Overview
- White, speaking after Saturday’s UFC London card, said the UFC’s 11 divisions will remain unchanged.
- Rogan had urged the UFC to add more weight classes to give fighters more options and reduce extreme weight cuts.
- Fighters cut by shedding water before weigh-ins, then rehydrate to enter the cage larger, a risky tactic underscored when Cameron Smotherman collapsed at the UFC 324 weigh-ins.
- Former UFC fighter Paul Craig said moving to middleweight led to an eating disorder and blood and hormone issues, showing the toll these cuts can take.
- Analysts say new divisions alone would not fix the problem and argue the weigh-in system needs reform to remove the incentive for drastic dehydration.