Jorge Masvidal gained 28.9 pounds between weigh-ins and fight night, significantly more than Nate Diaz, leading to concerns from the California State Athletic Commission about extreme weight cutting, although a change in weight class for Masvidal seems unlikely.
Jorge Masvidal spent most of his MMA career competing at either lightweight or welterweight. But he hit the light heavyweight mark on fight night in his majority decision loss to Nate Diaz this past Saturday.
As part of the California State Athletic Commission’s continued fight against extreme weight cutting, they released the fight night weights from the Diaz vs. Masvidal card on Monday. This info was sent to MMA Fighting.
Masvidal experienced the biggest weight gain by percentage for anyone competing at the event. He stepped on the scale at 175.2 pounds on Friday and then weighed 204.1 pounds on Saturday.
The 28.9 pounds gained by Masvidal was a 16 percent increase in body weight. This could potentially flag him as a candidate for the commission to recommend a change in weight classes moving forward.
That seems unlikely, however, because Masvidal spent most of his career in UFC competing at 170 pounds. So it’s doubtful he’s going to make any drastic changes now.
As for Diaz, he weighed 175.6 pounds at weigh-ins and then 190.2 pounds on fight night. The 14.6-pound weight gain was only eight percent of his overall body weight.
By the time they threw hands in the ring, Masvidal outweighed Diaz by nearly 14 pounds.
Diaz ultimately earned a majority decision win in an entertaining 10-round affair. Afterward, he called for future fights against Jake Paul and reigning UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards.
Out of the entire 11-fight card, there were a total of 11 fighters who went over the ten percent threshold that flags for weight gain by the commission.
Here’s the full list of fight night weights for the Diaz vs. Masvidal card from this past weekend along with each fighter’s percentage of weight gained:
Nate Diaz (175.6 to 190.2 pounds = 8 percent) vs Jorge Masvidal (175.2 to 204.1 pounds = 16 percent).
Daniel Jacobs (169.2 to 188.7 pounds = 12 percent) vs Shane Mosley Jr (167.6 to 187.5 pounds = 12 percent).
Chris Avila (175.6 to 186.5 pounds = six percent) vs Anthony Pettis (175.3 to 184 pounds = five percent).
Curmel Moton (133.5 to 152.7 pounds = fourteen percent) vs Nikolai Buzolin (137.7 to 148.4 pounds = eight percent).
Arnado Vargas (134.1 to 143 .2pounds = seven percent) vs Sean Garcia (138 .1to147 .1pounds=sevenpercent).
Devin Cushing(131 .9to143 .6pounds=ninepercent)vsManuelCorrea(131 .2to144 .7pounds=tenpercent).
AlanSanchez(146 .3to161 .2pounds=tenpercent)vsDanHernandez(140to154 .5pounds=tenpercent).
SteveDunn(213 .5to213 .5pounds=zeropercent)vGabrielCosta(206 .1to210 .1pounds=twopercent).
JoseAguayo(149 .9to166 .3pounds=elevenpercent)vBryceLogan(149 .7to165 .8pounds=elevenpercent).
KennethLopez(175 .8to196..3pounds=twelvepercent)vAndresMartinez(173..2to179..7=pound=fourpercent).