The dangers of fast extreme weight cutting in battle sports are well documented. Kidney failure, heart attacks as well as even deaths are associated to the practices. Regulatory responses to date have been inconsistent as well as have failed to meaningfully weed out the well entrenched practices.
This week a regulator utilized their power to suspend a competitor who exposed the depths of their pre Camiseta Cerezo Osaka bout weight cut.
Adam Piccolotti was handed a unanimous success against Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 274 on February 19, 2022. complying with the success Piccolotti exposed the arduous weight cut he underwent pre bout noting he vomited several times as well as even published video of him throwing up during the cut.
This video as well as publish came to the interest of the Mohegan Tribe department of athletic regulation who oversaw the bout. director Mike Mazzulli, who is likewise the present ABC President, suspended Piccolotti together with his licensed seconds (cornermen) for the extreme cut.
I reached out to Mazzulli who shared the details of the suspension. The reason provided for the suspension was a weight cut with “Dehydration to the point he was ill as well as might not walk“. A 6 month suspension was handed out with Piccolotti being “required to provide clearance by a Nephrologists, new EKG, as well as physicals” before being cleared to contend in the Camiseta Eintracht Frankfurt weight class again.
Below is the officially listed suspension on the ABC database as showed me by Mazzulli.
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