Jiu-Jitsu Champion Mikey Musumeci once shocked the longtime UFC color commentator Joe Rogan by revealing his bizarre diet.

Being an MMA fighter isn’t an easy task, especially when it comes to weight cuts. MMA fighters have to follow a strict physical regime and diet before their fights to make weight. Even the greatest UFC fighters have had a weight-cut issue at least once in their career.

However, for the 26-year-old four-time IBJJF World champion Musumeci, cutting weight seems like an effortless task. He found a hack to cut weight that shocked even the UFC commentator Rogan.

Musumeci recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, where the UFC commentator asked him about his unusual diet. Rogan said, “You’re famous for eating pasta and homemade pizza and only eating once a day.”

The 26-year-old responded by explaining how he initially had an eating disorder but still overcame it by doing intermediate fasting. He said, “So what I started doing was intermittent fasting. So I would just not eat during the day… I would just eat at night, but I started just eating the foods I love. I’m Italian, so I grew up just eating pizza and pasta. So I make pizza and pasta every night.” 

Musumeci further revealed that he makes his own pizza, including the dough. He also explained how this diet made him feel lighter. He added, “My weight would be lighter doing this diet than eating, like no carbs and all these things.”

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“So in my mind, I was like, wait, I could eat all the foods I love if I eat once a day at night, you know. So it was a no-brainer for me. And my weight is lighter and I feel better cause I’m fasting. So I started doing it,” Musumeci concluded. 

What diet does Joe Rogan follow?

The 54-year-old Rogan is an MMA enthusiast. Therefore, he keeps himself in shape by working out and following a strict diet. However, the JRE host only eats meat.

Rogan is a fan of the carnivore diet. He has always talked about the benefits of meat and his carnivore diet on his podcast several times. However, Rogan doesn’t get the meat from a supermarket.

Instead, Rogan acquires his meat from the animals that he hunts mostly elks. This process of getting his own meat by hunting gives the 54-year-old a feeling of being in the wild and brings him close to his ancestors.

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Therefore Rogan prefers getting his own meat for his carnivore diet by hunting instead of buying it.

What are your thoughts on Rogan’s carnivore diet and hunting? What do you guys think about Mikey Musumeci’s diet? Let us know in the comments section below.