long-term effects of extreme cuts and how it will inevitably affect their performance if they continue to use extreme methods. Since I’ve been accumulating the numbers, there has been a significant drop off in those kinds of weight-cutting methods. UFC 209 was a perfect example of that. The fighters really didn’t have a lot of weight to lose for the card, but when you have a high-profile pullout like Khabib, those things tend to be overlooked.”

Novitzky remains confident that the UFC’s Performance Institute will help weight management education spread throughout the sport. With nutrition experts only really available to fighters with the most financial resources, he claims the new campus will grant all UFC competitors access to similar consultations at no cost of their own. Novitzky hopes UFC fighters will become further enlightened at the campus and take what they have learned back to their respective teams -- a development that could facilitate broader education on weight management across MMA.

“I’m really excited about the new campus that we will be opening in Las Vegas,” he said. “It should be open next month, and it’s going to include a performance unit. The facility will have the latest and greatest training equipment. There will also be two full-time nutritionists on the staff. That’s going to allow us to bring in our athletes, whether it’s at the beginning of their training camp or at the end of their training camp.

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Don't believe this, the performance institute is a cover up for sending unruly fighters to reebok sweatshops across the globe.
 
Sounds like a bunch of bullshit like all safety training courses are.
 
Im sure this will be as effective as the NFL's Concussion Institute
 
so khabib fucked over the new weight cutting solution as well

thanks khabib
 
"With nutrition experts only really available to fighters with the most financial resources, he claims the new campus will grant all UFC competitors access to similar consultations at no cost of their own."

A much needed solution. Chances go down for a fight to fall through due to cutting.
 
Im sure this will be as effective as the NFL's Concussion Institute
Yea, it will create a name that people can refer to - that will provide ammo for those who want to defend the ufc just like NFL - it's a pr move and will be successful I think
 
"With nutrition experts only really available to fighters with the most financial resources, he claims the new campus will grant all UFC competitors access to similar consultations at no cost of their own."

A much needed solution. Chances go down for a fight to fall through due to cutting.
mike dolce gonna be pissed
 
Ring side weighins would do the trick. No reason why it can't happen.
 
Yea, it will create a name that people can refer to - that will provide ammo for those who want to defend the ufc just like NFL - it's a pr move and will be successful I think

its a fucking disgrace how money and fandom has given these sports leagues more power than doctors and scientists that are just trying to help save peoples lives.
 
"With nutrition experts only really available to fighters with the most financial resources, he claims the new campus will grant all UFC competitors access to similar consultations at no cost of their own."

A much needed solution. Chances go down for a fight to fall through due to cutting.

If one of them is Dolce, this entire thing is a joke. Does anyone know any of the names of the "experts" that are being brought in?
 
It's just an excuse for mgt to get new offices.

Same story everywhere.
 
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