Arianne Clark had a layperson’s knowledge of weight cutting early last summer. She knew it was an unhealthy practice, one her sons — both MMA fighters — took part in.
“I knew that it was dangerous to cut weight,” Clark told MMA Fighting. “I think a lot of people know it’s dangerous to cut weight. You’re not supposed to lose so much weight in a short amount of time. I did not know it was deadly, no.”
Rondel Clark, a Sutton, Mass., native, competed in his second amateur MMA fight on Aug. 12, 2017. He cut weight leading into that bout to make weight.