Retired MMA fighter BJ Penn recently bashed Mike Dolce saying that he would never hire the latter for anything at all.
Wen Dolce received the news, he remained quiet. Dolce made a name for himself helping top mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters make weight for their fights. He was also the reason why Penn was able to make weight in cut down to 145 pounds during his featherweight bout against Frankie Edgar.
Penn fought Edgar at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 19 Finale on July 6, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. But the end result was not that appealing as Penn was defeated by Edgar via a technical knockout in the third round. Although Penn never divulge the reason for his comment, But Dolce recently said his side of the story during the "The Joe Rogan Experience" for MMA Junkie.
He said "It was really an odd situation. Back when we filmed 'The Ultimate Fighter,' he was in the low 160s. Then they broke off communication with me after 'The Ultimate Fighter' was over. 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. 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. 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 fuck 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 s**t."
Mike added that he provided the team an eating regimen but his recommendation was not always taken into consideration.
He added "It was one of the oddest training camps I've ever been a part of, and I was there for less than two weeks, physically, in Hawaii. I had very little influence. I made some strong suggestions and very strong observations to members of the team about what I saw, what I'm accustomed to and what I think would really benefit him. The suggestions that I made, I made them officially, and they were accepted but not responded or reacted to. It was just a matter of that's the direction he chose to go. He's either going to win and look like a fucking genius, or he's going to not win and he's going to make the oddsmakers look like geniuses."
