what a way to start off your UFC career..fighters are humans who have heart too.

He lives in Hollywood, what do you expect. Freaks.

“Im “Mr. NC-17″ I eat Meat, and I am in great shape. Tasting meat makes me happy, I love to sit back and drink Cow’s blood and laugh.”

Seriously, stuff like this is so stupid. Its all my idea imposed on your idea.

(PS I was kidding when I said I drank Cow’s blood. That is just odd.)

Mac is the Man.

If God didn’t want us to eat animals, then he wouldn’t have made them out of meat.

people are gonna hate on him for this, which is unfortunate…i say good for him for standing up for his beliefs. danzig has it goin’ on…he’s won TUF and is the UFC, his girlfriend is hot, and he’s a healthy vegan.

Good for Danzig, great for me. The less meat he eats, the more for myself.

Mother, tell your carnivores not to walk my way!

If PETA had it their way, we’d all be fucked. The earth’s population cannot be supported on vegetation alone. I don’t care if you don’t eat meat, but don’t friggin tell me not eat meat. Now, excuse me while I finish my pork chop.

Will someone tell that retard what the gloves and fench liners are made of plz

*Fence

Man his girlfriend is HOT

Right, back to my mixed grill!

[quote comment=”253557″]If PETA had it their way, we’d all be fucked. The earth’s population cannot be supported on vegetation alone. I don’t care if you don’t eat meat, but don’t friggin tell me not eat meat. Now, excuse me while I finish my pork chop.[/quote]

Actually more people could be supported off of vegetation as opposed to meat but who would want that anyway?

[quote comment=”253557″]If PETA had it their way, we’d all be fucked. The earth’s population cannot be supported on vegetation alone. I don’t care if you don’t eat meat, but don’t friggin tell me not eat meat. Now, excuse me while I finish my pork chop.[/quote]
This is true it needs to be porportioned, I love beef, ham, fish, shrimp, chicken, … God so much meat, this guy needs to grow up, What the hell does he eat for protien? SOY?! that blows, everyone knows soy sucks. I am not his fan anymore, not that I was to begin with.

vegan power!

I dont suppose PETA told him that they euthanize over 50% of the animals they ’save’.

i wonder if hes likes some vegans that dont wear leather or any other material made of animal… and if thats the case aren’t gloves made of leather and what about the championship belt.. if he ever gets a chance to fight for it will he request a pleather belt?

[quote comment=”253551″]Mother, tell your carnivores not to walk my way![/quote]
LOL…what they mean, what they say.

More power to him. I understand where he’s coming from.

[quote comment=”253546″]If God didn’t want us to eat animals, then he wouldn’t have made them out of meat.[/quote]

I think this is one of the best replies to a stupid situation I have ever seen…

Good for Mac, and maybe he can tap Pam Anderson after getting her drunk at a Peta celeb event.

Hopefully he remebers to wear a rubber.

“Ultimate Fighting champion Mac Danzig, best known as the winner of Spike TV’s Ultimate Fighter 6, devours fighters not flesh.”
lol
very nice find. thanks.

to bad PETA supports killing of animals, to benefit them… petakillsanimals.com

It always humours me how people get offended by vegetarian’s advocating their lifestyle. Why do meateaters get so bothered by it? If I said “Spaghetti is so good and it’s a great thing to do. Do yourself a favour and eat some spaghetti” people who don’t like spaghetti wouldn’t get all up in arms.

I eat meat and I like meat but I’ve decided to not eat fast food because it typically isn’t treated properly.

[quote post=”4381″]If PETA had it their way, we’d all be fucked. The earth’s population cannot be supported on vegetation alone. I don’t care if you don’t eat meat, but don’t friggin tell me not eat meat. Now, excuse me while I finish my pork chop.[/quote]

man. I hope you’re joking. It takes more veggies to raise an animal than it’d take if we just ate them, instead of the animal. That said, I’m gonna go eat a bucket of chicken.

[quote comment=”253557″]If PETA had it their way, we’d all be fucked. The earth’s population cannot be supported on vegetation alone. I don’t care if you don’t eat meat, but don’t friggin tell me not eat meat. Now, excuse me while I finish my pork chop.[/quote]

That’s simply not true…it takes 20 times the land area to feed servings of meat than it does to feed servings of vegetarian food. In case anyone is confused, you have to raise crops to feed the animal…if you used that crop land to directly feed people, 20 times the amount of people could eat.

Disclaimer: Yes, I am a vegetarian and have been for over 12 years. I won’t push my beliefs unless asked, but the logical/eco-friendly/humane diet is certainly a vegan one. Whether you choose your palette over compassion, that’s up to you.

cant wait until danzig starts beatin some ass at 155. i would like to see him ruff up huerta.

Vegan? I had him pegged on loving meat

Yeah little did he know that the gloves that his wearing is leather…smuck….

P.E.T.A. - People Eating Tasty Animals

I’m not against Danzig being a vegetarian, but that ad is just gay.

I’m Mac Danzig, and I like my food to taste the same on the way out as it does on the way in.

I see the Vegan point of view…breeding animals for product/profit, animal suffering, etc., however the look and feel of leather and fine furs simply justifies all those anal electrocutions IMO.

When I drop a ribeye on the grill, the furthest thing from my mind is how cattle are bred, raised, killed, etc or how it may or may not have suffered. I’m past all that. This animal has fulfilled it’s destiny, it’s purpose. If you need a moment of silence to commemorate this animal’s sacrifice, be my guest, but make it quick…I like mine rare.

[quote comment=”253624″]It always humours me how people get offended by vegetarian’s advocating their lifestyle. Why do meateaters get so bothered by it? If I said “Spaghetti is so good and it’s a great thing to do. Do yourself a favour and eat some spaghetti” people who don’t like spaghetti wouldn’t get all up in arms.

I eat meat and I like meat but I’ve decided to not eat fast food because it typically isn’t treated properly.[/quote]
True… Meat eaters love to get angry at vegans, it’s weird. I eat meat…and alot of it. But I also think it’s cool when people don’t.. it takes serious discipline… I know, I’ve tried…think I lasted a week.

ahahah i love my meat i hope gsp kicks his ass

maybe mac should try a “big mac.” maybe then he won’t be so grumpy all the time. although he did whip tommy pretty bad. maybe i should eat more soy!

