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Like has been said, the main problem is doing a catch weight for a title. If you are a champion at a weight class then there should be a rule in place for maintaining the actual weight. There shouldn't be able to be a negotiation for a contract weight when it's for the title. And also as others have said, it is the commissions and managers job to keep the fighters safe and not allow a natural middle weight to drop that few extra pounds. It makes no sense. We changed to before day weigh ins just so we could call for catch weights and weight drain the fighter even more? Are you telling me that is less dangerous to the fighters health?
But you have no problem with a 'middleweight' climbing into the ring at 175? Rehydrating turns every fight into a catch weight bout, except that nobody knows how much anybody is going to weigh.
The rules state you have to weigh in at 160 or below. What part don't you understand?

For a guy involved in the sport you seem unclear on how the rules work.
I think he explained it pretty clearly.

Fighters who want to fight as "middleweights" while walking into the ring weighing 180 pounds are doing more harm to the sport in terms of competitive balance and safety than a guy who requests his opponent to weigh in at 157.

You don't have to agree but the point is pretty simple.