{"id":173965,"date":"2015-10-30T09:55:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T16:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=173965"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:36:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:36:08","slug":"csac-holding-weight-cutting-summit-with-ufc-bellator-wsof-and-invicta-to-attend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/csac-holding-weight-cutting-summit-with-ufc-bellator-wsof-and-invicta-to-attend\/","title":{"rendered":"CSAC holding weight-cutting summit with UFC, Bellator, WSOF and Invicta to attend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making weight is part of a fighter\u2019s job, however with incidents of weight cuts <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/johny-hendricks-rushed-to-emergency-room-after-weight-cutting-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sending people to the hospital<\/a> and even a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/mma-fighter-leandro-feijao-souza-dies-cutting-weight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case of death<\/a> have officials concerned.<\/p>\n<p>The Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) and Association of Ringside Physicians (ARP) sent out invitations on Thursday for a weight-cutting and dehydration summit in Los Angeles on Dec. 17, held by the California State Athletic Commission. Part of the invitation said that it is &#8220;increasingly apparent that there are many dangerous and unhealthy practices associated with drastic weight cutting and dehydration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CSAC executive director Andy Foster and chairman John Carvelli received confirmations from UFC, Bellator, Invicta and World Series of Fighting to attend, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/10\/30\/9640646\/csac-to-host-weight-cutting-summit-ufc-and-bellator-to-send-reps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ABC president Mike Mazzulli who will be in attendance told MMA Fighting, &#8220;We want to address the issues before we get to the point where somebody dies,&#8221; Mazzulli said. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s long overdue to have the discussion in terms of what we can do. We all need to come up with something that&#8217;s in the best interest and safety of the fighters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/10\/30\/9640646\/csac-to-host-weight-cutting-summit-ufc-and-bellator-to-send-reps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mazzulli floated the idea of adding weight classes or a minimum weight rule. Beginning on Jan. 1 in California, amateur MMA fighters will get tested for their lowest possible healthy weight, a la NCAA wrestlers. A fighter will then not be able to compete at any weight class below that weight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you think fighters are overdoing weight cutting and endangering themselves? What do you think could be implemented? 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