“Mike Dolce is the reason I went to 145. I had always had a hard time making 155, and when I got into the cage, I was drained because of it. I knew I needed to make a change and stalked enough people until I got Dolce’s number.
I then preceded to text him constantly until he had to reply. I’m sure he was like, “Who the #$%^ is this guy, and why won’t he leave me alone!” I got him on the phone and he asked me what I wanted to do with my career. I told him I wanted to be a world champion and I knew I had the talent to do it, but I was just missing the tools to make it happen. He said he would work with me as long as I went to 145. I was scared to death of the thought of dropping that much weight. Like I said, it was incredibly hard for me to make 155, and now this dude wanted to see me at 145. I decided what the hell, and said, “Let’s do it.” When I hung up, I felt like I was going to throw up. I pictured myself dying in the sauna, but I have not set foot in a sauna or put on a rubber suit since working with him. The dude is a nutritional genius. The diet also made it so I had more energy, so now I can work out twice as long.”
~NIK “THE CARNY” LENTZ, #8 WORLD-RANKED UFC LIGHTWEIGHT
