MMA fans are perhaps understandably up in arms over former welterweight Anthony Johnson’s failed attempt to make weight for his first middleweight fight.
But in addition to a 20 percent fine, Johnson isn’t allowed to rehydrate to more than 205 pounds for tonight’s UFC 142 co-headliner with Vitor Belfort.
In our latest “Medical Beat” installment, MMAjunkie.com medical columnist and consultant Dr. Johnny Benjamin explains how “Rumble’s” stumble underscores larger weigh-cutting issues in MMA.