Jon Fitch pushing veganism

[No other way]

sorta. He had this to say on his twitter:

I'm not vegan yet, but the more I look into health and nutrition the less meat I eat.

He already doesn't eat dairy if I have my facts straight.

I've seen videos of him pushing for people to have mostly vegan diets and has said that when he's training for a fight he eats vegan.

It would be so nice to have one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world on our side.

[prenna]

Fitch is fighting BJ Penn at UFC 127 in Sydney. If I get to meet him while I'm there, I'll give him some encouragement.

[JP]

this is amazing!

saunders, mir and now fitch! Whats going on!

[V-Igor]

That's an awesome kind of vegan promotion.

[hoffmeister]

Thats great!

[wannalift]

this is amazing!

saunders, mir and now fitch! Whats going on!

Yeah, it does seem kind of strange. Like they all joined a cult or something

Honestly, they probably see it as a competitive advantage over their opponents. Avoiding acidic food like meat probably helps them to lessen the negative effects of the lactic acid that they have to battle in their training/fights.

[Clem Snide]

Avoiding acidic food like meat probably helps them to lessen the negative effects of the lactic acid that they have to battle in their training/fights.

Dubious in the extreme, I feel.

[hoffmeister]

I posted this in another section also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPGFnGfsG-o&feature=player_embedded

[VirtueVigilante]

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[JP]

dont know about Diaz brothers (LEGENDS!) but their training partner Jake Shields is a lifelong vegetarian.

[VirtueVigilante]

I found this article: http://gaander.posterous.com/vegetarian ... ma-awesome

Seems both Diaz brothers are vegetarians

[JP]

I found this article: http://gaander.posterous.com/vegetarian ... ma-awesome

Seems both Diaz brothers are vegetarians

great article!

[KC Masterpiece]

From an interview with Kenny Florian (talking about Fitch):

"I just was with him at the last UFC in Vegas [UFC 126] he's actually walking around at 176lbs," Florian stated. "He's a vegan now. He's 100 percent vegan. He's changed his whole lifestlye. And the first thing I said to him 'Man, you're looking pretty darn skinny' and he said, 'yeah, I'm a vegan now and I'm 176lbs right now'."

[vegimator]

From an interview with Kenny Florian (talking about Fitch):

"I just was with him at the last UFC in Vegas [UFC 126] he's actually walking around at 176lbs," Florian stated. "He's a vegan now. He's 100 percent vegan. He's changed his whole lifestlye. And the first thing I said to him 'Man, you're looking pretty darn skinny' and he said, 'yeah, I'm a vegan now and I'm 176lbs right now'."

Great that he's fully vegan but someone needs to introduce him to the bulker's thread.

[kallefs]

Man, you're looking pretty darn skinny' and he said, 'yeah, I'm a vegan now '

Ouch!