[Paul Lazenby]

I always sucked at cutting weight. The first time I tried it I wanted to drop eight pounds to get into the 220 class at a powerlifting meet. I dehydrated so much that I overshot the mark and weighed in at 214, then tore my trap clean in half on my final deadlift! I only ever cut weight for one contest after that, and ended up just lifting in whatever class I happened to be in (I ended up lifting in the 275 class weighing in the mid-250s). For fights it's a non-issue, because I walk around at 250-260 so it would take some real science to get me down to 205 and I don't fight frequently enough to justify doing it. I do fight for NFC which has a 225 class but I'm too damn lazy and would rather just eat well and fight the big boys. My hat is off to anyone who does cut significant weight, though--sometimes I wonder how guys like Riggs can fight after dropping so much.