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They’re rough. They throw punches. But they won’t bite you if you’ve ever had a mother.

Four MMA fighters who follow vegetarian diets were recently highlighted on the home page of UFC.com, the Ultimate Fighting Championship website.

Jake Shields, Mac Danzig, Aaron Simpson and Jon Fitch are four men that do a fine job of  representing both UFC and vegetarianaism.

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Jon Fitch

Plant-based power is well represented in the MMA world and Yahoo Sports recently discussed the dietary habits of three well known fighters in the community, Jake Shields, Mac Danzig and Jon Fitch.

Fitch took up vegetarianism after discovering it’s a lot easier to buy groceries living on $800 a month when you skip the meat aisle. Given his previous habits, we’re sure he learned quickly that a dollar spent on a steady diet of steak wouldn’t stretch far.

“I would eat three meals a day with meat, and meat was the main part of every meal. I’d eat two steaks for dinner almost every night,” Fitch said of his former lifestyle.

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