AJ misses weight by 12lbs

Evans chalks it up to the amount of time that Johnson actually has to train and focus on technique, as opposed to how much time he spent in the past worrying about making weight to cut to 170lbs.
“Where he is right now, he’s so scary. You can’t imagine how much of a difference moving up to middleweight has made to not only his strength but also his technique. As a welterweight, maybe 60% of his camp was about making 170lbs, leaving only 40% for boxing, striking, wrestling, BJJ, judo and everything else. Much less than half of his time was actually spent on improving his skills and transitions,” Evans said on Friday.
“Now he’s spending maybe 80% and more on technique and real fitness training, not just training to lose pounds. He’s a scary, scary athlete right now. In practice with him some times, I was “Damn! What the hell is happening here? I’m not used to getting my ass kicked like this!” but he was just so ‘on’ he was beating my ass all over the gym on certain days.”

Apparently he shodnt have spent so much time on technique, what a crock

So stupid, maybe he should realize he is a pro fighter and gets paid to make weight and fight rather than disrespect his opponent, UFC and the fans by missing weight.

And I thought it was bad back in 2008 in boxing when Joan Guzman moved up from 130 to 135 to fight Nate Campbell for the recognized Lightweight championship of the world and weighed in at 138.5, three-and-a-half pounds over the limit.

Rumble Johnson used to make 171, and was moving up 15 pounds to make a limit of 186. He missed it by ELEVEN POUNDS. That's just unacceptable for a professional athlete, and 20% of his purse is a huge blow considering he is likely not on the same pay scale as guys like GSP, Anderson or Brock.

WAR BELFORT.

...and nobody in his corner thought about stepping on the scale, say, on Wednesday? Just to see where he's at? "Holy shit bro, you're up half a weight class. We better get your ass in the sauna..." You are a PROFESSIONAL athlete. Make weight.

He deserves to have more that 20% taken. That much weight is rediculous. I hope the ufc cuts him for being unprofessional

him and paul daley should fight and whoever makes weight gets to be in the ufc

RIO DE JANEIRO – Dana White today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that he's "beyond pissed" at Anthony Johnson (10-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) after the fighter came in 11 pounds overweight for a bout with Vitor Belfort (20-9 MMA, 9-4 UFC) at UFC 142.

The UFC president said Johnson came within a pound-and-a-half of the 186-pound limit allowed for non-title middleweight fights but was forced by a doctor to rehydrate because "he couldn't make it."

Now, Johnson is fighting for his job, regardless of whether he wins or loses the co-main event fight, which takes place Saturday at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

"His job is on the line," White said. "His job is absolutely on the line, win or lose."

White's explanation for Johnson's miss differed sharply from the fighter's representative. Johnson's manager, Glenn Robinson, today told Yahoo! Sports that the fighter fell ill three hours before weigh-ins and was instructed by UFC doctor Jeff Davidson to put fluids back into his body. Those fluids pushed Johnson to 197 pounds. (Robinson declined comment to MMAjunkie.com.)

"Complete and absolute unprofessionalism – that's what happened," White said. "There's no other way it can be explained.

Johnson was fined 20 percent of his "show" purse. It's the third time he's come in over weight in the UFC: At UFC 76, he fought Rich Clementi at a catchweight of 177.5, and at UFC 104, he fought Yoshiyuki Yoshida at 176 pounds. Against Yoshida, he was also fined 20 percent of his "show" purse.

However, the penalty for this infraction could be much worse.

On the UFC countdown he said something about being 230 pounds at one time. I think he said partying caught up with him during his time off. I cant remember exactly what he said.

Im not saying this is what happened but a lot of guys will get super sick and rehydrate before weighing in hoping the other guy will just take the fight.

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Originally Posted by Jack LaBarge

RIO DE JANEIRO – Dana White today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that he's "beyond pissed" at Anthony Johnson (10-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) after the fighter came in 11 pounds overweight for a bout with Vitor Belfort (20-9 MMA, 9-4 UFC) at UFC 142.

The UFC president said Johnson came within a pound-and-a-half of the 186-pound limit allowed for non-title middleweight fights but was forced by a doctor to rehydrate because "he couldn't make it."

Now, Johnson is fighting for his job, regardless of whether he wins or loses the co-main event fight, which takes place Saturday at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

"His job is on the line," White said. "His job is absolutely on the line, win or lose."

White's explanation for Johnson's miss differed sharply from the fighter's representative. Johnson's manager, Glenn Robinson, today told Yahoo! Sports that the fighter fell ill three hours before weigh-ins and was instructed by UFC doctor Jeff Davidson to put fluids back into his body. Those fluids pushed Johnson to 197 pounds. (Robinson declined comment to MMAjunkie.com.)

"Complete and absolute unprofessionalism – that's what happened," White said. "There's no other way it can be explained.

Johnson was fined 20 percent of his "show" purse. It's the third time he's come in over weight in the UFC: At UFC 76, he fought Rich Clementi at a catchweight of 177.5, and at UFC 104, he fought Yoshiyuki Yoshida at 176 pounds. Against Yoshida, he was also fined 20 percent of his "show" purse.

However, the penalty for this infraction could be much worse.

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Got distracted and you beat me to posting. Hmmmmm, never heard of forced re-hydration before. I'll have to remember that one



;) <<Thats all Im gonna say

http://mmaweekly.com/medical-reasons...-making-weight

ya, supposedly medical reasons

I don't see what the big hoopla is

If he was so dehydrated that it required a doctor to force him to rehydrate, then he didn't cut properly in the first place during camp. So the issue of making weight still stands. You're a professional. You know when the fight is scheduled and you know how much you weigh. Your job is to come in at weight or move up a weight class. If you can't cut weight in a healthy manner during camp, hire yourself a better nutritionist and trainers.

This also begs the question that's been around here a few times: Is the size advantage so substantial that it necessitates such a severe cut? At the amateur level I am very much in favor of same-day weigh-ins; at the pro level I'm not so sure but I'm leaning more in favor of it.

AJ is HUGE for a middleweight. Let's say he got a title shot at Anderson Silva and actually made weight. He rehydrates perfectly before the fight and steps into the cage 15-20lbs heavier than Anderson. Does that 15 pounds make such a difference that it is worth trading off the time you *could* have spent working on developing your boxing and wrestling to face such a dangerous opponent?

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I don't see what the big hoopla is

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Well, since Vitor didn't let him completely off the hook it's not as big of a deal as it could have been. I admit, it's hard to imagine a fighter being brazen enough to intentionally come in 10+ pounds overweight, but there are no asterisks next to a W on your record, and unless people make a hoopla about stuff like this, someone might be desperate enough for an edge to try it.

Well this is what is stupid about the weight cut issue. Vitor and UFC says that Anthony cannot be more than 205 by tonight.
They are making this assumption since if Anthony would have made weight he would have regain about 20 pounds in 24 hours. They are also estimating Vitor to be about 205 by the time the fight starts. So I am asking this to all the people who kept on bashing on me a couple of months ago when I was defending same day weigh ins. What is the purpose of it now? Why can't Vitor and Anthony both come in at 205 at the day of the fight? Just move every weight class 20 pounds up. Instead of 205 have 225, 185 is the new 205. It is dumb to have grown man walking around tough and saying that they fight at the 125 or 135 pound weight classes anyways.

It's amazing to me that he can go from being so sick and dehydrated that a doctor has to come in and tell you to take fluids on the day of weigh ins and then rehydrate and fight the next day in the UFC against a top level fighter like Vitor.