{"id":245383,"date":"2017-07-27T15:48:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T22:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=245383"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:27:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:27:46","slug":"daniel-cormiers-nutritionist-discusses-dcs-weight-cut-ahead-of-ufc-214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormiers-nutritionist-discusses-dcs-weight-cut-ahead-of-ufc-214\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier’s nutritionist discusses DC’s weight-cut ahead of UFC 214"},"content":{"rendered":"

In UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier’s most recent fight, the champ caught quite a bit of criticism when he weighed in 1.2 pounds over the light heavyweight title fight limit of 205 pounds for his title defense with Anthony Johnson<\/a>. Cormier then reemerged just moments later and pressed down on the privacy towel<\/a> to offset his weight, in order to make weight without cutting the weight.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Cormier’s UFC 214 showdown with Jon Jones this weekend, Cormier’s nutritionist spoke with MMAFighting<\/a> to discuss the situation leading up to the fight:<\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/p>\n

\u201cDC\u201d fans don\u2019t have to worry about any of that this week, per Cormier\u2019s nutritionist Tyler Minton of FitnessVT. Cormier is 215 pounds as of Wednesday night and still completely hydrated.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s really lean right now,\u201d said Minton, who works with MMA nutrition gurus George Lockhart and Daniel Lieth. \u201cHe really is. He\u2019s got abs showing. He\u2019s a lean guy right now. He looks amazing. Daniel Cormier has a lot of muscle mass \u2014 he\u2019s a muscular dude. He\u2019s a stud athlete. You remove mixed martial arts, he\u2019s just an athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hit the numbers we needed to hit for the 30-day out,\u201d Minton said. \u201cWe hit those just through diet. We didn\u2019t have to do anything crazy. So yeah, he started a bit lighter and it\u2019s made the whole camp easy. Because instead of focusing on cutting weight for six weeks, we fed him like an athlete. I tell people all the time, you don\u2019t feed a supermodel and an athlete the same way. We\u2019ve been able to feed him like a 205-pound world champion.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Jon<\/p>\n

Tune in to the UFC 214 weigh-ins tomorrow to see how Cormier looks during weigh-ins for the fight, and tune in Saturday night to see the fight go down!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 7\/27\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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