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Gastelum to cut weight without Dolce again
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<p>Kelvin Gastelum has had several issues with weight cutting, but coming into the biggest fight of his young career, the former TUF winner will be cutting weight without the help of former diet coach Mike Dolce. The two worked together in his first fight out of the TUF house, but split due to financial issues. UFC President Dana White asked Gastelum to use Dolce for his UFC 180 co-main event slot, but Gastelum instead will be doing it on his own again:</p>
Dolce confirmed to ESPN.com on Monday he was contacted by Gastelum's camp, but is unavailable to travel to Mexico next week.
Gastelum said he failed to make weight last time mostly due to unforeseen circumstances and promised it would not be an issue this time.
"A lot of things went wrong that fight week," Gastelum told ESPN.com. "My weight was good. It was low. But things went south, starting with my flights getting canceled. One of my flights had to turn around and go back to my original airport. I didn't get into San Antonio until the next day at 2 a.m. A lot of little things went wrong, timing-wise. I had to check in pretty early for the UFC the day of the weigh-in and they didn't allow me to continue sweating off those pounds.
"We're going to make sure we do everything right this time. This should be the easiest weight cut I've had."
Still can't figure out why people seem to think Dolce does something others can't. There are other guys in the sport currently who do an equal or potentially better job but they don't plaster their t-shirts and faces everywhere. They know who they are and their work speaks for itself.
MMAAdvertising - Still can't figure out why people seem to think Dolce does something others can't. There are other guys in the sport currently who do an equal or potentially better job but they don't plaster their t-shirts and faces everywhere. They know who they are and their work speaks for itself.
In your opinion who are the top three diet and nutritionist coaches in mma?!
MMAAdvertising - Still can't figure out why people seem to think Dolce does something others can't. There are other guys in the sport currently who do an equal or potentially better job but they don't plaster their t-shirts and faces everywhere. They know who they are and their work speaks for itself.
Because Dana got behind him, is at least part of it.
MMAAdvertising - Still can't figure out why people seem to think Dolce does something others can't. There are other guys in the sport currently who do an equal or potentially better job but they don't plaster their t-shirts and faces everywhere. They know who they are and their work speaks for itself.
Edgar Garcia's best friend Joe Ochoa did his diet for UFC 180. I actually arranged for Edgar and I to meet with a nutritionist before hand for this fight. After the meeting he decided against it and went with Joe. Despite being semi short notice, Edgar is on point. A lot of guys know their bodies and how it reacts better than anyone. Don't get me wrong, Dolce is good at what he does but he is becoming harder and harder to reach.
letsgobois - He's an outspoken figure in MMA, and we are all talking about him instead of Kelvin. That's why he's $$$
Kelvin isn't one to put himself in front of people for the sake of blowing himself up. He's focused on winning fights, not building a brand. Which is aggravating from a marketing standpoint, but should be commended from a fan or athlete standpoint.
I believe a lot of this "Dolce Magic" is just Dolce coming in and cleaning the guy's diet. If the fighter had a professional nutrionist at his service, I don't think bringing Dolce would make much difference.
MMAAdvertising - Still can't figure out why people seem to think Dolce does something others can't. There are other guys in the sport currently who do an equal or potentially better job but they don't plaster their t-shirts and faces everywhere. They know who they are and their work speaks for itself.
But the fans know Dolce and if someone misses weight the conversation is maybe he should use Dolce. He is literally the only weight cutting couch in the conversation.
MMAAdvertising - Still can't figure out why people seem to think Dolce does something others can't. There are other guys in the sport currently who do an equal or potentially better job but they don't plaster their t-shirts and faces everywhere. They know who they are and their work speaks for itself.
Do these other guys get shout outs from Dana White or been on 2 joe rogan podcasts? That's probably why
