Fighters have always been different guys.  Athletes, focused on their craft, learning how to defeat their opponent, they also have lots of special little rituals that they go through before the fight.

UFC Fighter Luke Cummo is a little different from most fighters.  He goes beyond being a vegan to only eating “life food”, which doesn’t include beans, grains or animal products.  I’m going to have to say, if I’m skipping meat, fish, cheese, and milk…I’m definitely going to be keeping bread, rice and beans on the list.  Well Luke takes it all to the extreme.  Check out this quote from “Blood in the Cage”, by L. Jon Wertheim.

“In Ohio, I saw Cummo outside his locker room and remarked that he looked decidedly smaller than his opponent, Luigi Fioravanti, an Iraqi war veteran. Perhaps that was because while Fioravanti was adding mass—gulping water and gorging on steak the day after the weigh-in—Cummo had had nothing to eat all day. Not only that, without a trace of self-consciousness, Cummo explained that he had “purified” himself by practicing “urine recycling.” Come again? “I drink my own urine. I had my last meal last night and then I continually drink my urine. Eventually when I poop—you know, when I do No.2—all that comes out is urine. Then I know my digestive system is completely empty. At first I used to put some honey in it, heat it up and drink it like a tea. But now I just drink it fresh. That’s when it’s most delicious.”

I’m thinking if you’ve been eating buckwheat and carrots for the last few years, your idea of “delicious” might be a little fucked up.

Luke Cummo also has to have the hottest breath ever.

That just can’t be worth it.  What happened to 8 glasses of water a day?

-Brock