1. Mike Dolce was voted as the 2013,2014,2015 and 2016 World MMA Trainer of the Year.
17 Facts About Mike Dolce
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Mike Dolce was born and raised in Belmar, New Jersey, the son of James Vincent Dolce, and Joanne Cobb.
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In 1993, when he was 17 years old, Mike Dolce opened his own personal training business.
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Mike Dolce made it onto season 7 of reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter but was eliminated in the first round.
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In 2004, Mike Dolce was hired as the head strength and conditioning coach by Team Quest in Portland, Oregon, working with Randy Couture, Dan Henderson, Nate Quarry, and Chael Sonnen.
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Mike Dolce led Ronda Rousey through her weight cut for her championship fight against Miesha Tate.
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Since then, Mike Dolce has been the weight-cut coach to many UFC athletes such as Johny Hendricks, Ronda Rousey, Gilbert Melendez, Vitor Belfort, Thiago Alves, Chael Sonnen, Mirsad Bektic, Nik Lentz, Duane Ludwig, Michael Bisping, Antonio Silva and Jake Ellenberger, helping them shed significant pounds before their fights.
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In 2007, Mike Dolce published The Mike Dolce Diet: 3 Weeks to Shredded.
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Mike Dolce then published The Dolce Diet: Living Lean in 2010 and The Dolce Diet: Living Lean Cookbook in 2011.
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Mike Dolce was voted the 2013,2014,2015 and 2016 Trainer of the Year at the World MMA Awards, an award given to the leading and most influential strength and conditioning expert, sports psychology mentor or nutrition advisor in MMA.
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In 2014, Mike Dolce was inducted into the New Jersey Martial Arts Hall of Fame for his contributions in the area of health and nutrition.
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Mike Dolce responded to the criticism and cited stress and pressure as reasons for Penn's loss.
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George Lockhart, nutritionist to Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier and other UFC champions, claimed in 2014 that he had never seen any real science from Mike Dolce, and pointed to the fact that four athletes coached by Mike Dolce had been caught using performance-enhancing drugs.
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Mike Dolce was named a Game Changer of the Year in 2014 by Men's Fitness magazine.
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Mike Dolce was a coach on ABC's Extreme Weight Loss with Chris Powell in 2014.
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Mike Dolce was featured on Wake Up Call, hosted by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, in 2014 as the expert nutritionist, and appeared on an episode of MTV's Jobs That Don't Suck.
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Mike Dolce has been featured heavily on London Real TV for his diet, fitness and motivation advice.