Bellator fighter Adam Piccolotti suspended 6 months after posting IG videos of vomiting during weight cut

The Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation has medically suspended Adam Piccolotti for six months after the Bellator fighter posted an Instagram video of himself vomiting during his weight cut last week, director Mike Mazzulli said Wednesday.

Piccolotti wrote on social media that he had thrown up «20-plus times» during the weight cut ahead of Bellator 274, which took place last Saturday at Mohegan Sun.

The Mohegan Tribe also suspended Piccolotti's three cornermen — Mauricio Calvo, Raul Castillo and Matthew Aragoni — for their roles in the situation. The video showed two of Piccolotti's corners helping him up off the floor to take him into a portable sauna for him to cut more weight. Piccolotti has since deleted the video.

Even though the suspension was put into place by the Mohegan Tribe, Mazzulli said it will be honored by the other commissions in the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC), across the United States and Canada.

Mazzulli, the ABC president, said Piccolotti will need to be cleared by a nephrologist and he will need a new EKG and physical examination to compete again. Piccolotti was also fined $2,500.

«I'm concerned about his kidneys,» Mazzulli said. «Something has to be done about these unnecessarily dangerous weight cuts.»

Piccolotti (13-4) ended up winning Saturday night, defeating Georgi Karakhanyan via unanimous decision in a lightweight bout. The 33-year-old California resident has won four of his last six fights.