The problem is the UFC cherry-picked one change to hopefully improve fighter safety by giving them more time to rehydrate. Unsurprisingly, some fighters took advantage of that extra time to try to cut more and problems arose.In theory this makes sense. But if fighters are collapsing on the scales in the morning, it doesn’t matter how much they rehydrate. The stats of cancelled fights and fighter issues are overwhelmingly since the change.
The earlier weigh ins were not designed to make it easier for fighters to make bigger cuts or make weight more often; it was entirely a safety issue. Unfortunately, without the other provisions of the 10 point plan, the early weigh ins can be easily abused.
CSAC does not intend to go back to the old way, so it will be interesting to see what happens when the UFC goes back to CA.