Joe Rogan: Extreme Weight Cutting is 'Sanctioned Cheating'

For as long as there have been weight classes in MMA, there has been weight cutting, with athletes attempting to drop as much water weight as possible for weigh-ins so that they are the bigger, stronger man or woman come fight night.

This year there have been a number of horror stories involving extreme weight cuts in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, such as middleweight Uriah Hall who suffered a seizure and a mild heart attack cutting weight, lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov who was rushed to hospital and even former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks whose kidneys failed on him as a result of a weight cut gone wrong.

Some fighters such as Mackenzie Dern and Darren Till have…