Overview
- Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic called extreme weight cutting the sport’s “biggest scam” in a 2023 Index Video interview now being widely reshared.
- Filipovic cited Conor McGregor’s featherweight run, claiming the Irishman rehydrated to roughly 78 kg after weighing in at 66 kg for the Jose Aldo bout.
- McGregor became the UFC’s first simultaneous two-division champion in 2016 after defeating Eddie Alvarez, a legacy Cro Cop argues is complicated by size disparities.
- Cameron Smotherman collapsed after making weight at the UFC 324 weigh-ins on January 23, and Brian Ortega previously described blacking out and waking in the ER after a failed cut.
- Current coverage notes ongoing calls for reform, highlighting disclosures like Vinicius Oliveira starting camp 50 pounds over bantamweight and still needing to lose 30 pounds in fight week.