{"id":105449,"date":"2014-07-18T05:01:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T12:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=105449"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:51:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:51:17","slug":"two-fighters-hospitalized-after-weight-cut-gone-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/two-fighters-hospitalized-after-weight-cut-gone-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Fighters Hospitalized After Weight-Cut Gone Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/oklahoma-state-ac-brings-back-tournament-style-fighting\/mma-news-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88866\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88866\" title=\"MMA NEWs PNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MMA-NEWs-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MMA-NEWs-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MMA-NEWs-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MMA-NEWs-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mixed Martial Arts fighters often cut an extreme amount of weight in order to maximize their potential for victory.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s part of the game. Come in low on weigh-in day, and rehydrate, gaining 10&#8217;s, sometimes into the 20&#8217;s worth of poundage by fight time.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent story up on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedmartialarts.com\/news\/446043\/Two-fighters-hospitalized-for-extreme-weight-cutting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA.TV<\/a>, a tale is told of two fighters on the regional scene who cut too much weight, resulting in some dire consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Check it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topmmanews.com\/2014\/06\/16\/canadian-rumour-mill-june-16-2014\/\">\u00a0On June 16 it was reported that<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Hopefully Jordan Murray is feeling much better. Jordan had to have emergency surgery on his gallbladder. Here\u2019s what he had to say\u2026 \u201cAll my weight cutting has finally caught up to me I guess, looks like I have to remove my gallbladder after spending all day in emergency and losing alot of blood the Doctor says its 100% from cutting weight, crazy<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topmmanews.com\/2014\/07\/14\/canadian-mma-rumour-mill-july-14-2014\/\">This week TopMMANews reports<\/a>\u00a0another near tragedy noting as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Scary incident for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/topmmanews.com\/tag\/jer-kornelsen\">Jer Kornelsen<\/a>\u00a0cutting weight for his BFL fight. Here\u2019s what he had to say\u2026 \u201cSo I passed out and stopped breathing in the sauna trying to make weight. I guess they did CPR on me for a while and I came too in the hospital.. Seriously pissed off and feel horrible. Sorry to my team, Battlefield and mostly my opponent!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If these practices continue there is a tragedy waiting to happen in MMA and when it does the aftermath will land squarely at the feet of the Athletic Commission overseeing the event at question. \u00a0Athletic Commissions exist first and foremost for athlete safety. \u00a0When a practice develops that is clearly endangering the sports participants Athletic Commissions enter the realm of negligence if they fail to address the situation. \u00a0Hopefully commissions are prepared to take note and remember that weight classes exist to protect fighters, not to encourage practices which endanger their health and well being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mixed Martial Arts fighters often cut an extreme amount of weight in order to maximize their potential for victory. It&#8217;s part of the game. Come in low on weigh-in day, and rehydrate, gaining 10&#8217;s, sometimes into the 20&#8217;s worth of poundage by fight time. In a recent story up on MMA.TV, a tale is told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":88866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10086],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Two Fighters Hospitalized After Weight-Cut Gone Wrong | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/two-fighters-hospitalized-after-weight-cut-gone-wrong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Fighters Hospitalized After Weight-Cut Gone Wrong | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mixed Martial Arts fighters often cut an extreme amount of weight in order to maximize their potential for victory. 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