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UFC hires strength & conditioning, nutrition heads for Performance Institute

Just weeks ahead of its official opening, the UFC Performance Institute has added directors for strength & conditioning and nutrition, the UFC announced Tuesday.

Bo Sandoval has been hired to lead the institute’s strength & conditioning program and Clint Wattenberg will be the director of nutrition, per a UFC release. The UFC Performance Institute, which the UFC boasts will be a state-of-the-art facility involving every aspect of a fighter’s preparation for the Octagon, will open May 22.

Sandoval was most recently with the University of Michigan as the assistant director of strength & conditioning for Olympic sports.