I don’t eat fruit because i feel that i don’t wanna contribute or condone stealing from trees.

No wonder he was so miserable on the show. The poor bastard was starving.

If I was the UFC I won’t be too happy with the UFC logo on the PETA poster. This is much to controversial of a topic to be associated with. I would probably send them a cease and desist order. Unless they got permission?

what a geek

the article calls him a champion. he is not a champion. he only won tuf 6. he shouldent have even been on the show. the show is meant for amateurs. if he wants to express his silly(imo) opinion, that is fine with me, but I’ll just ignore his views. He is one helluva fighter though. I can’t wait till he fights at lightweight.

I have always found it funny how upset people get over the whole Vegan vs meat eater debate. How simplistic is this? This is seriously an issue, and something that people choose to make fun of?

Its just food, who cares what and how he eats. Should I start razzing people for the type of toothpaste they use? “Oh look its one of the non-flouride toothpaste users, what a freak”

I’m glad Mac is doing this, he has something that he is passionate for, and its something that helps others. More people need to stand up for what they believe in, even if you think its dumb.

And regardless of what people say, a meatless diet is a healthier one. I mean if god wanted us to eat meat, wouldn’t he make animals pre-cooked? Then we wouldn’t have to work so hard to eat them. I haven’t eaten meat since I was 7 or so. I have little body fat, never had pimples, zero health problems. Sure it might not be the vegan lifestyle, but there is no way I can go back in time to test otherwise.

I hate PETA

i bet his friends hate him.

Of course they don’t mention the 10 pounds of vitamin suppliments that he has to take because of all the vitamin deficiencies that he would have from being a vegetarian without the suppliments.

[quote comment=”253684″]I don’t eat fruit because i feel that i don’t wanna contribute or condone stealing from trees.

No wonder he was so miserable on the show. The poor bastard was starving.[/quote]
lmfao

[quote comment=”253772″][quote comment=”253684″]I don’t eat fruit because i feel that i don’t wanna contribute or condone stealing from trees.

No wonder he was so miserable on the show. The poor bastard was starving.[/quote]
lmfao[/quote]
lack of protein maybe?

[quote comment=”253557″]If PETA had it their way, we’d all be fucked. The earth’s population cannot be supported on vegetation alone. I don’t care if you don’t eat meat, but don’t friggin tell me not eat meat. Now, excuse me while I finish my pork chop.[/quote]

Actually….Eating veggies is like buying wholesale, you skip the middle man. It takes less “stuff” to grow a plant than it does a cow. Eating a Vegan or Vegetarian diet is better for the environment.

And EdenMachine, if you eat right, as a Vegan or Vegetarian, you’d need no more supplements than a meat eater. Maybe less. Really, ask Sean Sherk.

Why does everyone think expressing an opinion is the same as pushing it on other people? If he were trying to push his beliefs on others, don’t you’d think he would have been trying to convert the rest of the house on TUF instead of bitching at them for eating his hummus? He has an opinion about how people ought to conduct themselves, and he’s saying so. It’s not like he’s coming to your house & slapping the steak out of your mouth.

Interesting that people don’t get so offended when Carl Lewis says the best diet when you’re in training is a vegan one–because he doesn’t talk about the ethical issues at all. Really, people, you don’t need to be so threatened by someone who disagrees with you about a moral issue.

Also, a few quick factual things:

-Mac Danzig’s not a UFC champion, but he was the KoTC lightweight champion.

-If you can feed the world on meat, you can feed the world on a vegetarian diet. It’s a way more efficient way of producing useful nutrients. Think about it: to get that cow/chicken/pig up to slaughter size, you’ve got to feed it vegetable matter (usually grain); some of the nutrients/energy in the animals’ feed gets wasted–that is, not turned into nutrients/energy in the meat–because it’s used up keeping the animal alive & moving while it grows. All that grain going into the animals could go straight into people instead. Cut out the middlecow.

-How many fighters in training DON’T eat lots of vitamin supplements? The only vitamin you can’t get from a balanced vegan diet is B12, and you can get plant sourced supplements–which you have to take about once a month. That said, B12 deficiency is something you definitely don’t want to mess with–causes nasty brain damage & stuff. But I think there are some people here who can tell you about that first-hand.

Wow. I fucking hate Danzig. Now I really hate him. I’m going to skin him and grill his body to feed to my dog. Fucking arrogant bastard. I hope his first fight his opponent bites his heart out.

LOL give me a break.

I dont get the traffic whizzing by in the background. What does that have to do with anything?

its not the traffic that is so fast, its him. kind of like the Flash

I know being a fighter is a hard lifestyle. Can’t imagine being a vegan is gonna make it any easier.

I once got run by a bull when i was riding a dirt bike.
Man did that hurt. Haven’t had the same love for cows since really and i think steaks actually taste better because of this experience.

Props to Mac for making the sacrifice to support his personal beliefs. Agree or Disagree… thats character.

maybe he’s right, but i dont lie the fact that the way he’s trying to say, it sounds like to me like this

(I Only Eat Vegetable & I Dont Eat Meat,So All Meat Eaters Outhere Are Bad Because It Is Animal & You Must Also Bcome Vegetarian)

man he cant blame all people,we’re all grown eating meat, our our paternt teach us though, so if this his opinion fine, but keep it to his self

maybe he’s right, but i dont like the fact that the way he’s trying to say, it sounds like to me like this

(I Only Eat Vegetable & I Dont Eat Meat,So All Meat Eaters Outhere Are Bad Because It Is Animal & You Must Also Bcome Vegetarian)

man he cant blame all people,we’re all grown eating meat, our our parent teach us though, so if this his opinion fine, but keep it to his self

[quote comment=”253765″]Of course they don’t mention the 10 pounds of vitamin suppliments that he has to take because of all the vitamin deficiencies that he would have from being a vegetarian without the suppliments.[/quote]

Thats actually a myth. Vegetarians are at risk of losing out on Vitamins like b12, vitamin d, calcium, magnesium and potassium.

But you can get calcium in almonds/almond milk, spinach, baked beans and broccoli. Magnesium and Potassium are in all sorts of nuts, veggies and grains. The only tough ones are Vitamin D and B12, but you can buy a fortified cereal with these added. So instead of your Fruit Loops or Apple Jacks, I eat a flake cereal with added D and b12.

