UFC lightweight Gleison Tibau, who's well-known for cutting an extreme amount of weight, tells...

UFC lightweight Gleison Tibau, who's well-known for cutting an extreme amount of weight, tells Sherdog how he plans to cope with the North Carolina Athletic Commission's rule that allows a maximum weight gain of 13 pounds between weigh-ins and fight day.

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So if he comes in too heavy the next day, do they fine him, or no-contest him?

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by woomikee on Feb 9, 2010 4:12 PM EST reply actions

I totally support those types of weight-in rules. Guys dropping 50 lbs to fight ridiculously lower weight classes is bullshit, IMHO. 10-15 pounds is plenty of leeway.

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by kenpoboy67 on Feb 9, 2010 4:24 PM EST reply actions

Yeah, that’s a pretty good solution they have. Better than the same day weigh ins a lot of people suggest.

by HappyLittleTreez on Feb 9, 2010 5:06 PM EST up reply actions

Then why not just make people weigh in an hour before the fight? They essentially just added a second weigh-in and picked some bullshit arbitrary number to increase the weigh-ins by. Why even have the first weigh-in at all?

Sure glad Lesnar got his shit straightened out.

by judonerd on Feb 9, 2010 9:18 PM EST up reply actions

They essentially just made the Lightweight class a 168lb class. Pointless.

Sure glad Lesnar got his shit straightened out.

by judonerd on Feb 9, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions

"...picture yourself with the belt someday?"

has got to be one of the dumbest questions to ask a fighter. Like they’re gonna say, “nah…not really into belts. I do this to keep the holiday weight off.”

by INGO B on Feb 9, 2010 5:18 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

Rec’d for giving me a good laugh.

But seriously, I’m sure the reporters were no fools either. They’re just looking for juicy soundbites. The series of incredibly obvious, basic questions they ask fighters over and over is just punching a series of buttons in hopes of getting a quoteworthy response that they can use to make some news.

Yet another reason why I always take any out-of-context quotes I see with a big chunk of salt.

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by CasualMMAFan on Feb 9, 2010 6:34 PM EST up reply actions

God Dammit does that mean im never going to see Brock fight in North Carolina haha

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by pitbull187 on Feb 9, 2010 6:14 PM EST reply actions

That’s a good point. The NC rule is a great way to avoid massive, dangerous weight cuts. But do bantamweights and heavyweights have to equally abide by the 13 pound rule? That would be a bit silly. It should be graduated from the lighter to heavier weight classes.

by cmsove on Feb 9, 2010 7:20 PM EST up reply actions

Instead of a set limit in pounds, it should be measured as a percentage of the limit in the weight class. For instance, 168/155=1.08 so 13 pounds is roughly equal to 8%. If you extrapolate that out based on an 8% body weight increase would be

155/168
170/183.6
185/199.8
205/221.4
265/286.2

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by keyboardwarrior on Feb 10, 2010 11:10 AM EST up reply actions

Just have a second weigh in for public knowledge and let the public know what fighters are really fighting at. Now everyone can say this guy beat so and so fighter because he weighed X number of pounds more than him on fight day and can only beat fighters if he weighs this much more.

by pandaboy99 on Feb 9, 2010 8:34 PM EST reply actions