LOS ANGELES — MMA’s weight-cutting and severe dehydration problem is persisting. So is the search for new solutions.
The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has exacted a new rule that will fine a fighter’s win bonus in addition to his or her show money when that fighter misses weight, executive officer Andy Foster said at a commission meeting Tuesday.
Foster has the ability to make the change administratively in language added to fighter bout agreements and he informed the commissioners about the alteration Tuesday. Foster told MMA Fighting the change would be implemented as soon as he can get new contracts drafted.