The only vitamin I take is one tablet of vitamin c daily.

who cares about mac. what a fizag!!!!!! I bet he would eat a meat shank.

[quote comment=”253765″]Of course they don’t mention the 10 pounds of vitamin suppliments that he has to take because of all the vitamin deficiencies that he would have from being a vegetarian without the suppliments.[/quote]
Ignorant. Humans are NOT designed to eat meat. Every single meat eating animal on the planet has a short intestinal tract that allows them to get rid of things they eat quickly and maximize the crude proteins that meat has. Humans intestines are too long for this and a heavy diet of meat eating has been proven to increase the odds of colon cancer. This is fact. Some will argue that we were born with “canine teeth” to tear flesh. This is not fact. Biologists have established that animals who share physical characteristics also share a common diet. We have flat molars to crush and grind plant matter. Carnivores do not have this physical characteristic. Our stomachs lack the acidity that carnivores have, allowing them to digest meat and kill the bacteria present that would make us sick. Humans get sick when we eat uncooked meat because of the bacteria. That is why we cook it. Comparing our anatomies clearly illustrates the fact that the human body is built to run on a vegetarian diet. Humans have absolutely none of the distinguishing anatomical characteristics that either carnivores or even natural omnivores have. This is fact. Meat does not give you essential proteins that you cant get elsewhere and it has been proven that you do not have to take supplements to avoid vitamin deficiencies. The most healthy and longest living peoples in the world eat a diet with zero or minimal red meat. Americans are the most unhealthy people in the world and Diet is a huge factor in this. Educate yourselves before attacking someone for not eating the same things you do. It’s just food and if someone doesn’t like meat or animal suffering they shouldn’t get attacked for saying so. If you don’t kill it yourself, you don’t know what kind of hormones they put in your food. Chickens do not naturally have 3in thick breasts. Cows do not naturally produce milk in the quantities they genetically engineer them to. This is fact. Flame Away….

As someone who was raised on barbeque, I tell you that one of the most painful things to for me to do was to turn my back on a good steak. No, I don’t eat meat anymore. Yes, I do consume dairy products and eggs, but I’m trying to give that up. Yes, I have leather belts, a coat etc, but I’ll never buy another leather item again. Contrary to any myth, I don’t have any vitamin deficiencies, and I’d love to know what established long term studies are being used as evidence to say that a vegetarian needs “pounds of vitamin suppliments that he has to take because of all the vitamin deficiencies that he would have from being a vegetarian without the suppliments.”

I will not respond to any puerile attempt at humor trying to prove that you’re a meat-eating alpha male when you’re really the bottom of the pecking order. If you want to discuss this in a rational intelligent manner, I’d be happy to correspond with you.

It takes a lot of balls for Mac Danzig to stand up for what he believes in, especially when ignorant assholes are very quick to take the piss out of him without doing their homework first.

Coming from the south, where big family meals are a custom deal and living off the farm is a big deal too, i cant understand not being able to eat meat. I am also a big hunter and i have a friend who condones hunting but wont eat meat. It just doesnt make sence

Kinda like a fighter who doesnt eat meat… sooo he believes in mindless violence for sport but not meat

just doesnt make sense

for every animal he doesn’t eat, i will eat 3. That is my new years resolution…

Mac Danzig please do me a kind favor and SHUT THE F###K UP

i am High school wrestler and there is no way i would be in as good a shape as i am without natural protein

Contributing to animal pain by eating them… consuming their bad ‘karma?’ But yet acting like an arrogant asshole is cool? Caring about animal feelings is more important then caring about human feelings?

I hope the next fight he has in the octagon, someone tosses a cheeseburger at him after he gets up from a KO. Someone throw another @ Jenna while you’re at it..

[quote comment=”253557″]If PETA had it their way, we’d all be fucked. The earth’s population cannot be supported on vegetation alone. I don’t care if you don’t eat meat, but don’t friggin tell me not eat meat. Now, excuse me while I finish my pork chop.[/quote]

Dude, with the amount of grain we use to feed cows for slaughter, we COULD feed the earths population. Nobody cares if you eat meat, but it is so funny how meat eaters feel so attacked when anyone says why THEY CHOOSE not to eat meat. I don’t care if you eat meat, but don’t friggin tell me to eat it. Now excuse me while i eat this huge plate of pasta. (sans meat sauce)

Mac needs to eat a Big MAC!
I hate PETA and their dumb campaigns against meat eating.

I hope whoever fights mac brings a bucket of KFC to the ring with them and eats it between rounds!

seriously, where is the hostility coming from? No one who is vegan has any power to MAKE you a vegan…it’s like guys who are against gay rights because they fear this mythical ‘gay agenda’…how is this going to come to pass????

Respect those who have the willpower to go meat free. I was once the guy mocking the vegetarians, but the only thing that comes close to a night/day feeling of difference I’ve ever experienced from being meat free was becoming an atheist. Both events lifted a veil from me…one was a physical burden and the other a mental burden.

[quote comment=”253633″][quote comment=”253557″]If PETA had it their way, we’d all be fucked. The earth’s population cannot be supported on vegetation alone. I don’t care if you don’t eat meat, but don’t friggin tell me not eat meat. Now, excuse me while I finish my pork chop.[/quote]

That’s simply not true…it takes 20 times the land area to feed servings of meat than it does to feed servings of vegetarian food. In case anyone is confused, you have to raise crops to feed the animal…if you used that crop land to directly feed people, 20 times the amount of people could eat.

Disclaimer: Yes, I am a vegetarian and have been for over 12 years. I won’t push my beliefs unless asked, but the logical/eco-friendly/humane diet is certainly a vegan one. Whether you choose your palette over compassion, that’s up to you.[/quote]
HA HA - If we all did not eat meat the top soil that grows the food would be destroyed in ten years, without regular grass growing animals crapping all over it.

