Vegan Ultimate Fighter Ricardo Moreira
Ricardo Moreira is a rarity in the world of Ultimate Fighting—an extreme sport that pits martial artists of all fighting styles against each other, often inside a cage, where they punch, kick, and wrestle one another. In fact, the soft-spoken 26-year-old believes he is the only vegan on the international cage fighting circuit. “There are a lot of pescetarians who still eat fish, and there are fighters who sometimes stop eating meat and dairy to lose weight before a competition,” says Moreira. “But besides myself, I don’t know of anyone competing in mixed martial arts who doesn’t eat any animal products at all, ever.”
