It’s a difference only the most avid fans would notice even today. But the MMA world changed considerably in June.
The day before UFC 199 in Los Angeles, the UFC held its weigh-ins in the morning, breaking from a long-standing tradition (and rule) of fighters weighing in closer to 24 hours before their bouts. And rather than the competitors being shuttled to the show venue, they hit the scales right in their hotel.
Earlier weigh-ins were conceived by doctors and regulators at a weight summit held by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) in December 2015. Bellator was the first to try a morning weigh-in before a February event in Kansas and did it again in April at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut.