4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2013
⏱️ 61 minutes
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In this fun episode, Mike shares behind-the-scenes tales about your favorite fighters including Gilbert Melendez, Daniel Cormier, Johny Hendricks, Thiago Alves and more! Plus, Mike answers YOUR questions! Topics include: How ladies can gain lean, sexy muscle; My family eats like crap HELP!; How to coach an athlete; Organic vs. conventional food and more!
The founder of The Dolce Diet & creator of UFC FIT, Mike Dolce is known the world over for his work managing the weight cuts of UFC athletes like Johny Hendricks, Vitor Belfort, Thiago Alves, Chael Sonnen, Quinton Jackson, Nik Lentz, Jake Ellenberger and more!
His #1 international best-selling books include The Dolce Diet: 3 Weeks to Shredded, The Dolce Diet: Living Lean, & The Dolce Diet: Living Lean Cookbook. For more information on Mike’s books, MMA weight cuts, weight management, gaining muscle, weight loss, overall healthy living, UFC FIT and so much more, visit TheDolceDiet.com & TheMikeDolceShow.com & UFCFIT.com.
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0:15.8 | What's up everybody? |
0:18.0 | Welcome to the Mike Dolce show, episode 48. And once again, we are back. A little hiatus due to work, excessive work, grinding, nonstop, productive work. What have we been up to over here? Brandy. Gilbert had a nice win. Gilbert Melendez. El Niño went out there and |
0:41.6 | fought Diego Sanchez in what many are calling the fight of the year, possibly the fight of the |
0:47.9 | decade. I'm very proud to say, as you guys know, I have been working with Gilbert Melendez for this fight. |
0:55.4 | Gilbert is the former Strike Force reigning lightweight champion. He was brought over to the |
1:00.7 | UFC and fought Ben Henderson and barely, just barely lost a judge's decision, which many |
1:07.8 | in attendance thought Gilbert won. I also think Gilbert won that. And I wasn't working with him at that time. |
1:12.5 | I felt Gilbert got screwed on that decision. |
1:14.6 | Regardless, he brought me in the help for this fight with Diego. |
1:18.4 | And I think the proof is in the pudding. |
1:20.8 | We talked about what happened getting ready for the Ben Henderson fight. |
1:24.0 | He had some weight cut issues. |
1:25.2 | He had some dietary issues. |
1:27.3 | He was doing the |
1:27.8 | things that he always did. Training like a wrestler, hard nose, tough, but not always the healthiest. |
1:33.1 | It's not the best for sports performance. So he brought in old coach Dolce over here, and we sat down |
1:39.6 | in his beautiful, beautiful home overlooking the San Francisco Valley, really nice, picturesque balcony, |
1:48.1 | and we sipped black coffee with coconut oil in there, which he absolutely loved. |
1:52.0 | And we discussed diet and nutrition, not just for sports performance and weight cutting, |
1:57.6 | for optimum life, optimal life. |
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