DANGEROUS WEIGHT CUT DOCUMENTARY / Thomas Hughes
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This is a documentary on cutting weight before mma fights. Thomas Hughes is the 2-time North American Champion Kickboxer for Team USA. He was cutting weight to compete in the North American WAKO tournament in Las Vegas. Thomas normally weighs 175 lbs and he was cutting to fight at 145 lbs. This was a dangerous weight cut that he had done multiple times before. This is primarily to educate others on cutting weight and the risks involved.
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watched some of your fights, you always show your humble attitude and caring to your opponents after knocking out them. i respect that the Fighter ^^.
Randy Luong Why is it so hard to drink @22:20 ?
To everyone wondering there has been weight cutting rules added. Fighters have to be within 8% of their target weight a week before their weigh-in and they're monitored a bit more closely.
Maya Bubbles good.
Still they should put in place the same rules as in onefc...no dehydrating...and bump everybody up a weight class
So they have to dehydrate twice?
That’s only in one fc not everywhere
What's up with the scary music
Corsica Murakami fr
For effect to show you that what was happening was scary for him or something like that
Corsica Murakami What's up with you commenting about the scary music
because he could die
obviously for effect. it is very dangerous, the blood coagulation is what got me nervous.. that being said, nothing should ever stop you from achieving your goals, just short of dying. back of my mind though, i was thinking if they put some crappy ufc thrash metal in the background, it'd be another type of video (CRAZY!!!!!!! FIGHTER CUTS THE POUNDS TO POUND FACES), and people would think that this is ok
Laying in the towels seems like hell
Imagine how hard competiting is after having to do this. Damn. There's no way ur 100% after cutting weight. Gotta suck
had to pause half-way thru to get some water....
doluseb lol man thanks for that comment
I def loled
yeah same...I was thirsty af watching this and I felt bad for him...must have been literal hell on earth O_O I would be dead just from those 20 minutes in steam room for sho.
no you just not look hard enuf
oo i get it srry
he was already shredded before even trying to lose the 19 pounds. madness
everyone carries 20 lbs of sweatable water if you prepare yourself for it! I've made this cut over 16 times and never missed weight this one just got the best of me!
didn't know you could cut that much from water. I've only seen weight cuts on TUF and things like that where it was often the guys that had a good bit of weight on them doing the bigger cuts. unlucky on this one anyways. any upcoming fights?
He was losing water weight. He stil lhad a low body fat procentage to begin with. But thats not what hes looking to drop.
he dont do it for looking shredded stupid. he is doing in to reach the weight level to fight
Hangin With The Hughes Why is it that you can cut it sometimes but not others? Don't you do it the exact same way each time?
I’ll never forget cutting 165 to 148 for a wrestling tournament so stupid I didn’t even win lmao. Could have just saved my body and gone 160
Jesus. I lost 10pounds watching this.
Steely Phil must’ve been a good shit
Steely Phil fr
I wish it worked like that 😅
Steely Phil this video must be a subliminal video then😂
Steely Phil If it was only that easy lol
When I weight cut I don't do this I just take a mean dump. It will eliminate 10 pounds easy
Nick Glover I can't 😂😂😂
After I take a crap I can c my abs better
You worked soooo hard Thomas. Lucas "kept you on your feet" and told you that you couldn't go on. That's not only a coach nor a friend it's a true "brother."
good friends tell u the same
I feel your pain Dude. I raced horses for 18 years and I pulled weight everyone of those days. Included Lasix , hotbox, heaving, or “throwing your food up”, and then there is driving your car in 85* weather with your windows up and your heater on...while in a rubber suit. We used to stay in the steam room for one or two hours...keep spraying that thermometer to make more steam come out. I get it man. Sucking on a K-Lyte tablet for potassium. Couldn’t mix it in the 8oz. of water because that was more weight we had to lose....we use to put Abilene, (I think it’s used for makeup remover) we used it in the hotbox cuz it blocks your pours. Then after lifting 20 lb. dumbbells in the hotbox, we would put salt all over our bodies so it would pull the water out of your system. All of this for what? To win the Derby, the Preakness? I’ve retired unscathed other than being injured 16 different times. Nobody knows the shit we go through man...nobody. So happy to be out of the sport. I miss the ride from the gate to the wire....all the other bullshit...I’ll pass....I hope you’re healthy again. Would like to meet one day perhaps.
