For a large part of the public, UFC Rio 2 only takes place on Saturday (14), but before the event, athletes usually face a huge challenge: the scale. Forced to lose up to 12 kg. During the week of the fight, fighters go through an arduous training process to reach the weight of their categories.
O SUPER FIGHTS followed the Brazilian's training Edson Barboza, who will face English Terry emo on the show, looking to cut seven kilos and reach the lightweight division weight.
Dressed in a thermal jacket, which has the function of keeping the body temperature warm and facilitating sweating, Edson performed a 40-minute session using the gauntlet and managed to cut approximately four kilos.
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After the training, Joe Mullings, physical trainer and leader of The Armory team, spoke to our team and told us how the Brazilian's weight-cutting work was done.
“So far the entire weight cut has been perfect. My main concern is with the athlete's health and the weight we are going to lose tomorrow has already been planned since the beginning of training”, said the coach. “The relationship is that one pound (about 450 grams) has around 400 calories. So we can't take too much away so he doesn't become weak in the fight”, added the North American, who also revealed how he will recover his weight.
“Edson loses, on average, eight kilos the week of the fight. So after the weigh-in we put him back at this weight with a lot of carbohydrate intake so that he has strength and energy in the octagon,” said Mullings.
The Brazilian Edson Barboza, who is undefeated in MMA with nine wins, faces the Englishman Terry emo at UFC Rio 2, and if he achieves another victory, the fighter could be close to competing for the category belt in 2012
Do not miss it! This Saturday (14th), the SUPER FIGHTS releases the full video of the entire training session Edson Barboza for UFC Rio 2.
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