For UFC fighters, weight is usually an obsession. As in all fight sports activities, athletes will not be categorized and solely compete in the event that they weigh the identical, and never one gram greater than the allowed restrict. During the’UFC Vegas 19 this weekend, Rafael Alves realized it the onerous means.
+ 5.44 KG
While he supposed to measure himself towards Patrick sabatini throughout the occasion, the Brazilian fighter ended up with greater than 5 further kilos on the scales ... According to the specialised media The sweat, it’s a file for UFC. For an expert fighter, this can be a severe misconduct : the combat was instantly canceled. Hard blow for Alves who burst into tears ...
Food poisoning
“I got sick during my weight loss and my fight was called off. I’m sorry, but my health comes first. “ regrets the Brazilian. Because of a dangerous salmon, he would have performed indigestion and needed to re–hydrate earlier than weighing. Fighters have a behavior of dropping a great amount of water simply earlier than stepping on the scale, so as to resume a number of kilos earlier than combat time.
For the remainder of his profession, Rafael Alves plans to combat in light-weight (70.307 kg).