I can barely take a hot shower for 40mins without feeling like I'ma pass tf out...this is insane
MicahThaOriginal who takes a shower for 40 min
He made me feel fat watching this
Watching this makes me remeber my 12 years of wrestling. Now I'm old fat and happy
Max making weight for wrestling is terrible. I remember my coach making me drop from 180 down to 160 in only a few days. The feeling of eating a meal after all your matches is amazing
Damn any wrestlers out there who know the struggle?
Yeah haha
Cutting weight for wrestling is one of the worst things I’ve had to experience and this is on a whole other level
when i was i think 11 i was 118 and i need to be 104 and i had to do it in a week and i was already stupid skinny
Watching this while eating double cheeseburgers and fries while drinking large cokes was fun as shit.
ahiai barnes 😂😂
Constantine P drinking water was enough for me
i had a big bole of icecream :) yolo
Constantine P where you grab them burgers from?
ahiai barnes Done, also ate some spaghetti while watching a live birth.
this guy takes a W in my book. i would've eaten those ice cubes within 5 mins of being in the steam room
good on you bro for knowing he was past his limit
The stupid thing is i bet the other fighter is cutting almost the same amount of weight. So they coyld both just fight a division up n it would be the same exact thing jist minus thos torture
People on upper divisions still cut weight, they squeeze the water out of them and then hydrate once they make weight ins.
Vid was good, music was a bit unnecessary as it’s not like his being murdered
Ethan Selvester 🤣🤣 We agree👍🏻 wish we had the choice in music that was used for this😑
This can't b right .suprised a lot more people haven't died over this ..
Man this made me feel weak, depleted and thirsty myself. Credit to you bro. You got a big heart. And my respect to all that go through this grueling regimen.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why the weigh-in should be 15min. before the actual fight.
watching this is making me dehydrated
Sonia Hema hi sonia
Sonia Hema honestly tho fr
wrong
Sonia Hema Your comment made me get dehydrated.
It's nice to see the UFC making some strides to improving the safety of cutting weight, but to be honest the whole weight cutting system needs to be revised and more medically supervised.
Internet Police agreed, but it won’t happen until somebody dies from it. I think that’s what almost killed Blessed
Ben Wieneke unfortunately I had a friend who was a professional bodybuilder who was being monitored while trying to cut weight however his kidneys ended up shutting down! His parents flipped out that his trainer was restricting fluids so much that he almost died! He thought he was overheating under the lights on the stage until he woke up in ICU with tubes coming out of everywhere!
"I open the door for him" **doesn't open the door for him**
hahaha
I havnt seen this side of the fighters. This is real determination. This is why they're called fighters. The mentality you need to have in order to push thru something like this is actualy insane. If you ever tried Sauna for like 15 minutes you know how tough it is. Now he's even putting on sweat suits and some cream on him. And doing it over and over. #Mind#Set.
This shit is real man. Last year I did a weight cut to make 170 in wrestling and I was 180 prior to my weigh in. No food, no water and your sitting in the sauna miserable. I only had to drop 10 pounds of water and to see this guy do 17? Thats nuts.
well its more then 17 cuz he normally weighs 185 but im guessing he was cutting from the week before then the hardest week is what u saw in the video
Alejandro he was dieting and exercising and got to where it was only 17 pounds. That's why he said wish it would've been more, but oh well. You probably want to get rid of most weight the healthy way before dehydrating yourself.
Lolz u cant just diet within the last month and do a weight cuz ur body isnt even adapted to the new lean weight. Plus hes way to big for 145 pounds cuz he started at 185 lolz even connor McGregor isnt 170 pounds before weight cut. But mcgregor is body has adapted to being 170 all year long while this muda fuka likes to get swole or fat as fuck. If mma is ur career keep ur weight in check
x Bleenk just wrestle n ur right weight class
x Bleenk you only cut 10 lb I can do that in a day and I'm lean I go from 136 to 126 real quick
There was no way he was getting down to 145. He was already super lean.
185 to 145 seems like way to much for a sane person to do, glad he’s good though
Great job Thomas, that was extremely exhausting and exhilarating, but you overcame it, congrats!!!!
1K PETE he missed weight ...
I think a lot of us have cut 20lbs for wrestling/mma/kickboxing etc. However I don’t think a lot of us are starting at 1%-3% body fat and then trying to do it. I have a lot of respect for this guy
This was actually a great documentary, great job 👍🏽
It's so true. You have no idea how good food really tastes until you've been on a strict diet for a period of time.
