FightWeight
AI cut coach that builds a personalized hydration, sauna, and refeed plan from weigh-in date, body composition, and prior cut history to stop fighters missing weight.
Amateur and pro MMA, boxing, and wrestling competitors cutting weight for fight week
- Calendar that reverse-engineers safe weight-loss targets from your weigh-in date and ACSM-cleared rate limits
- Daily protocol generator for water-loading, sodium manipulation, and glycogen depletion based on your body composition
- Live risk dashboard flagging dehydration red flags (urine color, weight loss pace, blood pressure) with a 'call your coach' alert
- Post-cut retrospective that logs what worked so each camp starts smarter than the last
A UFC fighter was just publicly fined for a big weight miss, reigniting the conversation about dangerous cuts and the absence of standardized prep tools.
Weight misses are a recurring, documented UFC storyline (Chase Hooper 2.5lb miss, Bryan Battle 4lb miss, plus MMA Junkie's running tracker) and CutCoach claims 'thousands of athletes' with 5.0 reviews — proving real, active demand.UFC Oklahoma City weigh-in results: Chase Hooper, another misses weight ↗Scale snafus: UFC official weigh-in misses in 2024 - MMA Junkie ↗
At least three funded direct competitors already exist with nearly identical feature sets: CutCheck, CutCoach (AI meal plans, water loading, glycogen depletion, refueling, AI food tracking) and CombatCut UK — leaving very little differentiated whitespace.CUTCHECK - Elite Weight Cutting Management for Combat Athletes ↗CutCoach - Cut Weight Effortlessly ↗CombatCut — Make Weight, Every Time ↗
CutCoach runs a 7-day-free-trial subscription with AI features and reports traction, and fighters already pay hundreds for human cut coaches — so WTP exists, but the total addressable market is a niche of amateur/pro combat athletes competing in weight-class events.CutCoach - Cut Weight Effortlessly ↗
Weight cutting is structurally baked into weight-class combat sports, but athletic commissions (UFC/USADA hydration testing, same-day weigh-in pilots) are actively working to shrink the cutting window, which could erode the addressable problem over time.Chase Hooper misses weight for first time at UFC Oklahoma City ↗
Core stack (mobile app + AI meal/hydration plan generator + tracking + refueling protocols) is a standard build, and three competitors have already shipped the exact feature set, so the build is easy but differentiation is hard.CutCoach - Cut Weight Effortlessly ↗