Fight Quote by Dustin Poirier

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

— James DeGale

It gets a little tough when you're cutting weight to travel all over the place, when you want to focus on really getting yourself…

— Colby Covington

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

— Marlon Moraes

I don't think people realize what those weight cuts were doing to me. It took so much out of me to make 155. I…

— Michael Chiesa

My first opportunity in the UFC was to cut to 140 pounds. This was too tough for me, but by me going through that,…

— Cris Cyborg

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

— Dustin Poirier

I used to always fight, show up at fight week below 170 and make that cut.

— Jim Miller

I don't start my weight cut until the Thursday before the fight and I finish that morning.

— Raquel Pennington

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

— Khabib Nurmagomedov

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

Getting to fight at my natural weight, that was huge for me.

— Sage Northcutt