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As an MMA fighter myself, who has had to cut as much as 13 kgs in as little as 8 weeks, I will say this: It is very possible to cut a lot of weight in short periods of time. However, it can be difficult and a test on you mentally and physically.
I was talking to a guy that claimed to have lost 20 kg in 6 weeks on a diet plan that he was give for this ...
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The Wikipedia page on Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualification states (emphasis and italics mine):
The top 22 men or 14 women from the world rankings in each division
qualify, subject to a limit of 1 judoka per NOC (National Olympic
Committee) per division. Further continental quotas (Europe 25,
Africa 24, Pan-America 21, Asia 20 and Oceania ...
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The most extreme weight-cutting I've heard of was Nate Green's Bigger/Smaller/Bigger experiment, where he gained 20lbs in 4 weeks, lost it all in 5 days, and gained most of it back in 1. Might be work a look, as the techniques are from John Berardi and Martin Rooney, who both train MMA fighters.
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