12/22/2023 0 Comments Thompson till mma decisionsTo protect the lives and health of fighters, they should be competing at their natural weight. Adding more weight classes is not a perfect solution, just like early weigh-ins haven’t been. All this the day before they are due to risk their lives again in a fight. Darren Till picked up a unanimous decision victory over Stephen Thompson in the main event of UFC Fight Night Liverpool. More weight divisions? Out of competition check-ups? Ultimately the main issue is fighters are willing to go through hell, risk death, to make it into a weight class they feel they can best perform in. MMA is split on how to solve the problem. Fighters are dying from unregulated weight cutting, and it’s an issue from the top to the bottom of the sport. UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg abandoned the bantamweight division due to concerns about her weight cuts. UFC stars such as Uriah Hall and Khabib Nurmagomedov have been hospitalized after bad weight cuts in the last 18 months. ONE have since attempted to ban weight cutting in the promotion. Till faced former UFC Welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson at UFC Fight Night 130 on. This win earned him the Performance of the Night bonus award. He won the fight via TKO in the first round. In a sample of 19 media pundits scoring the fight, five scored it in favor of Woodley. Till faced Donald Cerrone on 21 October 2017 at UFC Fight Night 118. Thompson lost the bout by majority decision (4847, 4747, and 4847). In December 2015, ONE Championship flyweight Yang Jian Bing died due to effects of weight cutting. Till won the fight via unanimous decision. This year has seen several fighters across the sport rushed to hospital after collapsing. Once again weight cutting rears it’s ugly head in MMA. DARREN TILL got the nod at UFC Fight Night 130 bout because he was fighting on home soil, Stephen Thompson has claimed.
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