Dramatic weight cut renders UFC fighter impotent - Forget Saul, Better Call Sean!

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To put this in musical terms, Alex Hernandez went from Steely Dan to Limp Bizkit in one single training camp.

That’s because “The Great Ape” made the not-so-great decision to drop down to the 145-pound weight class to battle Billy Quarantillo at the UFC 282 pay-per-view (PPV) event last December in Las Vegas, which ended with a second round technical knockout loss.

And a picket-line penis.

“I’ve got some of the best nutritionists in the world, Perfecting Athletes is the group I go with. It’s not like I wasn’t eating it was just small man,” Hernandez told reporters at the UFC Vegas 69 media day (transcribed by Express.co.uk). “It was rough, it was the roughest. It wasn’t like I was moaning every day, I was locked in, but my d*ck didn’t even work in the morning. I was Gender X, just moving through for three months. Just a straightforward path.”

Hernandez, 30, returns to the lightweight division to throw hands opposite battle-tested veteran Jim Miller as part of the UFC Vegas 69 event this Sat. night (Feb. 18, 2023) at APEX in Las Vegas, following a 155-pound fight camp that freed him of “pain and struggling.”

Things are looking up, so to speak.

“Doing that for enough time probably weighs on the brain a little bit,” Hernandez continued. “It was tough, everything was low. Everything was depleted. I felt strong though. I felt fast, I felt faster than I’ve ever felt. The conditioning was fantastic, but I just needed to keep the mental game right. I just needed to remember why I was doing all this pain and struggling for.”
 
I guess it's possible. I know that I'd feel so lethargic while dropping weight that all I wanted to do was sleep and conserve energy. Forcing myself to lift was miserable.

If the caloric deficit is extreme enough, maybe your body becomes so depleted that those kinds of non-essential functions just stop working.
I'm guessing it is the male equivalent of when female athletes stop menstruating.
 
He'll do fine on OnlyFans or if one of the major studios acquires him (Falcon, CockyBoys, etc).
 
I realize this kinda thing's probably been done close to the same in boxing forever but I want to know: he's squarely in malnutrition territory yeah? So how does that affect his fighting? can he make weight and then eat good for a day or 2 and be back to near 100% of his old 155 pound ability? Or is he for sure locked in to being somewhat lesser than a typical 145 pound fighter?
 
I realize this kinda thing's probably been done close to the same in boxing forever but I want to know: he's squarely in malnutrition territory yeah? So how does that affect his fighting? can he make weight and then eat good for a day or 2 and be back to near 100% of his old 155 pound ability? Or is he for sure locked in to being somewhat lesser than a typical 145 pound fighter?
The answer was no, he looked good for one round and then gassed, and got the shit kicked out of him. Almost automatically decided to go back to 155lbs.

No shit it didn't work out. His problem isn't weight or being weaker than other guys, it's noticable technical deficiencies.
 
Nutritionists and dietician’s scare the fuck out of me.
A correct and appropriate response. Yours had no business advising anyone. Ketosis in diet should at the very least be monitored and logged. The fact the stupid fucking shit brain told you to keep going after a near death experience... wow.
My favorite cow - Jack Scalfani likes to LARP as a Keto dude. He calls it leaning keto. AnOminous called it, if Jack went into ketosis, (He's a fatabetic) He would FUCKING DIE.
 
My rule is: if my dick is having problems I need to go to the goddamn hospital. Every time I've had a flu and haven't been able to get a boner, it's been pneumonia.
You only get one dick guys, take care of it.
 
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