Stephan Bonnar:
UFC 110 Blog No. 6 | 02.17.10

Feb 17, 2010 | by MattE | 1 Comment

I’ve been in Sydney about five days and I’m feeling pretty settled in, so let me share with y’all my experience so far.

I got in on a very wet, rainy day, tired as hell. I find it very hard to sleep on a plane. I dozed off for maybe an hour at a time, tops. I was very fatigued and after grabbing my luggage had a very long walk to the rental car. The UFC does provide transportation, but I rented a car to experience this beautiful country. I was driving to the hotel, jet-lagged as hell, and everything was backwards. The steering wheel is on the opposite side of the car. I’m driving on the opposite side of the road. And every time I go to turn, the windshield wiper goes off because, of course, the turning signal is on the opposite side of the car. My navigator was having trouble, as well. I kept hearing the painful computerized voice saying, “Recalculating.” I kept missing turns. A lot of these roads are very narrow and one-way, and I would love to tell you more, but in doing so, I would be incriminating myself.

I finally get to the hotel and all I wanted to do is park the rental car, get to my room, defecate, shower and lay down. Unfortunately, I was intercepted in the lobby by the UFC, who need to interview me, do paperwork, check my weight, etc. All I kept hearing from people was, “What’s wrong? I haven’t seen you smile once.” Or, “That was the worst interview you’ve ever given.” My feet were swollen like and old woman’s from retaining water during the long flight and when they checked my weight, I was pretty heavy. I also really didn’t feel like talking about “the rental car.”

Don’t worry – things start brightening up. The rest of that day, I just ate two more meals, rested in my room and drank a lot of water  before bed. Morning came around and I checked my weight again. Voila! I had magically peed out 10 pounds in less then a day – take that, Jenny Craig! Of course, the first training session was miserable. But after I sweated out the rest of the jetlag, I felt GRRREAAAT! Like Tony the Tiger.

I’ve had some good training sessions with my old coach Duke Roufus and my right-hand man Alex Schoenauer, aka “Chili Dog Willis.”  Chili Dog has been great at monitoring my diet. At the breakfast buffet, he watches me like a hawk – constantly confiscating the bacon from my plate. He also brought a propane grill and turned our hotel room into his mess hall. And let me tell you, he is a hell of a cook. At night, I am not allowed to have too many carbs. So he has been making the most delicious spinach salads with avocado, cucumber, tomato, onion and balsamic vinegar with olive oil. After this masterpiece of an appetizer, I will have a big ol’ porterhouse steak with grilled onions – medium rare, bloody as hell. Just the way I like it!

After my workout yesterday, I was only 212 pounds, which can only mean one thing: I get rewarded with some carbs tonight! So after the delicious salad, he whipped up some of the best beef ravioli I’ve ever had. If this wasn’t enough, I finished this meal with one of my
favorite dishes of all time – rack of lamb.  We used the steam from the teamaker to heat the sauce and his camping set to cook everything else. I woke up this morning at 215 pounds. Hell yes! Who would have known weight cutting could be so much fun!

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