According to George Lockhart, the nutritionist and hydration specialist to numerous MMA fighters including Cyborg, most fighters he works with float around a pound of their contracted weight. There was no intention to push her to 139 instead of 140, but rather, that occurred as a natural by-product of their cutting process.
The more lucrative financial and sporting opportunities, however, exist at women's bantamweight with names like Cat Zingano, Ronda Rousey, Juliana Pena, Holly Holm, Miesha Tate and others all competing in a weight class below her's.
Given where she is and where the money is relative to that - and the difference of three pounds for non-title bantamweight fights - how realistic is it now to get to 135?
"You hit the nail right on the head. Could she make the cut? Absolutely," Lockhart said on Monday's The Luke Thomas Show. "She can make 135. She can make 130, but performing? That's another question. That right there comes down to time. She put in a lot of time for this."
Lockhart argues pushing Cyborg to a number on a scale isn't really the issue. Instead, it's what the fighter will be able to reasonably accomplish in the course of resource depletion to achieve it.
"People don't realize how hard it was just to get down to 139. She had to do three-a-days every single day of the week. Sundays she had a day off, but still. Three-a-days, it's a lot. She's running, doing a lot of road work."
LINK: George Lockhart believes Cris Cyborg can make bantamweight, but there's a catch
