Josh Barnett says Arman Tsarukyan’s withdrawal from UFC 311 was as a result of weight reduction
Throughout a studio look on “The Ariel Helwani Present,” Josh Barnett revealed that he’s adamantly against weight reduction in MMA. Actually, the previous UFC, Satisfaction FC and Strikeforce veteran believes the load minimize led to Arman Tsarukyan’s again damage.
“Arman Tsarukyan will not have again issues until he loses plenty of weight.”@JoshLBarnetSturdy views on weight reduction in MMA 👀
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“Arman Tsarukyan is just not going to have again issues until he loses plenty of weight,” Barnett mentioned.
Helwani then requested “The Warmaster” what his preliminary response was when Tsarukyan pulled out of UFC 311.
“How heartbreaking and terrible. I consider in his weight reduction, so perhaps out of nowhere he bought an enormous spasm in his again and was fully taken without warning,” Ms Barnett mentioned. “And it was so unhealthy that it was clearly going to have an effect on his means to make weight. So how is he going to maneuver up in weight class? And two, he will compete the following day. It could turn into extreme sufficient to trigger you to lose power.
“And this all comes from working and preventing below a ruleset that encourages you to recreation the system, as a result of everybody does it, and the best way to get round it. Probably not.”
Barnett went on to say that whereas subjects comparable to CTE are necessary in martial arts, he want to see extra emphasis on weight reduction points. He believes that’s the most harmful facet of MMA competitors.
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