Per the International MMA Federation (IMMAF), the UFC P.I. In 2016, the company first implemented the early morning weigh-ins to give competitors more time to rehydrate before fight night. MMA Junkie ApThe UFC’s rehydration mandatesīecause of the potential dangers that weight-cutting entails, the UFC has amended its weigh-in and rehydration practices. 'Russian Ronda' Irina Alekseeva explains why she pulled the plug on her weight cut with 4 pounds left and says she had an allergic reaction to UFC's rehydration method. Whatever it was, I definitely was not feeling well.” All the way through the late evening, I still wasn’t feeling well and nauseous. they were monitoring me, making sure that I was fine. “I went back to the P.I., and in the P.I. I didn’t know what was happening,” she explained. I was sick, I kept on throwing up, my face turned completely red. “Even after yesterday, after the weight cut was done after we weighed in, whatever the recovering things that UFC gave me, I had an allergic reaction to it. Without delving into specifics, ‘Russian Ronda’ revealed an allergic reaction she experienced from the UFC’s rehydration protocols. Make sure that the fans get what they want.” “It was more important for me to maybe come in a little overweight, but at the same time, make sure that the fight happens.

“If I were to make the (weight), most likely I’d be so depleted that there was zero chances that I would be able to fight, and I would have to cancel the fight, and in this way let down the UFC and my opponent,” she said through a translator.

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