I could live with the 17 weights if we could get back to the same day weigh in.
Same day weigh in protects both fighters, adding 24 hrs plus between the weigh in and the fight protects the bigger guy from the smaller guy by giving him more time to rehydrate.
Now they have some BS about not rehydrating beyond a certain %. Fuck that noise man, make the weight the morning of the fight or you lose. That would put fighters in their proper weight class, pronto.