Combat & UFC
Former UFC Nutritionist Claims Only Adding Weight Classes Will Stop Dangerous Weight Cutting
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Max Holloway's Nutritionist Tyler Minton Breaks Down His Move Up To Welterweight For McGregor Fight
What was said
"I think the only fix to weight cutting is to increase the opportunity. So add more weight classes. I really think that's the only way you will ever see smaller weight cuts. 55 to 70 is a massive jump. 70 to 85, massive jump. 85 to 205, massive jump. You could probably stick at least one in between, if not two."
Tyler Minton dismissed One Championship's hydration testing protocols as ineffective and argued the only real solution to dangerous weight cutting is adding more weight divisions. He pointed to the massive gaps between UFC weight classes as forcing fighters to cut extreme amounts, with some crossing two entire weight classes to compete. Minton noted promoters resist this change despite safety benefits because it dilutes their roster.
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- The Ariel Helwani Show
- Episode
- Max Holloway's Nutritionist Tyler Minton Breaks Down His Move Up To Welterweight For McGregor Fight
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- 16:09
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