Missing weight

mmmm...not sure

Just read an article on facebook about a fighter that weighed in 5kg overweight at weigh in and was 11kg heavier than their opponent on fight day, the lighter fighter lost the fight and her team are blaming the weight disadvantage for the loss and want the fight declared a no contest, what are coaches view on this can you complain about a weight disadvantage after the fight after agreeing to still fight after weigh in and can they critcise a fighter being 11kg heavier after rehydrating

tvercetti

mmmm...not sure wrote: »

Just read an article on facebook about a fighter that weighed in 5kg overweight at weigh in and was 11kg heavier than their opponent on fight day, the lighter fighter lost the fight and her team are blaming the weight disadvantage for the loss and want the fight declared a no contest, what are coaches view on this can you complain about a weight disadvantage after the fight after agreeing to still fight after weigh in and can they critcise a fighter being 11kg heavier after rehydrating

In UFC, the lighter fighter would usually get the option to go ahead with the fight and normally would get a share of the overwieght fighters fight purse.

Have a read up on Anthony Johnson, he came in 12 pounds over at weigh-in for his Vitor Belfort fight quite recenlty, he was fined 20%, he went on and lost and was released by the UFC

scudzilla

Not a coach but i'm of the understanding that when a fighter misses weight his opponent can then refuse to fight, in the bigger promotions this rarely happens as the fighter who failed to make weight has to give 20% of his purse to the opponent.

Very recently Johnson v Belfort and last nights Dampage v Bader spring to mind.

If a fighter, like you say, accepts the fight knowing the opponent is above weight then he/she has absolutely no cause to complain about it afterwards.

Sometimes, like the Johnson/Belfort fight, Belfort agreed to take the fight, even though Johnson was 12lb over at weigh ins, on the condition he weighted no more than 205 iirc 8 hrs before the fight

Stephen_King

I think her coaches and the promoter were daft to let it go ahead. 5kg isn't just missing weight, its being miles off-already nearly in the next weight class up. An 11kg difference for a female fight is just ridiculous.

Mellor

mmmm...not sure wrote: »

her team are blaming the weight disadvantage for the loss and want the fight declared a no contest,

That much over weight is ridiculous. But complaing afterwards is nonsense too. They agree to it, so its tough that she lost. Otherwise, she could take the fight as a no lose situation. A win is a win, a lose is a no-contest.

Stephen_King wrote: »

I think her coaches and the promoter were daft to let it go ahead. 5kg isn't just missing weight, its being miles off-already nearly in the next weight class up. An 11kg difference for a female fight is just ridiculous.

Agreed. 6kg over for what was prob a low weight class is ridic. Find an alternate or call it off.

El Guapo!

As everyone else said, her team had the option to refuse the fight if they wanted, so she can't really complain.
Why didn't they put in a clause like in the Johnson v Belfort fight? In that fight Johnson missed weight but he had to weigh in again on fight day but he couldn't be above a certain weight after he re-hydrated.

_oveless

Why is the decision left to the fighter and his/her camp? Their pride will keep them from turning down the fight.

boxer.fan

In my opinion this is poor management on the behalf of the coach / manager. They obviously believed their fighter was at no disadvantage when they agreed to fight after weighing in. Whats the point in back tracking when the fight has happened?

Too little too late. Get over it, learn a lesson & move on.