John McCarthy: The UFC Doesn’t Have To Use Weight Classes

At a California State Athletic Commission’s weight-cutting summit last Thursday, the committee approved a plan to alter and add new weight classes to the unified rules of MMA. Something the committee focused on were studies about the risk factor for concussions being "increased markedly" after a steep weight cut due to a reduced amount of fluid around the brain.Veteran referee and committee member "Big" John McCarthy recently commented on the news, explaining that the UFC doesn't "have" to