Mike Dolce weighs in on Chael Sonnen's weight cut and loss to Silva
Posted on July 16, 2012, 06:58 PM by Mike SearsonMike Dolce fought professionally for four years run with a record of 5 wins and 10 losses. However his greatest loss comes in the form of pounds and that is where he is most in demand on the fight circuit. Dolce is the designer of the Dolce Diet, an author of three books and famous for helping some of the top athletes in MMA get down to their desired weight come fight day.
One of his more high profile fighters is Chael Sonnen, who challenged Anderson Silva for the UFC Middleweight title for the second time last weekend at UFC 148. One day prior to the weigh-ins for his bout with Silva, Sonnen stated in an interview that he was 20 pounds overweight. He made the cut thanks to Dolce. In an interview with MMAsucka.com the fighter turned nutritionist said: "It is not uncommon for my guys to be heavy leading into fight week because they are healthy. Other guys are starving, dramatically dehydrated, tired and week. We make it as easy as possible and what we say and do is common sense and logical. The fighter is able to cut the weight in a dynamic, safe and brief manner. Being ‘super-hydrated’ is very important and my fighters need to be fed to increase their core temperatures while exercising in order to perspire at a very high rate. While they're exercising, by the pool or in the sauna they can sweat six to ten pounds of water in an hour."
When asked what weight Sonnen was when he actually stepped into the Octagon with Silva, after making the weight, Dolce admitted that he did not step on the scales again, but he estimated him to be "208-212 at least".
Despite his loss to Silva, Dolce has nothing but praise for him: “Chael is an amazing guy, an amazing athlete, a class act. I think every fighter on the planet could certainly learn from Chael Sonnen, he built the fight and he chose the fight against the baddest man on the planet, we all know that you don’t pick a fight with Anderson Silva unless you are crazy or you're really talented and Chael is really talented. He went out there, he had prepared like a champion, he fought like a champion, he fought with pure heart and he lost to the better man in the cage on that night and afterwards the class he showed respecting Anderson and the Brazilian public, it was really special to be a part of that and witness Chael doing that and the example he set.”
After the fight, critics questioned everything from Silva grabbing Sonnen’s shorts, to smearing Vaseline on his torso, to even a possible illegal head kick. Dolce pointed out: “Well, the fans are the best judges on the planet, we’re all fans and we have our opinions and the majority of our opinions are correct, regardless of what you do it your life fans are pretty darn educated on this sport so if you look at the criteria and read the NSAC rules there were a lot of infractions you could say but that’s not what we’re focused on, we’re focused on the next fight moving forward. It’s a fight, punches, knees and kicks are thrown and sometimes it’s not thrown to the letter or the law, we know it and we get it but we’re moving forward with it and we want the next fight, we’re not looking back to that fight because they are gonna have to fight again, quite possibly or he’s gonna have to fight someone else, let's move forward. That’s certainly Chael’s feeling, that’s my feeling.”
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Good interview. Guy knows his stuff.
indeed he is a well spoken guy ! we need more educated pl like him in mma
The fans are the best judges on the planet? That is possibly the most ignorant statement I have ever read when it comes to professional sports.
Fans are stupid, fans are bias and totally unrealistic. That is why a cheating loser like Chael Sonnen is still worshipped after losing twice to the champion, after being suspended for using steroids and acting like a complete moron in the public eye.
Talking about illegal strikes, vaseline and grabbing the shorts. Did you idiots not notice the fact that Chael Sonnen cheated in a title fight by testing positive for steroids. Now you are using every excuse in the book to defend and justify this losers popularity.
Mike Dolce you and ignorant MMA fans sicken me.
@ Rip, when I read the "fans are the best judges on the planet" statement I think I took it a little differently than you. I understood him to mean "fans (as a whole group) are the best judges on the planet".
Most of us individuals on LowKick had a bias and spouted long and hard for our guy. In then end a few days after the fight I think we had a consensus we could agree on. In MY view the consensus went something like this:
Anderson Silva is the best fighter on the planet. He beat Chael twice. Chael gave him some of the best competition he's ever had. Irregularities / controversies occurred during the last fight that wouldn't have changed the outcome significantly....and oh, BTW, Chael can be obnoxious and maybe over the line at times but he's funny, hypes a great fight and in the end Anderson and Chael were able to see beyond their differences in the interest of sport and sportsmanship.
I think that would the average consensus of fight fans and so yes, I get what he's saying.
amen rip..but the stupid fans you were talking about are going to shower you with weaks now.
Steroids dont matter becuz everyone uses! anderson is cheet!
You totally just contradicted yourself. If fans were that great of judges then they wouldn't buy into stupid hype. You said he hypes a great fight, sorry bud when you talk constant shit and act like a complete moron while doing it, then get knocked out in the second round; that is not hyping anything great. it is an embarrassment to the sport.
Shut up, you are just making yourself look like more and more of a retard.
@ ripstick, so, are you saying you got knocked out in the second round?
It doesn't matter if Silva used illegal strikes... grabbed the shorts or used vaseline it really doesn't. Sonnen cheated himself and he has no leg to stand on. You can't cheat in a fight then call someone else out for cheating after lose.
So you are giving one guy a pass while the other is crucified for the use of legal TRT? hmm...
HOW THE **** CAN YOU WEAK THIS STATEMENT YOU MORONS?
I must of missed the part where Chael called out Silva for cheating
How can you be surprised that morons do stupid things? Comeon man, the weak function is only there to give them a chance.
There is no pass, Silva never cheated. Why are you so stupid. My point was it is beyond retarded to accuse someone of cheating when you yourself have already been caught and suspended for cheating in a previous fight.
*makes handicapped faces
@ ripstick - your " *makes handicapped faces" comment sounds a lot like DG1's " *face polm" and your comments are on par as well.
I think that handicapped face you're making is probably actually what you look like. You sound like a mongoloid that knows how to type.
Did you know that a mongoloid is supposed to be a member of an ethnic group originating from mongolia?
Ofcourse not, you used a big word to sound smart.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Mongoloid And you looked on Wikipedia to sounds smart, now run a long troll.
Get back to cutting your wrists and blacking your eyes, you look like a retarded, emo Justin Bieber.
I respect Dolce's knowledge.... Wait for it.... But ..... there is something about him that I find annoying.
hahaha! totatally agree with you - there is definitely something annoying about that dolce guy
Well, I was sure annoyed when I bought his diet "book" and it was not much more than a pamphlet.
All that supposed "class" was damage control. Chael was all alone in the world after that finish. He had to make good with everyone. You know he went home and started planning his SWAT team invasion of Anderson's wife's panty drawer.
He's been classy with all his losses. But later down the road he will get into his promotion persona and say things lol.
Mike Dolce failed as a fighter.