Joe Rogan in his latest podcast sat down with Sean O’Malley. They discussed fighters getting eating disorders from the weight cut. Perhaps ‘Sugar’ is one of the most popular fighters on the current UFC roster. Although he won his last fight against Peter Yan through a controversial decision, he is on his way to fighting for the title. His recent victory earned him the No.1 title contention as he took out the former champion.

Just when fans thought that the stars have aligned for Sean O’Malley to face Aljamain Sterling in the Bantamweight title fight, Henry Cejudo announced his comeback. As per multiple reports, Cejudo is set to make his comeback to face Sterling.

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This leaves O’Malley in an interesting position with him dreaming of a title fight. Perhaps a rematch with Petr Yan would be the most suitable scenario. While people are waiting to see what’s next for ‘Sugar’, he recently appeared on the JRE podcast and debated eating disorders fighters may experience.

Joe Rogan and Sean O’Malley discuss eating disorders due to weight cut

For combat sports athletes it is crucial to maintain weight and stay in shape to fight. This enforces them to engage in extreme diets and work out to maintain weight. Perhaps this leads to eating disorders. For the same reason, Joe Rogan and Sean O’Malley discussed the drawbacks of cutting weight.

O’Malley said, “And I know it’s going to make me take a little bit longer to get back to training or if I am training and I eat, you know, too much cheese and bread. It’s going to cause an inflammation risk, an injury or just be fuc*ing more so than I need to be. But yeah, eating disorder from cutting weight is a real fuc*ing problem.”

To which Joe replied, “It’s a real thing, right?”

The Spotify podcaster recalled that Michael Easter mentioned research done on 36 men who were starved for 6 months. Perhaps this is why the government shut down the program. The research took place to determine what changes take place in the body under severe caloric deficit over a prolonged period.

The results were that once the test subjects started eating again, they ate quite heavily. One of the patients ate almost 11,000 calories in a day for which he had to be hospitalized. This points toward cutting weight severely may lead to eating disorders.

Sean O’Malley gives insight into his pre-fight prep

‘Sugar’ disclosed how he works with a nutritionist who decides all his meals and sends them out to him. Moreover, he has a meal prep company that prepares all his meals according to the instructions of nutritionists.

They give him the exact portion of food which his body needs. The fighter believes this to be a ‘game changer’. In his opinion, he is currently in the best shape. Moreover, in his recent camp, he has felt good after cutting weight and can’t wait to get back in the octagon.

Whom do you think Sugar will face next?

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