{"id":112414,"date":"2014-09-14T16:51:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T23:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=112414"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:32:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:32:10","slug":"leo-santos-admits-to-cramping-during-exhausting-weight-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/leo-santos-admits-to-cramping-during-exhausting-weight-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo Santos Admits To Cramping During &#8220;Exhausting&#8221; Weight Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/ufc-fight-night-38-results-santosparke-battle-to-a-majority-draw\/leonardo-santos-wins-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90613\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Leonardo-Santos-Wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Leonardo Santos Wins PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Leonardo-Santos-Wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Leonardo-Santos-Wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Leonardo-Santos-Wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leo Santos picked up a win over Efrain Escudero this past Saturday at UFC Fight Night 51, however he admits he had trouble with his weight cut.  His teammate, Renan Barao was forced out of his UFC 177 rematch against TJ Dillashaw after hitting his head after passing out when he was cutting weight. Despite both fighters having hard weight cuts, Leo Santos defended Nova Uniao, and Andre Pederneiras&#8217; weight cutting method.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/9\/14\/6147383\/nova-uniao-s-leonardo-santos-talks-exhausting-weight-cut-for-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I had cramps all night and couldn\u2019t sleep, that was a big issue, but I was physically well and able to fight three rounds, but the cramps were an issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I told [Andre Pederneiras] that I wanted to do a test, gain more weight on fight night &#8212; it worked, but it was exhausting.  t took me longer to cut the weight. In Natal, I couldn\u2019t gain much weight, and now I was stronger than my last fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ronny Markes was the first Nova Uniao fighter to ever miss weight in the UFC, and Barao didn\u2019t even make to the scale, unfortunately, because of an accident.  People say a lot of things, but Barao was closer to the title, he was about to bring this title back to Brazil, and people talk a lot of crap.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Andre] is one of the best coaches in the world, only works with high-level professionals. Do you think he would mess up? People talk too much, but doesn\u2019t want to hear that Nova Uniao is one of the biggest teams in the world, with great professionals, and we\u2019re always ready. It happened once, and people starting talking crap.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leo Santos picked up a win over Efrain Escudero this past Saturday at UFC Fight Night 51, however he admits he had trouble with his weight cut. 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