[quote comment=”253872″][quote comment=”253765″]Of course they don’t mention the 10 pounds of vitamin suppliments that he has to take because of all the vitamin deficiencies that he would have from being a vegetarian without the suppliments.[/quote]
Ignorant. Humans are NOT designed to eat meat. Every single meat eating animal on the planet has a short intestinal tract that allows them to get rid of things they eat quickly and maximize the crude proteins that meat has. Humans intestines are too long for this and a heavy diet of meat eating has been proven to increase the odds of colon cancer. This is fact. Some will argue that we were born with “canine teeth” to tear flesh. This is not fact. Biologists have established that animals who share physical characteristics also share a common diet. We have flat molars to crush and grind plant matter. Carnivores do not have this physical characteristic. Our stomachs lack the acidity that carnivores have, allowing them to digest meat and kill the bacteria present that would make us sick. Humans get sick when we eat uncooked meat because of the bacteria. That is why we cook it. Comparing our anatomies clearly illustrates the fact that the human body is built to run on a vegetarian diet. Humans have absolutely none of the distinguishing anatomical characteristics that either carnivores or even natural omnivores have. This is fact. Meat does not give you essential proteins that you cant get elsewhere and it has been proven that you do not have to take supplements to avoid vitamin deficiencies. The most healthy and longest living peoples in the world eat a diet with zero or minimal red meat. Americans are the most unhealthy people in the world and Diet is a huge factor in this. Educate yourselves before attacking someone for not eating the same things you do. It’s just food and if someone doesn’t like meat or animal suffering they shouldn’t get attacked for saying so. If you don’t kill it yourself, you don’t know what kind of hormones they put in your food. Chickens do not naturally have 3in thick breasts. Cows do not naturally produce milk in the quantities they genetically engineer them to. This is fact. Flame Away….[/quote]

What about the inuits in alaska and canada? they eat about 95% meat with small amounts of Grain? they have been doing that for the past 10000 years. They still excist, In fact I have been reading that Plants Besides Grain, are actually completely irrelevant. Most are empty calories anyways. One Man has lived for the past ten years on nothing but meat and grain guess what? He went to the doctor worried and they cleared him saying he wasn’t at risk for anything.

I can understand one of the basic problems (i.e. hostility towards vegetarians & vegans) because some of the most vocal proponents of vegan and vegetarian life have been pretty damned confrontational. “All vegetarians are loony because of nutters like PETA” is an insulting and inherently flawed argument, just as “All meat eaters are knuckle-dragging semi-evolved troglodytes.” The logic behind those arguments is seductively easy, but inherently bullshit.

I am a vegetarian aspiring to be vegan because of the environmental impact, because of factory farming, and because of the completely unnecessary burden meat places on the digestive system as well as the overwhelming presence of cruelty to animals.

I respect PETA for the work they’re doing, but I think that the better part of their tactics leave much to be desired. I also have serious problems with their ringing endorsement of Sen. Robert Byrd. But is that supposed to mean that I don’t respect Moby, Maggie Q, or Mac Danzig because they’ve worked with PETA? I respect them as much as I respect any person who says no to factory farming and is willing to kill their own meal and use as much of their kill as possible like most hunters I know.

Wow, this is all over the place. Here are some highlights:

“What the hell does he eat for protien? SOY?! that blows, everyone knows soy sucks.”

–I guess this guy thinks he can speak for everyone.

“i am High school wrestler and there is no way i would be in as good a shape as i am without natural protein”

–WOW! A high school wrestler! Guess what, you don’t have the education (or wisdom) to really speak about dietary needs. You said it yourself, you’re in high school. Leave the nutritional stuff to people who are really educated about it…like doctors.

“Kinda like a fighter who doesnt eat meat… sooo he believes in mindless violence for sport but not meat”

–Actually, competitive MMA is a test of reflexes, training , and strength in a controlled environment with rules…blah, blah, blah…..you’re reading a blog on MMAmania.com, do you really think this is mindless violence?

“i have a friend who condones hunting but wont eat meat. It just doesnt make sence”

– Yeah, and that one friend is a spokesperson for all vegans/vegatarians. Um Yeah. Your friend is entitled to think whatever he wants but don’t pretend he speaks for everyone else. (Oh, and its spelled:sense)

“The earth’s population cannot be supported on vegetation alone.”

–Thats hilarious. Complete conjecture. Actually according to the Dept of Agriculture, we could feed the world several times over with just the vegetation from the US. World hunger has to do with getting the food to people, not a food shortage.

“man he cant blame all people,we’re all grown eating meat, our our paternt teach us though, so if this his opinion fine, but keep it to his self’

–Why should he keep it to himself. He found a healthy lifestyle because someone turned him onto being a vegan. It’s the American way to speak freely.

And my favorite:
“Caring about animal feelings is more important then caring about human feelings?”
– Who said anything about that? If you are crying because someone suggests a healthy lifestyle, you have problems. Its not about choosing humans over animals or vice versa. Its about preventing animals from suffering needlessly. Period.

BTW, nobody but nobody, thinks you are tough because you eat meat. You bought it at the store or shot it from yards away with a firearm (if you hunted it yourself). I have to ask, why are so many of you so pent up about someone suggesting a vegetarian lifestyle? When someone says “fast food is bad for you”, nobody postured up and said how awesome the fast food diet is the way meat eaters do when someone states facts that a vegan diet is healthier? Same thing. I know, I know, you ate meat all your life and you’re okay right? Its like putting bad gas in your car, it’ll still run, just for a shorter life span. Bottom line, it is healthier you just cant seem to wrap you lifestyle around it. Maybe because you might think vegans are bleeding heart liberals or something. I dont know. Facts is: it a healthy life style. Period.

[quote comment=”253879″]Mac Danzig

please do me a kind favor and SHUT THE F###K UP

i am High school wrestler and

there is no way i would be in as good a shape as i am without natural protein[/quote]
Yeah, you don’t get NATURAL protein from; Beans, bread, peanut butter, nuts, vegetables, potato,seeds, or anything grown from the earth. BEWARE THE UNNATURAL PROTEINS! Hilarious Comment; I can’t wait for another.

Most vegans actually, many of the ones that I know don’t try to push they way they live on anyone. What people leave out of the equation is how hard meat-eaters fight the idea and how they verbally bash what in essence is just a way of eating.

So what are we supposed to do then when called freaks, or idiots or ignorant assumptions are made like “lack of protein”, “there isn’t enough vegetables to feed the world” etc etc. We do the same thing every MMA fan here does when we are approached with people who have no know are not knowledgeable on the subject. We share information. The difference is, meat eaters think we are trying to convert them. Its not a cult, who cares if you join or not. Truth is it leaves more vegan women for us, and trust me most of them are as fit as Mac Danzig’s woman is.

