Think morning weigh-ins are to blame for the rise in the number of UFC fighters who miss the mark on the scales? Maybe the thing to do is pay more attention to what’s going on over in Dana White’s Contender Series. Granted, the sample size isn’t exactly enormous, but with DWCS now into its second season, it might be worth looking at how the 9 a.m. weigh-ins are working over there. According to MMAjunkie’s John Morgan, an even 100 fighters have now stepped on the scales to fight in DWCS. They all did so on the Monday morning before their Tuesday night fights in Las Vegas, and every single one of them successfully made weight (though one needed the extra hour allowance to hit the mark)
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Has Dana White’s Contender Series shown that morning weigh-ins can work just fine? – MMA Junkie