World’s Scariest Man Martyn Ford reveals how he ditched 8,000 calories-a-day diet to prepare for Iranian Hulk fight

"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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