Speaking of protein, I just had a bowl of pasta that had 22 grams of carbs, and 23 grams of protein for one serving. You don’t “need” meat.

Regarding the question “where is the hostility coming from”:

Read the poster. Apparently if you eat meat you are contributing to suffering. That’s called an accusation. It may be true. It may be false. But that it’s an accusation is the proper way to characterize the statement. People don’t like having accusations hurled at them. ‘If you eat meat you’re hurting the planet’ is a fairly strong thing to say.

It needs to be backed up with facts in order to gain any purchase. Because frankly, eating meat ISN’T like being homophobic. Disrespecting people is kind of the point of being homophobic. Disrespecting the planet is not the point of eating meat.

And so I will contribute that one has to talk in terms of calories per acre and at that point it varies by crop. I’ve never seen anybody do a complete acre by acre nutrient by nutrient analysis - only crop by crop analysis. However, broccoli has about 3x the cpa as pork and oats more like 25 the cpa I believe. You see there’s a lot of variance. So we’d have to see what fruits and veggie combinations could be used and in what rotations to provide all nutrients people need and then do a calculation based on that. And since I’ve read PETA’s literature before, I’d have to see the actual study, not a summary, and it can’t be sponsored by PETA because I will suspect the data.

Even given a vegan-friendly result, I would continue to eat meat and instead of going vegan try to support scientists trying to develop synthetic meat so that synthetic meat has the proper texture and flavor before taking up acres with mean problem out-paces the much more serious global food distribution problem.

Hi I’m a 8 time Muay Thai champ and I eat meat a lot actually and I’m always in the best shape, humans are design to eat meat and veggies I’m against fighters who use “Fast and Furious Back drops” Peta are a bunch of pet loving freaks they don’t judge tigers from eating meat or any other animals so don’t judge us we are all animals if you think about it, so stop with the BAKA campaigns

Happy new years to all

If endangered animals didn’t taste so good, they wouldn’t be endangered. I bet the Dodo bird was delicious.

[quote comment=”253879″]Mac Danzig

please do me a kind favor and SHUT THE F###K UP

i am High school wrestler and

there is no way i would be in as good a shape as i am without natural protein[/quote]

HAHAHAHAH Natural protein

Nice one. I eat meat, and find it to be the least natural item on my plate.

Other sources of Protein without MEAT:

Nuts [all of them]
Beans
Lentils
Hemp Seeds [really good source of energy Omega fatty acids and protein]

[quote comment=”253906″]Moo. [/quote]

Haha.lol ………..thats funny shit Mania, thats all I have to say about this aswell!!

MOOOOO

[quote comment=”253839″]who cares about mac. what a fizag!!!!!! I bet he would eat a meat shank.[/quote]

I’m stealing the term “meat shank.” That’s a good one.

[quote comment=”253647″]P.E.T.A. - People Eating Tasty Animals

I’m not against Danzig being a vegetarian, but that ad is just gay.[/quote]

Yeahhhh” I thought something was odd about that ad, and you’re right it’s just gaaaaay.

Eating meat contributes to world hunger. 1 lb of meat wastes 6-7 lbs of other food on average.

Of course you could eat fish which are caught in the wild… but if we keep eating them at the rate we do there will be no more of them left pretty soon.

But whatev… make your own decision. I eat meat and fish, but not every day.

[quote comment=”253763″]i bet his friends hate him.[/quote]

friends?

[quote comment=”253624″]It always humours me how people get offended by vegetarian’s advocating their lifestyle. Why do meateaters get so bothered by it? If I said “Spaghetti is so good and it’s a great thing to do. Do yourself a favour and eat some spaghetti” people who don’t like spaghetti wouldn’t get all up in arms.

I eat meat and I like meat but I’ve decided to not eat fast food because it typically isn’t treated properly.[/quote]

I do not think it is vegetaians advocating, it is the supporting of PETA that offends…

Who ever beats him needs to shove a Whopper down his pie hole! WHAT A TOOL! Just fight until you prove yourself, until then just SHUT UP!

Mac Danzig likes TubeSteak

Suffering animals?

Mac hates meat so much he beats his.

[quote comment=”253624″]It always humours me how people get offended by vegetarian’s advocating their lifestyle. Why do meateaters get so bothered by it? If I said “Spaghetti is so good and it’s a great thing to do. Do yourself a favour and eat some spaghetti” people who don’t like spaghetti wouldn’t get all up in arms.[/quote]

The difference is that, in your hypothetical, you’re not telling people that they are cruel, heartless, brainless, immoral murderers for eating anything other than spaghetti. Danzig’s ad itself is pretty light fare, accusing those that disagree with him of only “contributing to [animals’] suffering,” which I guess is factually correct. However, I think that people are familiar enough with PETA’s moral condescension towards omnivores to get justifiably put-off by Danzig’s ad.

[quote comment=”253872″][quote comment=”253765″]Of course they don’t mention the 10 pounds of vitamin suppliments that he has to take because of all the vitamin deficiencies that he would have from being a vegetarian without the suppliments.[/quote]
Ignorant. Humans are NOT designed to eat meat. [/quote]

“There is considerable debate over whether humans are physiologically better suited to a herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore diet. The Vegetarian Resource Group and others however, have concluded that humans are naturally omnivores.[9][10][11]”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism

It would appear that we’re designed to eat both.

I don’t care if animals die for me to eat meat. It’s freakin’ nature. Animals get eaten by other animals all the time, so what’s the big deal if I do it too? I don’t agree in them living in shitty conditions and the like but me turning vegetarian will not do a damn thing to stop the animal’s poor treatment. Just because I don’t eat the meat from the animal doesn’t mean it’s suffering magically goes away. If I actually wanted to make a difference I’d campaign for them or some shit but I don’t really care enough to spend a large part of my time and energy to make a small difference.

[quote comment=”254251″][quote comment=”253624″]It always humours me how people get offended by vegetarian’s advocating their lifestyle. Why do meateaters get so bothered by it? If I said “Spaghetti is so good and it’s a great thing to do. Do yourself a favour and eat some spaghetti” people who don’t like spaghetti wouldn’t get all up in arms.[/quote]

The difference is that, in your hypothetical, you’re not telling people that they are cruel, heartless, brainless, immoral murderers for eating anything other than spaghetti. Danzig’s ad itself is pretty light fare, accusing those that disagree with him of only “contributing to [animals’] suffering,” which I guess is factually correct. However, I think that people are familiar enough with PETA’s moral condescension towards omnivores to get justifiably put-off by Danzig’s ad.[/quote]

Well Stated. The four letters that make up PETA are offensive in itself.

