Two months after the BJ Penn vs. Frankie Edgar rubber match, nutritionist Mike Dolce responded to "The Prodigy's" statements, adding that the UFC's two-division world champion displayed some attitude problems during camp.
A month after the BJ Penn vs. Frankie Edgar rubber match on July 6th at The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale in Las Vegas, "The Prodigy" had some compelling words for Dolce, who served as the fighter's nutritionist during his preparations for the fight.
"As far as Mike Dolce goes; I would never hire him again for anything," Penn said in an interview with his own website BJPenn.com.
The aforementioned third BJ Penn vs. Frankie Edgar match was fought at 145-pounds, at the featherweight division. Edgar made his drop from 155-pounds in February 2013, and Penn eventually followed suit, after fighting at both 155 and 170-pounds (welterweight).
In his most recent guesting at UFC analyst Joe Rogan's podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, Dolce revealed that the Penn camp had cut communication ties with him as soon as the Ultimate Fighter filming was over.
"They broke off communication with me after 'The Ultimate Fighter' was over," Dolce explained. "I didn't hear from anybody from their team (or) their camp until the very end of May, which is just a few weeks before fight week. They were in a bit of crisis mode."
Dolce went on to shed light on some of Penn's attitude problems during camp. One instance that he cited was "The Prodigy's" delinquent practices in terms of his diet.
"I didn't get to Hawaii to actually be a part of the team until June 9, which is less than a month before the fight," he continued. "When I got there, B.J. said, 'I weigh 157 pounds, but I went out last night with Dominick Cruz and I had some pizza, and I still weigh 157 today.' And I'm thinking, 'Oh, why the f**k do you need me to be here?' If you're 157 pounds, you're 10 pounds over what the weight class is after eating some bad sh*t."
Mike Dolce also questioned Penn's training at the time, which he believed was not enough.
"All the other athletes I work with train much more often," he continued. "(He trained) once a day, but not quite every day. The type of training was less. I don't know why there were no coaches there that were truly able to make influence."
