MMA fighter suspended after being sick 20 times during brutal weight-cut

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Bellator lightweight Adam Piccolotti has been suspended for six months after posting a video of himself being sick during his recent weight cut.

Piccolotti got back in the win column at Belllator 274 last weekend by outpointing Georgi Karakhanyan.

But his win has been overshadowed after posting a now-deleted graphic video of himself being sick several times whilst he cut weight for the fight.

Mike Mazzulli, director of the Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation, revealed Piccolotti will also be fined $2,500 and his cornermen will have their corner licenses suspended.

The graphic video shows Piccolotti being helped inside a portable sauna by his team. It then cuts to the fighter throwing up yellow fluid onto a towel.

He is then helped back to his feet by his cornerman before needing assistance to take off his clothes and re-enter the portable sauna.

And Mazzulli admitted it was sad to see the lengths Piccolotti went to in order to make the 156lb limit for his fight.

“Something needs to be done to deter extreme weight cutting,” Mazzulli told MMA Fighting. “After looking at that video, I was appalled that a fighter would go that extent to lose weight.”

“It’s a sad commentary that a fighter