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Agreed! If people put the same effort into being a little more disciplined year round they wouldn't have to resort to stupid methods of trying to get into a smaller weight classes.

Yeah it's a simple fix really, the only problem is they suddenly have loads of money at that level, most of them are broke pre-UFC/Bellator, so when the money comes I imagine it's sooooo hard to stay disciplined.

Aye that's so true and often overlooked! Back in the day I used to pay to compete in tournaments and that's still normal on many amateur circuits.

With a wad of cash it's gotta tempt people to eat the wrong stuff, drink too much etc

yeah exactly, they're only human haha.