UPDATED AGAIN: Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers Weigh-In Results
Posted by Larry Csonka on 11.06.2009
Did everyone make weight?
- Here are the weight-in results for tomorrow night's Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers event. Everyone made weight except Dustin Neace who came in three and a half pounds overweight and now has an hour to drop from 150.5 to 147.
MAIN CARD
* 265: Fedor Emelianenko (232) vs. Brett Rogers (264)
* 185: Jason "Mayhem" Miller (184) vs. Jake Shields (184.5)
* 205: Gegard Mousasi (205) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (204)
* 265: Antonio Silva (263) vs. Fabricio Werdum (242)
PRELIMINARY CARD
* 145: Marloes Coenen (145) vs. Roxanne Modafferi (140)
* 170: Deray Davis (170.5) vs. Mark Miller (171)
* 135: Jeff Curran (145) vs. Dustin Neace (150.5)+
* 170: Shamar Bailey (170) vs. John Kolosci (171)
* 185: Nate Moore (184) vs. Louis Taylor (185.5)
* 155: Jonatas Novaes (155.5) vs. Christian Uflacker (156)
+ - Neace weighed 150.5 pounds and then 150 on his initial attempts. After failing to drop the weight in an extra hour, opponent Curran agreed to a catch-weight fight at 149.6 pounds. Neace surrenders 20 percent of his fight purse to Curran.
Posted By: ausjimmy (Guest) on November 06, 2009 at 07:30 PM
...and once again, we see that the fines need to be stricter for weight issues- and there really needs to be a better option for the guy who actually does show up at the agreed upon weight.
Curran did everything he was supposed to and was left with the choice of fight a guy with a serious weight advantage (and take 20% of his pay) or walk away with nothing.
Sorry, but 20% doesn't make up for the huge advantage he's giving up.
In the past, people have mentioned harsher penalties- and others have frowned on them for being 'too strict'. Well, considering making weight is something they should be doing anyway- why should it matter what the penalty is?
Bump the penalty up to 50% if the opponent decides he still wants to fight. If he chooses he doesn't want to fight someone that couldn't be bothered to show up at the agreed weight, the fight is called off and the overweight fighter pays (out of pocket) 50% of what the other guy should have made.
I'd like to see that same type of rule go into effect if a fight is called off last minute because of a failed drug test (ala Barnett).
Bottom line- if something you intentionally do (or don't do) causes a fight to be put into jeopardy, you should have to reimburse your opponent 50% of their promised fight purse.
I'm sure if he were threatened with the idea of not fighting and having to pay Curran half his salary out of pocket, Neace wouldn't have shown up 5lbs over the limit.... and Curran wouldn't feel quite so pressured into taking on a fight he shouldn't have to.
Posted By: cyks (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 01:51 AM
cyks, I agree 100%
I mean, the fighter's job is to show up ready to fight. If you can't do that, you shouldn't be in the sport. albeit, there have been circumstances that have come up in the past, but those are very rare.
I would even propose a license suspension of any fighter that fails to make weight. Especially if it's substantial enough have a fight called off.
Posted By: Ace Bradley (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 09:48 AM
