The debate about UFC fighters’ weight cuts has flared up again, and this time Joe Rogan is advocating for significant change. On the most recent JRE MMA Show, the UFC commentator did not hold back, criticizing the very system that allows athletes to dehydrate themselves dangerously in order to make weight. He argued that the tactic, which is popular in MMA and other combat sports, could be considered cheating and compared it to steroid use, calling attention to a larger issue while suggesting big adjustments that the UFC needs to implement.

Joe Rogan Criticizes Current Weight-Cutting Practices

Joe Rogan made a direct connection between extreme weight cutting and doping, underlining ethical and safety concerns. “Imagine if people did dehydrate and rehydrated and we started calling it c

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