[quote comment=”254251″][quote comment=”253624″]It always humours me how people get offended by vegetarian’s advocating their lifestyle. Why do meateaters get so bothered by it? If I said “Spaghetti is so good and it’s a great thing to do. Do yourself a favour and eat some spaghetti” people who don’t like spaghetti wouldn’t get all up in arms.[/quote]

The difference is that, in your hypothetical, you’re not telling people that they are cruel, heartless, brainless, immoral murderers for eating anything other than spaghetti. Danzig’s ad itself is pretty light fare, accusing those that disagree with him of only “contributing to [animals’] suffering,” which I guess is factually correct. However, I think that people are familiar enough with PETA’s moral condescension towards omnivores to get justifiably put-off by Danzig’s ad.[/quote]

Thats a good answer. You are right that PETA is pretty crazy, the only problem is there isnt any middle ground organizations. People who are passionate about things tend to be a little nuts. So until a middle ground “please everybody” organization comes along PETA is what we get. And much like many other support groups in this country albeit political or environmental we have to ask if the juice is worth the squeeze? In this case the juice is 70% or so, and thats good enough.

[quote comment=”253899″][quote comment=”253557″]If PETA had it their way, we’d all be fucked. The earth’s population cannot be supported on vegetation alone. I don’t care if you don’t eat meat, but don’t friggin tell me not eat meat. Now, excuse me while I finish my pork chop.[/quote]

Dude, with the amount of grain we use to feed cows for slaughter, we COULD feed the earths population. Nobody cares if you eat meat, but it is so funny how meat eaters feel so attacked when anyone says why THEY CHOOSE not to eat meat. I don’t care if you eat meat, but don’t friggin tell me to eat it. Now excuse me while i eat this huge plate of pasta. (sans meat sauce)[/quote]

I refuse to feel guilty about what i CHOOSE to eat. No one is gonna tell me to eat this or that just like no one is gonna tell me where to work, how to dress or how to live my life. I understand what Mac and Pam Anderson are doing and i respect where they are coming from but i won’t tell them how to live so what gives them the right to do that to me? You choose not to eat meat. Thats fine but don’t plaster billboards all over the place trying to make me feel guilty about what i choose to put in my stomach. Nice leather gloves by the way Mac.

I like Danzig but PETA is composed entirely of dipshits. Anyone notice on Mac’s Wiki page that he became a vegan after meeting his vegan girlfriend?
That explains a lot.
I can’t wait to see him fight some real UFC talent.
Oh and the UFC logo on the glove is a terrible idea. Dana is gonna shit.

He’s got the right idea - i would and will kill some one i catch torturing an animal

[quote comment=”253872″][quote comment=”253765″]Of course they don’t mention the 10 pounds of vitamin suppliments that he has to take because of all the vitamin deficiencies that he would have from being a vegetarian without the suppliments.[/quote]
Ignorant. Humans are NOT designed to eat meat. Every single meat eating animal on the planet has a short intestinal tract that allows them to get rid of things they eat quickly and maximize the crude proteins that meat has. Humans intestines are too long for this and a heavy diet of meat eating has been proven to increase the odds of colon cancer. This is fact. Some will argue that we were born with “canine teeth” to tear flesh. This is not fact. Biologists have established that animals who share physical characteristics also share a common diet. We have flat molars to crush and grind plant matter. Carnivores do not have this physical characteristic. Our stomachs lack the acidity that carnivores have, allowing them to digest meat and kill the bacteria present that would make us sick. Humans get sick when we eat uncooked meat because of the bacteria. That is why we cook it. Comparing our anatomies clearly illustrates the fact that the human body is built to run on a vegetarian diet. Humans have absolutely none of the distinguishing anatomical characteristics that either carnivores or even natural omnivores have. This is fact. Meat does not give you essential proteins that you cant get elsewhere and it has been proven that you do not have to take supplements to avoid vitamin deficiencies. The most healthy and longest living peoples in the world eat a diet with zero or minimal red meat. Americans are the most unhealthy people in the world and Diet is a huge factor in this. Educate yourselves before attacking someone for not eating the same things you do. It’s just food and if someone doesn’t like meat or animal suffering they shouldn’t get attacked for saying so. If you don’t kill it yourself, you don’t know what kind of hormones they put in your food. Chickens do not naturally have 3in thick breasts. Cows do not naturally produce milk in the quantities they genetically engineer them to. This is fact. Flame Away….[/quote]
All this proves is that humans have overcome their evolutionary shortcomings to rise to the top of the food chain. To voluntarily surrender that position would mean that everything our neanderthal ancestors endured, all the sufering and death that came from hunting prehistoric super-animals, would be for nothing. Well I, for one, will not dishonor our Guida-looking forebears by refusing to eat the things they sacrificed so heavily to provide for us.

who cares, I love meat!

Ive been veggie for along time. I play rugby and Im one of the best on my team, Im also the most fit. Its very easy to get everything you need form a plant based diet even protein. Look into it and learn the facts.

PETA Power!

Mac is an a animal. Who gives a monkeys whether he’s a vegan or what. Great ability, but he’s gonna have a tough time in an already stacked division

[quote comment=”253546″]If God didn’t want us to eat animals, then he wouldn’t have made them out of meat.[/quote]

This line is CLASSIC LMAO

Top reasons for Vegetarianism:
#1-Poverty=no money to buy meat.
#2-Religion
#3-choice=vast majority of vegetarians (that are not #’s 1 and 2) live in the U.S. and Europe. Most people in these two places have money to make a choice.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for ethical treatment of all living things, but we did not evolve to the top of the food chain by eating or simply to eat salad. Lunchtime and I’m going to go grab a cheeseburger.

[quote comment=”254283″]He’s got the right idea - i would and will kill some one i catch torturing an animal[/quote]

Eating animals for food != torture you dipshit.

