http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2765409-ufcs-paige-vanzant-i-was-giving-myself-an-eating-disorder-to-make-the-weight?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial
This article is about the weight issue for a female athlete. Eating disorders are a serious issue. Weight cutting—a practice in which athletes lose massive amounts of weight ahead of contests in order to compete in lighter divisions—is rife in the MMA. While the majority of cuts are without incident, a number of fighters die each year because of complications.
The UFC, to this point, has avoided seeing one of its athletes die from a weight cut, but there have been some troubling situations. Ahead of her flyweight debut, VanZant was standing alongside UFC middleweight Uriah Hall when his kidneys shut down because of weight cutting. That confirmed to her she made the right move.
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