Strawweight title contender Claudia Gadelha is putting in the work to make sure she doesn’t struggle cutting weight like she used to.
As new and more restrictive weight cutting regulations are taking hold in the sport, fighters are starting to adjust. The UFC recently announced that athletes must be within 8% of their target weight for fight week check-ins, several days out from the event. That’s a major shift from the classic norms that saw many fighters cutting 10% or more of their body weight on weigh-in day.
To hear Claudia Gadelha tell it, she was shedding as much as 22% of her body weight over the course of her fight camps in preparation for her bouts at 115 lbs.