“Chickens do not naturally have 3in thick breasts.” Neither did my girlfriend, but thanks to meat (protein!), our brains got larger, figured out plastic surgery, and now she has huge boobs for me to play with.LOL. Just having fun guys.

I crawl my way to the top of the food chain to eat rabbit food. I eat Beef, Baby!

[quote comment=”254409″]I didn’t crawl my way to the top of the food chain to eat rabbit food. I eat Beef, Baby![/quote]
Correction*** didn’t crawl my way

[quote comment=”253587″]I dont suppose PETA told him that they euthanize over 50% of the animals they ’save’.[/quote]
Holy shit are you serious. That’s nuts

HOLY COW!!! This website all of a sudden became VeganMania.com and I always thought that this site was about MMA…

[quote comment=”254434″]HOLY COW!!! This website all of a sudden became VeganMania.com and I always thought that this site was about MMA…[/quote]

I just spoke to Dana White and he confirmed that the Main event for UFC 85 will be Mac Danzig vs. Mike Vick…lol sorry I had to get that out of my system!

[quote comment=”254439″][quote comment=”254434″]HOLY COW!!! This website all of a sudden became VeganMania.com and I always thought that this site was about MMA…[/quote]

I just spoke to Dana White and he confirmed that the Main event for UFC 85 will be Mac Danzig vs. Mike Vick…lol sorry I had to get that out of my system![/quote]

What about after Vick beats him..when he is getting his hand raised..he pull’s out a Mcdonalds Qtr Pounder and stuffs it down right in front of Mac..you thought Melvin was pissed at Rich for what he did..well you ain’t seen nothing yet.

[quote comment=”254446″][quote comment=”254439″][quote comment=”254434″]HOLY COW!!! This website all of a sudden became VeganMania.com and I always thought that this site was about MMA…[/quote]

I just spoke to Dana White and he confirmed that the Main event for UFC 85 will be Mac Danzig vs. Mike Vick…lol sorry I had to get that out of my system![/quote]

What about after Vick beats him..when he is getting his hand raised..he pull’s out a Mcdonalds Qtr Pounder and stuffs it down right in front of Mac..you thought Melvin was pissed at Rich for what he did..well you ain’t seen nothing yet.[/quote]

He is a good talented fighter, but what a weirdo. Im from Philly and I cant imagine not scarfing down a nice Phil;y Cheesteak! Imagine living your life, eating Humus every day. Where the hell does he get is energy? Then again, his girl is Hot and he is the TUF winner, so do you Mac!

[quote comment=”254428″][quote comment=”253587″]I dont suppose PETA told him that they euthanize over 50% of the animals they ’save’.[/quote]
Holy shit are you serious. That’s nuts[/quote]

Yeh they do actually. Like I said above, most hardcore vegans like Mac apparently support PETA either because they dont fully know what PETA does, or they just figure support PETA or find another organization that doesn’t have the reach PETA does.

One of the thing I dislike about PETA is how they advocate spray painting people wearing fur. You spray paint fur, and then you just assure that person will buy another fur to replace the one you destroyed. So its pointless.

As far as meat eating goes, I have some buddies that are die hard meat eaters, so I at least tell them to make sure to eat Kosher meat. Its healthier. I worked as a photographer for a law office for 4 years, and I remember one “nameless” case were the feed had killed off 500 some off cows. After to took pics of ALL of them, I jokingly asked the guy “whats gonna happen to all these cows”. “They’ll all be hamburger, hahah”.
He saw the look of surprise on my face and said “hey, they look way better now that most of the cows that are used for meat”. This may not be true all over the US, but in California I know for a fact it is. Eat Kosher meat, if you have to eat meat.

psh, vegan, how can you not eat meat? it tastes so so so good; no wonder the guy drops down to 155, little bastard isnt getting much protien

[quote comment=”253551″]Mother, tell your carnivores not to walk my way![/quote]
That’s gold! Pure gold!

[quote comment=”254401″]”Chickens do not naturally have 3in thick breasts.” Neither did my girlfriend, but thanks to meat (protein!), our brains got larger, figured out plastic surgery, and now she has huge boobs for me to play with.LOL. Just having fun guys.[/quote]

I like huge breasts too. Natural or Not. But I prefer the Rump. K!

Another day, another great set of quotes:

“It needs to be backed up with facts in order to gain any purchase.”

–Oops, sorry the poster doesn’t go into a 200 page essay on the merits of a vegan lifestyle. Oh wait, maybe its just trying to make a short quick impression….like a poster is supposed to do.

“Peta are a bunch of pet loving freaks they don’t judge tigers from eating meat or any other animals so don’t judge us”

–The difference is a tiger can’t make a decision like that. you can, you have a conscience…well maybe not you, but most of us can control ourselves and make educated decisions.

“The four letters that make up PETA are offensive in itself.”

– I keep forgetting that anyone that takes a hardline on something they believe is offensive. (sarcasm)

“I refuse to feel guilty about what i CHOOSE to eat. No one is gonna tell me to eat this or that just like no one is gonna tell me where to work, how to dress or how to live my life…but i won’t tell them how to live so what gives them the right to do that to me? You choose not to eat meat. Thats fine but don’t plaster billboards all over the place trying to make me feel guilty about what i choose to put in my stomach. Nice leather gloves by the way Mac.”

–This one is classic. No one is asking to to feel guilty. The purpose of the poster itraise awareness. NO one is TELLING you how to live. Where in that head of yours did you get that idea. Again, its just trying to raise awareness. Not control you. Nobody can force you to eat a certain way, and no one is trying. What a misguided individual you are. And what’s wrong with displaying a poster for something you believe in. Its the American way, free speech and all. Oh, and the gloves: It looks like a UFC press photo layered onto the poster. The UFC requires their fighters to wear their gloves which are made of leather. I bet Danzig would where some kind of synthetic glove if he was allowed to in competition.

“Anyone notice on Mac’s Wiki page that he became a vegan after meeting his vegan girlfriend? That explains a lot.”

–Yeah, its explains that she might have introduced him to the diet. It doesnt mean he turned Vegan to get a girl. Not everyone will do anything to for sex. Sounds like you might be a slave to your urges though.

“All this proves is that humans have overcome their evolutionary shortcomings to rise to the top of the food chain. To voluntarily surrender that position would mean that everything our neanderthal ancestors endured, all the sufering and death that came from hunting prehistoric super-animals, would be for nothing.”

