5 UFC fighters who've never had problems cutting weight
As is the case with all athletes, UFC fighters face a considerable number of obstacles. The training involved is arduous, often leading to a life and career riddled with injuries.
While victories can be sweet, losses are bitter at best, and they're crippling at worst. However, no MMA-related hardship has earned more scrutiny than weight-cutting.
Fighters rarely fight in weight classes close to their walk-around weight. Instead, the old practice of shedding as much water weight as possible is used to guarantee a size and strength advantage over smaller competition.
Unfortunately, weight-cutting comes with real risks to a fighter's health. As a result, many fighters like Jose Aldo, Cris Cyborg, and Khabib Nurmagomedov have suffered from the drawbacks of bad weight cuts.
By contrast, there are fighters who never seem to struggle with making weight, no matter how big they seem to be for their weight class. This list aims to look at five UFC fighters who have never been known to struggle with cutting weight.
#5. Israel Adesanya
Current middleweight kingpin Israel Adesanya is one of kickboxing's most successful exports to MMA. An elite striker with elusive footwork and seemingly supernatural patience, Adesanya is a counter-striker with few peers in the sport.
However, much of his defensive striking is predicated on his height and length, both of which allow him to lean back at the waist to avoid most of his opponent's punches. This forces them to overextend when they target his head, ultimately exposing them to devastating counterpunches.
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At 6 feet 4 inches in height while possessing an 80 inch reach, Adesanya is one of the biggest middleweights on the planet. His dimensions are such that were he to fill out his frame, he wouldn't be out of place two weight classes above at heavyweight.
Despite his impressive size, Adesanya has never struggled to make weight for the 185 lbs division in UFC, breaking the mold of larger fighters often facing difficulties when making weight.