Weight-cutting in MMA has been a topic of hot debate, especially after the process claimed a victim in September. Bellator fighter Daia͏ne ͏Silva, was in a͏ medically induced coma for approximately͏ three months after a weight cut led to kidney failure. She suffered from extreme dehydration while in preparation for the Bellator London card. What looked like a grim situation at first has now taken a turn for the better.

After spending several weeks in the hospital, Silva eventually emerged from the coma. She has since been discharged and is now back home in Brazil. While having a conversation with the media, Silva’s manager Alex Davis gave the MMA community the background scenes behind the worrisome weight-cut accident, “The first prognosis we had was that she could be with dialysis for the rest of her life and it could take months for her to regain consciousness. But thanks to a lot of different factors like a very, very good friend of hers was an angel that stayed with her all the time and thanks to her very good physical shape and the help of the hospital and the doctors, thanks to the support of Bellator, of Mike Kogan and Eduardo Lima, and thanks to Cristiano Marcello, her trainer, thanks to all that worked so hard. We’d get up at three in the morning, I’d get up at 3:00 in the morning to have meetings with these people.”

He further added, “Out of a very sorry prognostics, she is [now] walking, she is awake, she is off the dialysis machine. She’s talking. She has a little bit of difficulty, it was a very, very serious condition she came out of. She’s back in Brazil. She’s at a rehabilitation center and we expect her to be 100 percent recovered.”

With an undefeated 3-0 record, Silva signed a contract with Bellator for a short-notice fight against Eman Almudhaf at their September event in London. She was supposed to cut her weight to the 146-pound limit for a non-title fight. This was challenging for her considering the fact that she always competed at 155 pounds. Regardless, her coming out of a coma was a relieving thing for the MMA fans.

Fans take a sigh of relief as Daia͏ne ͏Silva comes out of the coma

Well, PFL-Bellator fighters are going through the darkest phase of their career specifically due to the fact that there’s a lack of acceptance from the fans for them. Many champions such as Patchy Mi͏x͏, C͏ore͏y ͏And͏͏e͏rson, and P͏atric͏i͏o Pitbull have called out the promotion for forced sta͏g͏nation͏ and lack of communication. Looking at this a fan wrote, “this may be the only good news about Pfl/Bellator in a long time.”

It must be noted that when Daia͏ne ͏Silva went into the comatose state, Bellator never made any statement and PFL’s CEO Donn Davis had to come forward to explain the reason behind it, “I’ll tell you it’s specifically not been addressed for the fighter privacy,” said Davis. This behavior by the promotion has been called out by the fans, “Incredibly disgusting of bellator to try and sweep this under the rug.” 

Another fan thought that Silva was being cut from the sport, “I thought you were about to say PFL cut her.” Furthermore, another fan emphasized that the weight-cutting process should be banned from the sport, “Weight cutting needs to be banned.” Last but not least, a fan was glad that Daia͏ne ͏Silva is out of danger now, “Amazing news.”

The fighter will have to go through the process of complete recovery before embracing the fight game once again. Regardless, what’s your take on Daia͏ne ͏Silva’s health? State your thoughts in the comments below.