The risks of fast excessive weight slicing in fight sports activities are effectively documented. Kidney failure, coronary heart assaults and even deaths are attributed to the practices. Regulatory responses up to now have been inconsistent and have did not meaningfully weed out the effectively entrenched practices.
This week a regulator used their energy to droop a fighter who revealed the depths of their pre bout weight minimize.
Adam Piccolotti was handed a unanimous victory in opposition to Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 274 on February 19, 2022. Following the victory Piccolotti revealed the arduous weight minimize he underwent pre bout noting he vomited a number of instances and even posted video of him throwing up through the minimize.
This video and submit got here to the eye of the Mohegan Tribe Division of Athletic Regulation who oversaw the bout. Director Mike Mazzulli, who can also be the present ABC President, suspended Piccolotti alongside together with his licensed seconds (cornermen) for the intense minimize.
I reached out to Mazzulli who shared the main points of the suspension. The explanation given for the suspension was a weight minimize with “Dehydration to the purpose he was sick and couldn’t stroll“. A 6 month suspension was handed out with Piccolotti being “required to offer clearance by a Nephrologists, new EKG, and physicals” earlier than being cleared to compete within the weight class once more.
Beneath is the formally listed suspension on the ABC database as shared with me by Mazzulli.