I’m 155-165 regular. I’m a flyweight 125-129. I gradually cut off. Never felt what he felt. He’s strong 💪🏽
What they should have is a weigh in but also measure hydration, and you can't be below a certain hydration percentage on the day of the weigh in to qualify to fight.
CabraLad in wrestling you do a hydration test once at the beginning-of the season.
the UFC does something like that
they do for highschool wrestling
Royce Crissmas - In the beginning of the year, but after that be your allowed to be as dehydrated as you want
Heck no!
This is an awesome documentary! It's crazy to see such a positive attitude during a cut. I couldn't imagine cutting and willingly spending an extra 5 minutes in that tub, and I think that Thomas is a very genuine guy. Really puts it into perspective how much works goes into dropping those last few pounds!
those last few lol
phantom 2012 we'll he was at 185 then to 164 now he has to go to 145
Erik Morrissey he has to much muscle to make that weight.
That shows that you don't know the sport. Those are all very unlikely effects from cutting weight. Even Thomas, who cuts an absurd amount, are at very low risk for that and after re-hydrating there's likely no damage to his body. People like you are the problem with combat sports right now.
you watching the wrong videos Whoever ! at the end of the day he is much stronger mentally and has faced a certain kind of adversity most cant over come. it takes more determination than you could ever imagine. you obviously dont understand the sport or what it takes to be great. most of these fighters do not do huge cuts like this.
I’ve done a 3 day water fast and when i broke my fast damn food tasted different
The music makes you nauseous.
"When I stop fighting I'm never dieting again." Thats some truth. I compered in MMA for about 5 years. Ate crazy clean and weight cuts the whole time. When I decided to quit competing and focusing on coaching, I gained about 70lbs within a couple of years. And I was still coaching and training. I simply craved junk food. I couldn't get enough of it. Cookies, cakes and chips became my diet. It took a few years to get it under control ans I still struggle with food everyday.
this looks like a torture method
Pause right now, and go grab some water.
Some of the most intense training ive done in my life was when i had to cut 13lbs of water weight at the end of every week for like a month and a half at 5% body fat. Its intense. Mad respect for anyone who goes through this!
Just watchin makes me thirsty
Pickle Rick I liked because of Pickle Rick
I'm a pickle!!
(No homo)
Get rid of weight cutting by weighing the fighters twice per day in the week up to the fight, with the last weigh in being at the door to the ring/cage. Or something like that.
Randomly weighed year round, weight cut capped at 5% of their average weight for the year.
Always wondered how it all went down In the fight game. Mad respect for these guys. Great video.
So I was running through KZhead before I realized that my cousin Lucas was the trainer this is insane!!!
Absolutely awesome video mate. What an absolute stunner what fighters go through, just to cut weight. Mad praise to your perseverance mate! Best of luck to you, your family, and career. Cheers from Western Australia!!!
myinfinitestate Thanks Bro!
Ur welcome mate. Best wishes from Western OZ!!!!
Gotta give these types of fighters so much respect, they push their bodies to the absolute limit man!!
You also appreciate food more when you're on a backpacking trip
Sam Hagene - you’re absolutely right!
All for the sport we love bro, good call pulling the plug. It takes a real friend to lookout for you during that kinda mental and physical stress
Somewhat misleading in the description. He walks at 185. They make it sound like he is doing a 40lb water cut. Which is isnt. He dieted to 164 and is doing a 19lb water cut.
How do you figure that ? 164 was his weight 19 hours before weigh inns? Why do you think he would cut weight for just one day ? He probably has been cutting all week.
+laqay747 because he said he was 164 and fully hydrated. meaning he has dieted down to that. major difference between dropping weight through food intake vs water cutting.
laqay747 he figures that because he's right. Pay attention to the video I am fully hydrated and and have dieted perfect for 12 weeks to be at 164lbs you would die if you cut water weeks before
When putting your body through this, where do they get the energy to fight?
Zandra Brown weigh in is several days before a fight so the have time to regain their strength.
Or it's the day b4.
My heart is hurting watching this.. I can't even go in a hot tub for more then 10 mins without feeling like I'm about to pass out. This is crazy. I could never support someone I love doing this.
Been there too many times when i wrestled. I remember i would wake up chewing because i would have literal dreams of just eating and drinking something during a cut
This is so hard for me to watch because I've seen my own brothers struggle through weight cuts. It just breaks my heart for you. No one understands the will power and fierce determination that is required before you ever face an opponent. So much respect for you though, Thomas. I'm so glad you have a coach with your best interest at heart who knows when to call it quits. All you can do is learn from each struggle and come back ten times stronger for the next fight. Good luck!
