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12/10/2025

What a journey it’s been so far.
14 years since I wrote my first message on an Italian mma forum. Time flies!

12/08/2025

UFC Qatar — the vlogs are back.

This Reel is a short preview from my fight-week vlog for the Arman Tsarukyan vs Dan Ho**er bout. Subscribers to the CapoNutrition newsletter will receive the full video by email tonight.

The full episode is a behind-the-scenes look at our week in Qatar including training moments, weight-management work, recovery sessions, and the practical side of performance nutrition as it happens. This clip is only a small part of a longer video that gives you real footage of how we approach making weight and restoring performance for competition.

But we won’t stop until we get what we want.
11/28/2025

But we won’t stop until we get what we want.

11/26/2025

Not all weight cuts are the same.
Individual sweat rate is a critical variable, and Edmen Shahbazyan is in the top one percent for how efficiently he can produce sweat. After more than ten cuts together we have refined a protocol where he can drop about five pounds in around forty minutes and about seven pounds in roughly one hour while keeping heart rate low and controlled.

For this camp we placed an Assault Bike in his home and set up a screen in front of it to keep the work calm and focused. First signs of sweating came at minute seven and by minute fifteen he was already pouring. By alternating upper body only work with pedaling phases and adding short breaks as needed, we reached the target weight smoothly.

We started at six fifteen in the morning and he was already under the shower and resting around seven forty five. no unnecessary friction. Friday is our refeed segment and it lays the foundation for peak performance on fight day.

Full video drops tonight.

11/24/2025

This year started in the hardest possible way. What should have been a weekend that changed our lives became a real nightmare. Moments like that test people. Under pressure instincts could take over. But from that Friday in Los Angeles we stayed united and we spent a full year working for the performance you saw last night.

I filmed this yesterday afternoon just a few hours before Arman walked into the arena. Among the ingredients for our refuel I found a really good panettone at a supermarket here in Qatar and decided to include it in our protocol as a small symbolic gesture. In Italian we say tagliare il panettone which literally means cutting the panettone and figuratively means making it to the end of a tough road.
Thank you for the support!

Qatar photo dump | Team Tsarukyan | November 2025One of my favorite fight weeks ever.
11/23/2025

Qatar photo dump | Team Tsarukyan | November 2025

One of my favorite fight weeks ever.

We aren’t stopping anytime soon.
11/22/2025

We aren’t stopping anytime soon.

I understand that many of you are still frustrated because one of the potentially most intriguing matchups in UFC histor...
11/21/2025

I understand that many of you are still frustrated because one of the potentially most intriguing matchups in UFC history, Arman versus Makhachev, did not happen in January. But it is not fair to turn that frustration into accusations while ignoring the basic and irrefutable rules of physics.
Since the topic was brought up by multiple people, this is the right moment to clarify how the equipment used in MMA weigh ins actually works.
So let’s discuss how the balance beam scale operates.

Science is not optional. The procedure is standard. And the weigh in was legitimate.

11/19/2025

Arman Media Day’s Performance Nutrition Protocol

Today’s diet, aside from the Performance Yogurt which remains a daily constant, includes impepata di cozze, a traditional Mediterranean seafood dish from Italian coastal regions such as the Amalfi Coast. It is very light, highly digestible, and provides high quality protein.

This evening the meal will feature branzino with a side of guacamole prepared with a modified recipe designed to further support the final stages of the process.

We are now a little over thirty six hours from the official weigh ins and everything is progressing according to plan. Today’s focus was on media duties. Tomorrow will be a slow day until late evening, when the weight cutting begins.

What does a UFC title contender eat 72 hours before weigh-ins?Every athlete is different and nutrition protocols must be...
11/18/2025

What does a UFC title contender eat 72 hours before weigh-ins?

Every athlete is different and nutrition protocols must be individualized, but Arman and I have been working together for four years, and this is the approach we are using today as a low intensity training day with a medium to low overall training volume.
Beyond the nutrition elements, it is important to underline that we are still fully hydrated at this stage. We are 3 days away from the official weigh ins, and the old school habit of keeping fighters in a state of prolonged dehydration is something that absolutely must be avoided.

If you have ever been in a situation similar to Arman, what do you usually eat?

These performances aren’t going to fuel themselves!🇦🇲🍝🇮🇹
11/18/2025

These performances aren’t going to fuel themselves!
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Perform as a professional athlete, eat as an authentic Italian! Matteo Capodaglio, Director of Performance Doctor of Pharmacy MS Human Nutrition Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine Former Researcher at the World Anti Doping Laboratory in Rome, Italy Affiliate Member of the British Pharmacological Society Member of the International Society of Sports Nutrition