It’s more so to do with the fact that he didn’t drain out his body for weight cut. So that means his body wasn’t put through tremendous stress prior to the bout, as a result he’s more fresh and retained a lot of power.
Haney made weight so he may have put his body through more stress than Ryan. Haney had to rehydrate and eat to regain the strength and energy. That takes a toll on the body.
I accept all that, but Haney gets to eat and rehydrate during the 24+ hrs leading up to the fight.
What do you think his at fight weight was? 142-145
What do you think Ryan's was? (Especially since he was not restricting himself)
I remember a few dudes who used to wrestle during HS and college would wear the sweat suit and shit to drop those last few lbs / ounces....
But they only had what a couple hours max before they needed to wrestle....
The "official" weigh in was Friday morning closed door. The public weigh in is a couple hours later and just for show if an over weight contender declines to try to make weight.