Extreme Weight Dating Persuasive Speech

Extreme weight cutting, especially before bouts or weigh ins, is a common practice for MMA fighters. What most fans do not know is that these fighters cut huge amounts of weight in such a short period of time in order to qualify and fight in a certain weight class. In some amateur bouts, fighters are even expected to hit the required weight limit and compete just hours after the weigh-in. To get them back into tip-top fighting condition, fighters are allowed to rehydrate themselves after the bouts or weigh ins and the best way to do this really quick is through IV rehydration.

This is why a lot of UFC fighters are very concerned with USADA’s new policy regarding the banning of IV rehydration, which would be effective starting October. The

With numerous cases where the use of steroids and other banned substances are still very rampant in every sport, it is remarkable that the UFC is taking all the necessary measures in order to make sure that all the athletes are playing the sport fairly. The new policy aims to prevent athletes from potentially masking banned substances and other performance-enhancing drugs from being detected during blood testing. USADA CEO Travis Tygart appeared on MMA Hour to explain the policy further. Here’s what he said:

“What's important to remember is the WADA list is the list of prohibited substances. So, those are what most people consider the drugs, the performance enhancing drugs, but it's also the prohibited substance and methods. And there are certain methods, like an IV infusion that you just mentioned, or gene doping or autologous or homologous blood transfusion, where you take someone else's blood in advance of a bout and it gives you oxygen carrying capacity and recovery capacity and all sorts of benefits. It would be, by the way, game changing

You know, if you're in the hospital, clinic, having surgery. If you need it outside of those, you have to apply for a TUE. It's not, as you just indicated, not prohibited in most, or any that we're aware of, licensing commissions. So, there's going to be some education, obviously, around that. The purpose for it was to ensure... And you may... I don't know how closely you've followed our investigation into cycling, but you saw it used a lot in cycling. Because, putting a bag of saline over 50 ml, for example is the rule, would potentially mask or alter the blood testing that was done. And there were examples in there where athletes would put a bag of saline in their arm when they saw the blood collectors coming to collect their blood. And they just delayed reporting for 15 min. So, that was really the purpose behind the