{"id":515711,"date":"2026-03-05T09:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515711\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T09:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:48:08","slug":"ufc-mexico-citys-regina-tarin-claps-back-at-body-shaming-fight-fans-my-body-went-through-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515711\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Mexico City\u2019s Regina Tarin claps back at body-shaming fight fans: \u2018My body went through so much\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 21-year-old knockout artist debuted on short-notice<\/a> opposite Ernesta Kareckaite, putting on a three-round scrap that stands out as one of the better female fights of 2026 so far. Not only did she throw down, but \u201cKill Bill\u201d also walked away with the unanimous decision victory. Very few fans knew her name a week ago, but now Tarin is a must-watch prospect in the women\u2019s Flyweight division.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Tarin\u2019s performance hasn\u2019t been the sole topic of conversation. There was quite a bit of discussion online about her physical transformation from weigh-in day to fight night, and as is so often the case in women\u2019s sport, the comments could get ugly. For better or worse, Tarin has taken to Instagram to defend her \u201cbloated\u201d figure, which she says was an abnormal result of cutting 26 pounds in just three days.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first photo, that\u2019s me before the weigh-in, dehydrated and starving,\u201d Tarin wrote on Instagram (translated via Google Translate). \u201cI lost 12 kg for this fight and cut 9 kg. I only had 3 days for everything. In the second photo, I had already rehydrated and eaten what my plan prescribed. My body went through so much; I was clearly quite bloated from all the processes my body underwent. I shouldn\u2019t have to explain why my physical transformation happened overnight, but that\u2019s how a super drastic weight cut works, and my body reacted by becoming bloated. I don\u2019t always look like this, haha.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t mind people criticizing my body because only I know what I went through and what my body endured for this fight. Thanks to everyone who supports me! I\u2019m the youngest Mexican woman in the UFC, I won the fight, and I put up a great fight. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll take away from this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, female fighters are no strangers to harassment from unhinged fight fans<\/a> even without any kind of physical transformation. Thankfully, Tarin seems to have shrugged off the comments without too much issue, and she\u2019ll most likely have a regular fight camp and normal weight cut in her sophomore performance whenever she\u2019s booked to return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 21-year-old knockout artist debuted on short-notice opposite Ernesta Kareckaite, putting on a three-round scrap that stands out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,702],"class_list":["post-515711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}