Fighters Only

Issue 127

April 2015

The unbeaten Blackzilians welterweight reveals his sweet tooth

Name the five must-haves in your ice-box.

“Outside of camp I like to have Oreo cookies. I also like ice cream and ice cream sandwiches. I like something sweet to drink. Let’s open the fridge and see what’s in here... Definitely peanut butter, jelly and fresh fruit.”

What do you gorge on?

“Who can’t eat peanut butter all day?”

What do you cheat with?

“Ice cream. Every once in a while I get through a hard day of training and I just have to get in there and stick a spoon in that ice cream. You lie to yourself. You say you’ll take one spoonful and that spoon turns into eating a quart. After the fight I eat half a gallon at a time.”

What is your favorite bottled sauce?

“Frank’s Red Hot 100%. I put it

on everything.”

What dessert do you enjoy?

“Ice cream! That and cookies. Cookies and cream ice cream is one of the best things on the planet.”

What is your own signature dish?

“My amazing wife, who is the best, cooks the majority of my dinners. I do breakfast. I do over easy eggs with avocado on Ezekiel bread. Put a little Frank’s Red Hot on there. That’s the stuff.”

What is your favorite meal during fight camp?

“Fresh fish like salmon. My wife does it best. I have a steak night and a salmon night. I look forward to those two nights most.”

What meal do you eat after the weigh-in?

“Some people disagree with this but I go to a steakhouse. I like steak and potatoes. People say it takes longer for steak to digest, but I have an amazing nutrition team and they don’t mind me eating steak so that’s what I’m eating.”

Which nationality of food is your favorite?

“I like it all, but at the end of the day I’m a steak and potatoes guy.”

Anything in there inedible?

“100%. Whatever is left from my last fight camp. When you are dieting everything is delicious. Even lettuce, everything tastes great and you look forward to eating it and then after you weigh in it’s like, ‘I don’t want that crap!’ (laughs).”