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CM Punk is Reportedly 30 Pounds Overweight Ahead Of UFC Debut

CM Punk is Reportedly 30 Pounds Overweight Ahead Of UFC Debut

 

 

CM Punk’s open work out was a very hot mess. But in addition to the clip attached below it’s also widely reported he is very over his weightlimit for the fight.

Besides comparing his skill levels to opponent Mickey Gall you can also compare his stature – Gall is 5’11” typically fighting at welterweight while CM Punk is 6’2″ . One more thing worth noting is that Gall is 13 years younger than Phil “CM PUNK” Brooks.

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Chael Sonnen weighed in with his concerns regarding CM Punk’s weight because the fight should be taking place in Ohio where there are unique rules for weigh ins:

“He’s truly beat, he’s not going to make it. Let’s say he said 30 pounds but it’s really 17  and that’s just his way of saying I’m way overweight. He’s not gonna make it… At the time he claimed he was 30 pounds he needs to be within 12 and 12 is pushing it. 12 is really pushing it for someone … He could do 12. Could. But Cutting weight is an art in it of itself….”

Joe Lauzon weighed in on what it means that this particular fight is set in Ohio:

 This is new for the UFC but they have been doing earlier weigh-ins for the last few months. Instead of making us get on weight by like 11am and then wait around until 4pm to get on the scale, we have been able to weigh-in at 8am and then spend the entire day rehydrating. This is huge because I was able to eat like 6 times throughout the day for my last two fights because I had so much time. Normally, I would eat 2 times and then it would be getting late and I would have to go to bed. This is so much better for the fighters because we can weigh-in, eat and drink a bunch and we are dehydrated for a much shorter time. Ohio doesn’t like these advantages because they think it encourages people to cut more weight. I have seen fighters cutting less weight since the UFC started these earlier weigh-ins because you cut all of your weight the night before instead of cutting the morning of weigh-ins, but this is the way Ohio wants to do it.

The athletic commission can (but won’t necessarily) force fighters to weigh-in a second time on the day of the fight unless they are a heavyweight or super heavyweight. Fighters must be within so many pounds of their official weight the day before. Someone that weighed 155 or lower has to be within 8 pounds and someone weighing more than 155 may not gain more than 13 pounds. This alone creates ALL kinds of issues. Here is a hypothetical to blow your mind.

Let’s say I am fighting Jim Miller at 155.

We are allowed to be 156 for the day before weigh-ins, but sometimes people cut a little extra and might be a little under. Many times I have weighed in at 154.5.

I weigh in at 155 on the nose and Jim weighs in at 156.

Jim weighs in at 168 the next day, which is 12 pounds over when he is allowed to be 13 pounds over. He is fine.

I weigh in at 164 which is 9 pounds over when I was only allowed 8 pounds. I am overweight even though I am 4 pounds lighter than my opponent.

We both agreed to fight at the same weight. Because I was more on weight the first day I have to be 4 pounds lighter the second day. This is CRAZY.

And all the while CM Punk’s coach claims he is a trojan horse and people are underestimating him – which if it’s a strategy it’s unclear why he’s announcing it so early ahead of the fight: