Issue 093
October 2012
We learn about the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup addiction of the first WEC 135lb champion.
What are the five things that you must have in your fridge at all times?
“I’ve got to have yoghurt in there. Water is always essential. I think I’ve got some carrot juice in there at the moment. I’ve also got coffee and fruit in there too.”
What food do you gorge on?
“When I’m not training, pizza is my big thing. I think the week after my last fight [with Scott Jorgensen at UFC on FX: Johnson vs McCall] I ate pizza every day. However, when I’m training, I try to keep it clean. I eat a lot of spinach, chicken and steak. Anything that’s going to help me feel better than pizza.”
What do you cheat with on your cheat days?
“When I fought Urijah [Faber], I had a few cheat days. However, in my last couple of fights I haven’t had a cheat day at all. Monday through Sunday I was eating clean. I do have an intervention-like addiction to Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups. It’s really bad. I can have, like, six cups in 10 minutes.”
Do you keep anything other than frozen peas in your freezer?
“I keep chicken and steak in my freezer. Now I’ve got pizza and ice cream as I’m not training. However, for eight weeks out of the year, the pizza and ice-cream has to go. Right now though, I’ve got some real goodies in there.”
What’s your favorite bottled sauce?
“That’s hard to say, man. I love it all. BBQ sauce, hot sauce, marinating sauce. There’s a whole bunch of them that I like.”
What’s your signature dish?
“My signature dish would be chicken alfredo. It’s basically noodles, with a light sauce and chicken.”
What’s your favorite meal during fight camp?
“It’s mostly steak and chicken. More or less for eight weeks, that’s what I’m eating. I tried asparagus for the first time at the beginning of this camp and it turns out that I really like it. Since then I’ve been really big on it and I’ve eaten it with about every single meal.”
What meal do you eat after the weigh-in?
“You’ll usually find me going straight to Olive Garden to get some chicken alfredo [laughs].”
What meal do you eat after the fight?
“After my last fight, in June, I went to a Steak ‘n Shake and I got a bacon cheeseburger and some fries.”
You can only have three meals for the rest of your life. What are they?
“I would say it would have to be pizza, chicken alfredo and tacos.”
Loves: “Pizza.”
Hates: “Broccoli.”
Which…?
- Pepsi or Coke? “Pepsi.”
- Milk or Beer?“ “Milk.”
- Coffee or Tea? “Coffee.”
- Margarine or Butter? “Margarine.”
- Salt or Pepper? “Pepper.”
- Brown Bread or White Bread? “White bread.”
- Brown Rice or White Rice? “I don’t eat rice”
- Sweet or Savory?“Savory.”
- Chocolate or Cheese? “Cheese.”
- Your mom’s cooking or your wife’s cooking? “My mom’s cooking.”