Much respect to Thomas as a warrior! So glad this was stopped, no one should be put through this to earn a living.
omg water is life
6:30.... when you tuck in your new born to bed for the 1st time
It's so crazy how much skinnier he looks by the end of the video.
he looks the same
ive had these hard weight cuts where you dig deep and have to find jesus. keep it up bro. great video!!
yeah I had to do that during wrestling last year.. wrestling season is coming up again soon..
+Martin Vergara ignore the haters bro for they don't know what hard work is
Guy _Fawk lol forreal bro
And find jesus Pftt ROFL
hold on tight it's because you legit feel like you're on the brink of death almost as if you're passing into another reality.
23:50 images of a broken man
amazing documentary
For the people who cannot grasp this...... I am a guy that weighs about 175- 180 at a normal healthy athletic weight problem is I only stand 5 foot 7. Most Fighters in that weight class are taller than myself with longer arms etc. My legs ( Quads and calves are huge from running and kicking based martial arts and my arms just are genetically big due to my fathers genetics) when I used to compete I had 2 choices cut weight and be the bigger opponent or deal with the guarantee that every fight I had was going to be a bitch. Some people are lucky and their natural athletic build fits the weight class they are comfortable in others don't. Losing muscle to me wasn't an option. I tried both ways no weight cut and weight cut. To be honest its a shit sandwich either way. You can either torture yourself for an easier bout or avoid the torture for a war. Neither way guarantees a win. Hope that helps people understand why, At this point I don't think Id ever put myself through cutting again its fucked up trust me.
In high school wrestling you need to take a hydration test. To see how much you are allowed to lose and remain healthy at the same time.
Yea but you can be pretty dehydrated and still pass the test.
Yeah but usually you take them a month before season starts so you drop to your lowest weight for your first match and keep going. I tried pushing myself to my minimum weight at 160 and cut 16.4 pounds in four days and the last 8-9 pounds the day before a major tournament. I blacked out once I got home.
No not just High school but in any sport,hockey as well
Not where I am
Not necessarily at my school we only had to do it once and it was about a month before we had our first match
BAN WEIGHT CUTTING.
Doug Johnson it should b banned cuz its unhealthy
No way
wow thanks for this post as I have such respect for any athlete and the sacrifices we go through for the love of our sport. Most have no idea and would never be able to do this. I could as I compete in bodybuilding and just know the necessary measures ones needs to take .
simple solution is to weigh fighters while they re entering the ring and do it in every fighting sport. this way we can ensure fair and safe fights. also the fights would be better cause they will not be exhausted by cuts.
Exactly , take this W my friend
MhUser people will still cut for the advantage . It would just be more dangerous to have fighters not hydrated right before they fight .
fighting dehydrated will not give you an advantage; and all sane fighters that want to optimize their performance will not cut by loosing water; keeping low fat by dieting during the fight preparation is an another story -> this would be done by maintainig healthy diet that will balace training ability and fat loss; or will promote low fat betwen the fights which will be the best option in a long run without yoyo dehydration and abusive eating after the fight
MhUser none of that would change anything dude.Fighters are already doing that . The last thing you do is cut water weight and this guy did it in the worst way possible . Also I never said fighting dehydrated would give you an advantage and the only way you wouldn't have to cut weight is if you were fighting in a open weight class. which is arguably more dangerous then cutting water .
the problem is cuting water not weight; you can cut fat which is ok but cant be done in 24h before the weight in; fighters should be weight when entering the ring/octagon
This is NOT right, but I don't blame you guys for doing this. These organizations need to put something in place, immediately. This will be looked at as primitive one day.
You're right, but it's the price they pay for wanting to fight with a weight advantage
well mma is a weight class based sport if you don't make the cut then you can't fight in that weight division
more like without a weight disadvantage because 99% of them do this
If everyone's trying to get the weight advantage... Then who's really getting the advantage?
The people who cut weight then recover best.
Who went drinking after watching this?
nobody
Deep nuts
Me
me
BlackFlag I ate a pint of Ben & Jerry's while watching...😋
Does anyone know whats the name of that product he put on to sweat more?
I understand his feelings. I am a boxer and i cut weight most of the time but he is right that you don't know what hunger and thirst is really if you have not epxperienced it.
