Fight Quote by Colby Covington

The worst thing is having to make weight before a fight. It's hard to cut down.

— James DeGale

I used to get so stressed out before the fight, weeks out, because of how much weight I had to cut to get there.

— Robert Whittaker

The cut made me hate the process of getting ready for a fight. I was focused on how to make weight instead of how…

— Dustin Poirier

Cutting weight is the worst part. Fighting is just fun.

— Marlon Moraes

Cutting to featherweight took months of intense weight cutting and training. Going to lightweight, I can fight more often.

— Dustin Poirier

When you drop weight, the closer you come to the fight, the more your muscles tighten up.

— Amir Khan

I don't cut weight, so it's no problem for me to fight at lightweight.

— Jose Aldo

I used to be a fighter and I'm used to taking weight off.

— Burt Young

I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard.

— Khabib Nurmagomedov

I like fighting at the higher weight. That extra seven pounds helps because of energy, strength and I can focus more throughout the training…

— Lamont Peterson

I try to fight like a lightweight.

— Andrei Arlovski

You know, I'm never really 100-percent in any of those fights, because it's so hard to have perfect preparation for fighting and cutting weight…

— Nick Diaz