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Same day weigh-ins - would it prevent traumatic brain injury?

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It's how they do it in Abu Dabi, right? People would still try and fudge, but with such a small time window, they would end up fighting too dry and not be able to cut that much.

I mean what is the UFC testing? The fighter's ability to cut weight?

Some brosciencish research suggests that dehydration predisposes to the shear injury that affects deep nerve fibers in the brainstem and basal ganglia that down the road leads to things like Parkinson's and traumatic brain injury.

I mean we don't have an Ali or a Jr. Seau yet, but do we need to before we change the rules?

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