MARTYN FORD has ditched his whopping 8,000 calorie diet for his titanic showdown with the Iranian Hulk.
Fitness freak Ford will clash with his fellow man mountain in a boxing match of epic proportions in London on April 2.
And the jacked 39-year-old has lost a staggering FOUR STONE of muscle to improve his fitness for the grudge match by cutting his caloric intake down to 4500 calories.
He told Muscle and Health: “I was on 7,000- 8,000 calories a day. I brought them down to around 5,000 and then gradually cut back even further.
“I’m on around 4,500 now. I’ve lost about four stone in six months.”
Before he started restricting calories, Ford simply ate to enjoy his food and maintain his 22-stone frame.
He told The Mirror: “You know what for six months I haven’t been measuring my calories.
“I have just been eating to my appetite and when I am hungry. The one drastic change I have made is my balance of food.
“When I was doing a lot of weight lifting it was predominantly fats and proteins.
“Whereas now it is a good 60-70 per cent carbs and it is the complete flip over.
“My food is absolutely on point, I am eating the best that I can and I have no doubt that I will bring something special because of that.”
Six-foot nine giant Ford is relishing his showdown with the Iranian Hulk – real name Sajad Gharibi – and plans to ‘rip his head off’.
He told SunSport: “God knows how, but this ‘Hulk’ guy has been popping up left, right, and centre for two years.
“He’s not an athlete by any stretch of the imagination. I refused to be fooled by his propositions, so initially, I just ignored him, but then things started getting a bit heated.
“At that point, for me, it was like, ‘Well, I’m not a mug, are you going to speak about my kids like this? I’m f***ing game for a scrap’.
“He’s jumped himself into a pool that is too deep for him and I’m ready to rip his head off.”
He added: “It’s kind of an embarrassing fight in the sense that he’s not an athlete.
“But I took the fight when things started getting heated over inbox messages. It’s 100% personal. There’s nothing fun about this. There’s no publicity stunt from my end.
“I genuinely want to smash his face in. I would happily do it in the gym behind closed doors.
“I do want to fight professionally in the future, but this fight for me is a walk in the park. It’s not a challenge for me by any stretch of the imagination.
“If I really wanted to end it fast, I could knock him out in twenty seconds. But I think I’ll give him one round and twenty seconds.”
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