These Bodybuilders And Fighters Almost Died While Training

VanZant Frequently Passed Out While Trying To Make Weight

Losing weight when your body is naturally meant to be heavier is difficult for your average Jane Doe. It’s even more difficult if you’re an MMA fighter, and it’s not uncommon for fighters to go on extreme diets and purposely dehydrate themselves to the brink of death in order to make weight. Paige VanZant admitted that she was fighting her body to stay in her UFC weight category – and it almost killed her.

“I’m a lot heavier than people realize,” she said. “I was honestly killing myself for this sport. In my last I want to say two fights or three fights, I’ve passed out in my bathroom. This last one, I passed out and had the doctors almost not clear me for the fight.”