MMA rehydration limits

What experts have said about MMA rehydration limits

1 statement · 1 negative

1. John McCarthyNegativeMay 27, 2026· The Joe Rogan Experience: Protect Our Parks

   Weight limits based on five-pound rehydration margins could encourage dangerous dehydration.

   “the fighter themselves is not keeping themselves dehydrated to make that five pound, and now they're going in even more dehydrated into the fight, which could cause them more problems”

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