John McCarthy reveals issue that surfaced in Chimaev's camp

“I can tell you I learned a few things about his weight cut and what happened, and honestly, it surprised me. I was told that people around him were feeding him the wrong food instead of what he was supposed to be eating. They were giving him different products. That created a problem, and in the end he had to cut 14 pounds (6.35 kg) at the very last stage, and that basically dried his body out,” ‘Big’ John said on his Weighing In podcast.