After more than 15 years as a professional fighter, UFC flyweight Roxanne Modafferi (22-15 MMA, 1-3 UFC) has seen enough. And while she may be known as “The Happy Warrior,” Modafferi isn’t happy about the lack of action being taken against fighters who miss weight. In her mind, the 20 percent fine that is typically assigned to most athletes who fall short of their contracted mark just isn’t enough to curb what she sees as a growing problem. “I think that 20 percent is money, but it doesn’t affect the actual fight, so when a fighter that misses weight comes in rehydrated, they’re stronger and heavier than the other fighter, and the fighter who actually missed weight has an advantage over the fighter who made weight,” Modafferi told MMAjunkie. “I feel like it’s an unfair advantage over the person that did their job, so therefore there should be some kind of consequence in the actual fight to even it up a little bit.” After watching Cynthia Calvillo struggle at the scales ahead of this weekend’s UFC Argentina event, Modafferi took to social media on Friday to offer her proposed penalty: take a point from anyone who misses weight.
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