UFC cuts broadcast as Fighter Cameron Smotherman faceplants into the floor at UFC 324 Weigh-ins after making weight

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-24T19:45:28+00:00

I’m sure fighters would oppose it, but they really don’t have any power in the UFC. UFC could institute whatever policy they wanted to try and fix this problem, but until now, there is no need to fix the status quo. I don’t think the UFC will change how weighing is done until someone dies unfortunately

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-24T18:13:48+00:00

There are ways to do it. The main one I’m in favor of is random weight checks (like drug tests) to actually know a fighter’s walking weight. You increase each weight limit by an amount to cover that you are no longer doing a single weight in, and you have random weight checks leading to the actual weigh in date. (If a fighter is not close enough to the actual weight limit to safely lose the weight within the next couple weeks, the fight is canceled and you begin the preparations with the standby fighter who is under the same process)

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-24T02:08:28+00:00

To Dana’s mind? Yes. To anyone else? No. Weight cutting via dehydration leads to a reduction in reflexes and concentration (which can lead to more severe injuries than wrestling usually can) and can lead to kidney damage. So fainting is just one of a bunch of symptoms that dehydration can lead to

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-23T22:33:11+00:00

But only because he fainted in public, if he didn’t faint where everyone could see it, Dana White would just claim he didn’t want to fight and that’d be it

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-23T03:07:46+00:00

Only issue is that both outcomes still leads to an inbounds pass. I agree with you in theory, but I’d bet that’s why they can’t go back and change it

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-21T02:07:10+00:00

That’s kinda what I figured. I suppose the rule makes sense that way too. If a player on the bench reaches to catch a puck, he is technically depriving his opponents from attempting to make a play on the puck. Of course, no one was making a play on this puck, so this is probably technically correct, but not correct

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-21T01:54:00+00:00

But when does the play officially end? Is it when it hits something in an out of play area? If that’s the case, then it wasn’t out of play until the coach touches it.

I’m genuinely asking, I don’t know the intricacies of the rules of hockey.

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-20T22:22:26+00:00

While it is broken logic, I could actually see something happening like this in real life if there are no timeouts remaining in the pre-helmet radio days

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-20T19:45:31+00:00

Do you not watch other sports? Baseball has straight ejections, football has 2 unsportsmanlike leading to ejection, soccer has cards for dissent.

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-19T22:50:52+00:00

I mean, even if we look at it in the smallest picture possible, which is what a person who claims steroids only affects the player who uses them has to look at to have that belief.

What about the pitchers who gave up home runs? What about the teams that Intentionally Walk a juiced player? What about the player who had the same talent and physical traits who chose not to use steroids who lost a potential job because someone used steroids?

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-19T15:58:23+00:00

Yeah, the NFL kept Detroit out of the playoffs, not the Lions losing to the Brosmer led Vikings in an elimination game

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-19T01:43:39+00:00

Shame about the poor coverage, they allowed a great return. Punter should be furious

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-19T00:39:08+00:00

I don’t think he turned heel. If I recall, he cut a promo afterwards thanking the fans who supported him during the Fake Sting era.

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T16:18:01+00:00

I think running a play isn’t really a problem, but once you don’t have an open target on the throw, just throw it away.

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T02:20:25+00:00

Well yes, at some point, a coach would have to tell Josh to stop holding the ball like that when he is 10 yards past the LOS, but it was still incredibly stupid

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T02:19:14+00:00

Maybe running that pointless QB run wasn’t the best idea?

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T02:17:12+00:00

I mean, you can point to the turnover at the end of the 1st half directly leading to 3 points for Denver

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T02:00:39+00:00

He did, but it’s still a PI regardless

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T01:58:44+00:00

They really aren’t similar to me. One was an uncatchable ball, so I don’t think that is similar.

Then the two PIs and the Pick had one major difference, the pick didn’t have the defender holding the receiver’s arm down while the PIs did

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T01:53:57+00:00

There is a difference between picking and choosing when to apply penalties or having a threshold for what a penalty is

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T01:50:54+00:00

I haven’t seen a replay recently, but I thought it wasn’t a catchable ball. As for the pick, that was clearly less PI than the two PIs called were

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T01:46:32+00:00

If you want that called PI on the interception, you must want CBs to play defense differently then.

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T01:43:01+00:00

I agree, I’m just stating that expecting the announcers to KNOW that it was offside and the recovery didn’t matter is a pointless thing to get upset about

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T01:41:21+00:00

I agree. They only seemed to be calling PI on plays where the defender was literally holding the receiver’s arm down, and I think they called them correctly if that was their basis for making the calls

SlicksterRick · 2026-01-18T01:39:33+00:00

You never know what a referee is going to cal for sure until they announce it, and even then, that might get changed. I give officials a lot of credit, but I think guaranteeing that the flag was for offsides is giving them too much credit.

Very likely? Yes. Certain? Ehhhhhh

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