UFC Paris: Farès Ziam 155 lb Lightweight Rehydration Telemetry

Fighter Baseline Lightweight (155 lb)

Official Weigh-In Scale 155.0 lbs

Non-title limit: 156.0 lbs. Ziam hit 155.0 lbs championship tolerance.

Starting Cut Mass (Walk-around) 172.0 lbs

Total water depleted: 17.0 lbs (9.88%)

Hydration Strategy

Hourly Fluid Rate Target 0.75 L / hr

Electrolyte Sodium Density 65 mmol/L

Carb Glycogen Staging 450 g total

Current Cage Weight 168.4 lbs +13.4 lbs rehydrated

Plasma Volume Recovery 94.5% Optimal Stroke Volume

Aerobic Power Retention 96.8% Peak Conditioning

GI Stress Risk LOW Within gastric clearance

Recovery Timeline Navigation

Friday 09:00 Weigh-in to Saturday 15:00 Fight Night Cage Walk

+18.0h (Saturday 03:00)

30-Hour Rehydration Telemetry Curve

Weight (lbs)

Plasma Vol (%)

Aerobic Retention (%)

Physiological Clearance: Excellent Farès Ziam is on schedule to enter the Octagon at ~169.5 lbs with over 95% aerobic power and restored cerebral fluid buffering.

Weigh-In Clearance Analysis

Weighing in at 155.0 lbs exact (championship threshold) demonstrates disciplined water regulation. 17.0 lbs depleted represents 9.88% body mass—safely inside the 10% critical dehydration safety margin without requiring intravenous rescue.

Gastric Emptying Threshold

Human stomach clearance caps between 0.8L to 1.1L per hour during acute repletion. Hypotonic/isotonic electrolyte fluids prevent hyperosmolar gut fluid shifts, safeguarding cardiovascular output during early high-output grappling exchanges.

Intracellular Glycogen Bond

Each gram of stored muscle glycogen binds 3 to 4 grams of cellular water. Staging 450g of complex carbs across the first 20 hours locks in 1.8 kg (~4 lbs) of lean intracellular ballast directly into fight-night kinetic punch output.