The UFC’s Matt brown failed to make weight today ahead of UFC on Fox 12. He weighed in at 172.5 pounds, 1.5 pounds above the welterweight limit. Under California rules brown was enabled a further hour to try as well as shed the weight, however, because of a reported ‘miscommunication’ this did not happen. The details of this miscommunication are worth inspecting as well as produce a teachable moment when it comes to regulation of fast extreme weight cutting in MMA.
In short, after coming in over weight, Fox sports reports that the California specify athletic Commission’s physician advised brown “that he should not continue to cut weight“. Sensibly, brown complied with this advice as well as began to rehydrate. Shortly after this, Andy Foster, the CSAC’s executive officer, told brown he was enabled a further hour to try as well as make weight however brown elected not to do so as his rehydration took him to the point of no return.
When addressing this turn of events Foster is quoted as stating “There’s a difference between advisement from a physician as well as a directive by a doctor…We were just taking care of his health and wellness as well as safety, however I was going to let him on [the scale again],”
How can ignoring a Commission’s own doctor’s advice be compatible with taking care of competitor health and wellness as well as safety? Worse yet, Foster seems to suggest that brown should be forgiven for his part in this miscommunication since he was “foggy” from his fast extreme weight cutting. While Foster is correct that brown may not bear any type of fault for this, the comment misses Camiseta Manchester City the larger point that fogginess from dehydration is clearly a indication of health and Camiseta Kawasaki Frontale wellness impairment as well as one where comments from the Commission’s own doctor is warranted.
Given the continuous damage documented by fast extreme weight cut methods as well as a Commissions duty to look after competitor safety, the above illustrates precisely what an athletic compensation executive policeman should not perform in these circumstances. Brown, on the other hand, should be applauded for listening to doctor’s advice, even if it fell short of Camiseta Barcelona a ‘directive‘.
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