OMG, as I am watching this, all I can think about is "this is suicide". I am worried shit for this guy and I don't even know him.
thanks for this it shows the struggle quite a bit
I was gong to make a joke comment on your haunted house post like "it followed you guys" but comments were turned off. Then I checked another post, and another. You are both good at KZhead. I've never said that before. Wide spectrum of posts. Well made. Entertaining. I think you both could make this a job.
I thought I had it bad when I had to lose 6 pounds in a week for a wrestling match 😂😂😂
up church I used to lose anywhere from 5-10lbs in 3-4ish days for wrestling and it was fucking hell bro.
up church same
Vinnie gillespie it was always worse whenever u weighed in before going to the tournament or duel and u we’re still over by like 2 so u had to do sprints by the pool in sweats for like half an hour
I drank water through the whole video.
You're a good friend my man
Wow the first full video I ever watched this coach is more like his brother watching over him and for the fighter to accept what the coach recommended makes him a champ
Wrestlers wya?
The music in the video really messes with your mood 😣😔
I really enjoyed my Weissbier while watching this, Love this shit, love the steam room not the extreme dehydration. Nice Documentary!
Awesome vid! I think its good showing what might happend and the risks.My question tho is what was that stick thing he was using on his body?
I WOULDNT LIKE TO BE THE NEXT PERSON SITTING ON THE CHAIRS HE HAS SWEATED ON
rab day he was sweating on the towels not the chair
Who else is cutting weight for wrestling while watching this ....?
Killswitch bro your crazy man that's a lot of weight
Eric Avila not really I'm used to it I wrestle at 106 113 and when they need me to I wrestle at 120
Eric Avila only 8lbs tho
Kendrick B meeee.cutting only 4 pounds for Nationals
I'm not cutting shit😂
I'd have been passed out and in the ER, so much respect for these guys.
That was amazing to watch and Im happy he stoped u when he did because he probably saved your life
from the start i was like "he ain't gonna cut to 145". glad to be right.
This is why they should redefine the weight classes and do the,weigh in 20 min before the fight. Much healthier and would be more fun to watch the match as they would be much stronger
I wrestle for my high school team, it's a group of boys and I. Normally I would wrestle the 32, though with a 2 pound allowance I was more like 134 pounds. My wrestling coach wanted me to go to girls states, but he wanted me in the 125 pound weight class. No words can explain how horrendous this experience was. At weigh ins I weighed 124. Long story short I couldn't even imagine attempting what it is he was trying to accomplish. Mad respect. 💪👍
this is a motivational video bro. i have a fight in one week and need to cut 24 pounds. here i go, wish me luck.
i remember this past year for one of my HS wrestling duels i had to cut 15 by the start of the day before. i cut 5 throughout the first day and floated about a pound that night and then i had to lose 9 pounds that school day all before the end of the school day (7ish hours) and i made it but it was the most grueling cut i have done especially when i started to stop sweating. but luckily i had friends throughout the day basically comforting me and cheering me on i had to ask my teachers to go to the wrestling room to cut and they all let me.. but suiting up and knowing what you are about to go through sucks.. i have also done 13 pounds in a day for a weigh in the next morning by myself. it was terrible but still not as bad as the other cut because the year i cut the 13 in a day i was no where near as lean as i was this past year. but his statement about having someone with you is completely true. Oh yeah and i cant forget about how "great" it felt to eat and drink (; just kidding it hurt a lot... Great video though reminded me of "the good ol' days" even though it was not very long ago at all haha
Genuine question: if a guy is this determined that he'd go through 2 days of extreme torture to achieve his goal, why won't he just plan ahead of time and lose weight the normal way?
Nothing Here great explanation, couldn’t have said it any better.
Great video
Felt thirsty watching it !! Ahh had 2 glasses of water! Its a blessing :)
I'm in the midst of a cut right now, I feel your pain. When I saw 19 pounds in 19 hours I wanted to pass out for you lmao. I'm only dropping 16 pounds with 2 weeks left which is hard but not nearly as bad as this.
excuse my ignorance people, so please don't chew me out. 1st time ever watching one of these videos but when he comes out of the water and he gets wrapped in towels why not just use a heating blanket? and does someone know the name of that stick he rubs on before putting the suit on that helps you sweat? I'm not trying to cut weight but if it helps sweat during a jog or walk, I'd like to try.
this is an amazing documentary this is what we fighters have to go through to fulfil our dream. only true competitors of this sport know why we do what we do. the second guy is truly inspiring to me, I wish to have teammates like this who cared about each others safety. if anyone has any information on how to get a nutrioist on combat sports please feel free to get ahold of me,, it would be appreciated
Much Respect.