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Quick: Think of a current or former Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder with a history of missing weight. Think of as many as you can, in fact. Hold your answers; we’ll compare notes later.
It’s no secret that weight cutting has become an increasingly severe problem in mixed martial arts. When Travis Lutter missed weight for his 2007 fight with Anderson Silva, rendering it a non-title affair, the mixed martial arts world reeled.