Umm, yeah. Okay there. Keep worrying about those neanderthal ancestors, meanwhile I will continue to think for myself, which is the real reason we are sentient beings.

“I didn’t crawl my way to the top of the food chain to eat rabbit food. I eat Beef, Baby!”

You crawled your way to the top of the food chain? When you were a baby where you hunted by animals? Okay.

“Im from Philly and I cant imagine not scarfing down a nice Phil;y Cheesteak! Imagine living your life, eating Humus every day. Where the hell does he get is energy?”

–Right and Hummas is the only thing vegans eat. And why is it so hard to imagine? Do you eat a cheeese steak everyday of your life? If not, is it really so hard to imagine another day without one? Just try. Yeah go ahead and have one if you feel like it, but are you that dependent on a cheese steak sandwich.

“Just because I don’t eat the meat from the animal doesn’t mean it’s suffering magically goes away.”

–Another classic. Are you so self centered that you think your actions are the only ones that change anything?. They don’t. But if you and a bunch of people like you decided to stop eating meat it would affect the cattle industry. Sorry we cant speed up capitalism for you. But your answer your question, if enough people stopped eating meat, then yes the suffering of many animals would stop…over time.

[quote comment=”254399″][quote comment=”254283″]He’s got the right idea - i would and will kill some one i catch torturing an animal[/quote]

Eating animals for food != torture you dipshit.[/quote]

There is a tasty middle ground! EAting free range, non-hormonal/anti-biotic free meats. I get all my meat at whole foods. All quality meat-Humanely brought to slaughter-And you truly can taste the difference. Also eating meat that you hunt would not really be torturing animals. unless you are a cappy shot. I myself have never hunted and am kind of opposed to it but it does serve its purpose with a tasty outcome, venison tenderloin and jerky, wild boar…

Vegetables are also living and bred for food, and farmers get money too, especially since organic is more expensive

[quote comment=”253872″][quote comment=”253765″]Ignorant. Humans are NOT designed to eat meat. Every single meat eating animal on the planet has a short intestinal tract that allows them to get rid of things they eat quickly and maximize the crude proteins that meat has. Humans intestines are too long for this and a heavy diet of meat eating has been proven to increase the odds of colon cancer. This is fact. Some will argue that we were born with “canine teeth” to tear flesh. This is not fact. Biologists have established that animals who share physical characteristics also share a common diet. We have flat molars to crush and grind plant matter. Carnivores do not have this physical characteristic. Our stomachs lack the acidity that carnivores have, allowing them to digest meat and kill the bacteria present that would make us sick. Humans get sick when we eat uncooked meat because of the bacteria. That is why we cook it. Comparing our anatomies clearly illustrates the fact that the human body is built to run on a vegetarian diet. Humans have absolutely none of the distinguishing anatomical characteristics that either carnivores or even natural omnivores have. This is fact. Meat does not give you essential proteins that you cant get elsewhere and it has been proven that you do not have to take supplements to avoid vitamin deficiencies. The most healthy and longest living peoples in the world eat a diet with zero or minimal red meat. Americans are the most unhealthy people in the world and Diet is a huge factor in this. Educate yourselves before attacking someone for not eating the same things you do. It’s just food and if someone doesn’t like meat or animal suffering they shouldn’t get attacked for saying so. If you don’t kill it yourself, you don’t know what kind of hormones they put in your food. Chickens do not naturally have 3in thick breasts. Cows do not naturally produce milk in the quantities they genetically engineer them to. This is fact. Flame Away….[/quote]

…Dear PW.
I very much agree. But let us not forget that the 95 to 99% of MMA fans are a bit too short to understand that or anything just or proper at all. It is especially true provided that most of them are american (I make an exception for people like you, mr. Danzig and so on). It is naïve to expect otherwise from zealots of emilianenko, sylvia, couture (I’ve done an extensive research on the matter) and similar scum (I come to suspect that half of the whole UFC scene is composed of degenerates, e.g., the subspecies “homo debilis”, to paraphrase - those who enjoy hunting among other inexcusable and vulgar rubbish). But let me compliment you on your knowledge and express my full appreciation of your attempt at civilising the hopelessly uncivilised. I see, you ‘re more of an optimist there than I am.
For the enquiries of some, I’m a vegetarian; a boxer with a right that could floor about anybody (and I’d be but very eager to plant a good one on the hideous chin or empty temple of sylvia or his likes if I came across any one here in Europe).
Some here suggest certain dangers associated with vegetarianism: one should do his utmost to protect his little backward world with his revolting, savage principles. Well, perhaps Einstein, da Vinci, Tesla, Newton, Plato, Socrates (the list of superior men is quite a bit longer - spare me naming them all) suffered the sort of brain damage referred to by some of the posters here. In that case, the stock whose daily vocabulary is limited to “fuck”, “gay”, “kid”, “guy”, “it was like…wow!” and so on - is the sole category of people whose mental perfection stands beyond all doubt.
But then again - Lion’s strength is intrinsic (translated from Latin), and a convinced plebeian is a plebeian for life: a cocroach is deemed to stay a cocroach…

cordially.

Unum, sed Leonem

Boring diet = boring fighter?

Lol at the plethora of comments. The guy is Vegan, get over it. He can eat however he wants.

Danzig stands out as a class-act in a sport with a stigma. Unfortuntunately some leaving angry comments only perpetuate that stigma.

PETA is bullshit. Just watch the episode of “Penn & Teller’s Bullshit!” about PETA.

Wasn’t soy proven to lower your testosterone? no wonder he’s pissed all the time…

All I can hear is jealous meat eaters that would love to be in his place.
It is proven over and over again that a vegetarian based diet has improved performance, health, and many other reasons. Get your education and read up.
Carl Lewis the 9 times Olympic athlete bet his own records when he began a vegan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOTETXwfIaY
http://veg.ca/content/view/278/113/

and if you think this is normal human behavior?? Look below.

http://www.meat.org/

and for those bible readers, it never said in the bible that animals are there for us to eat, it saids: I give you every fruit, vegetable, grain, nut, seeds, and herbs to eat’.

Mac danzing went to hollyweed smoke some wacky weed and his brain soon shrank down to pea sized making him absolutly positivly the worlds biggist jerk ever