In this podcast we will breakdown all the main fights for UFC on Versus 1 and do our 8 Point Breakdown for Vera vs. Jones. We brought our new journalist Steve Dranberg on board for this event. Click the podcast to hear the full breakdown!
Hello everyone, and welcome to the inaugural episode of 8 Point MMA.com’s: Month of Bellator Special. With Bellator Season Two quickly approaching 8 Point MMA.com has agreed to sit down and interview every fighter that will be competing in Season Two. This week we will be starting with all the Bellator Featherweight Tournament participants. First up, we have Wilson Reis. Wilson was on Bellator's first ever season, and ended up losing to eventual tournament winner, and now Bellator Featherweight ...
Today 8PointMMA.com was able to catch up with the ever exciting Chris Lytle. Chris just won a fight against Brian Foster at UFC 110 in Australia. Chris told us, "It was a good win for me. I watched his last couple fights. I was pretty impressed with the way he fought, a pretty quick victory for me is what I really wanted. I wanted to show that I am more than a one dimensional fighter. I was looking to throw punches but he kept trying to tie it up and get the takedown." Brian Foster's game plan c...
Today Bobby Huron, member of the Tapout house, joined us to tell us about his time at the house. Click the podcast to hear the full interview!
We have been doing an in-depth special about the new Tapout House, that Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Leonard Garcia opened up in recently. There is no better person to talk about that experience with, than Carey Vanier. Carey has been through the Tapout House now and emerged with a contract with Bellator. We asked Carey about the transition to a new environment, “When I was down there I did not know what to expect. My first visit down there, it was all new guys from different parts of the country...
This is the very first of what will be a a semi-regular podcast about what is going on at 8 Point MMA.com. Click this podcast if you want to know how to win almost $100 of MMA stuff in next to no time!!! Full Description coming soon...
8 Point MMA.com caught up with MMA fighter Dave Hess to talk to him about his upcoming fight with Jake O'Brien this Saturday at MMA Big Show.
For Part 2 of our week-long special into the Tapout House we were able to catch up with standout WEC fighter Cub Swanson. Cub is very amazed with the progress that has been made with the fighters in the Tapout House. He mentioned to us, "It's great. It's the kind of thing a lot of people want to do. Giving a lot of people the chance to come, and step up their training. They can be in the atmosphere of training full time." Now a top fighter himself, Cub was quick to recognize the benefits somethi...
In the late parts of 2009, Leonard Garcia and Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone decided they wanted to make a place where fighters of all skill levels could come and train with pro fighters, and live the fighter life. Thus the Tapout House was born. Now open for operation with Leonard and Donald as Co-Owners, the Tapout House is really beginning to get rolling, and has been in operation for almost 6 months now. When asked to describe the Tapout House, Leonard Garcia told us "Basically the Tapout House is ...
Recent Strikeforce acquisition Rogerbowling joined 8PointMMA.com, to discuss his upcoming fight in "MMA Big Show" and his upcoming future with Strikeforce! Click the link for the full interview!
The guy that has fought in almost every Major MMA Promotion known to mankind, Mike Pyle, revealed to 8pointmma.com today that he should be fighting at UFC 114, and discussed some other things with us for our Podcast #15. Click the podcast to hear Mike talk about a possible 2nd fight with Jon Fitch, fighting overseas, and more!!!
Bellator Fighting Championships just signed Middleweight prospect Matt Major on for their Season 2 Middleweight Tournament. So 8PointMMA.com caught up with Major to discuss the Bellator Tournament, Teammate Cain Velasquez, and more!
Today 8pointmma.com was able to get some time with UFC Lightweight Gray Maynard for a quick, 8 point interview. Gray may have lost in The Ultimate Fighter competition to Nate Diaz, but he avenged that loss at Ultimate Fight Night 20 last month. Gray said "It felt really good. It was a tough fight, he's a tough kid, i'm just glad to get the win." Click the podcast below to hear the full interview including Gray's thought's on Couture vs. Coleman, Florian vs. Gomi, thoughts on a potential match up...
Today 8PointMMA.com was able to catch Eddie Alvarez for a quick, 8 point interview, to discuss his return to fighting, his desire to fight UFC Kingpin BJ Penn, and more! Eddie was able to give us a little light into his possible schedule to return to competition, after a knee injury. "The end of April I will be back in action, my rehab is knee is going excellent. I'm actually recovering much faster than I expected. Dr. Moore from Temple, did an awesome job on my knee, and I'll be back to 100%." ...
Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Soto connected with 8pointmma.com today, to have an exclusive chat about his Bellator Season 1 performances, thoughts on a Megafight with Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez, and more! We asked Joe about how his Season 1 Tournament win felt, and he told us "It was amazing, a dream come true. It was defiantly the opportunity of a lifetime, and I just took advantage of it. It felt good, going out there, being the underdog, and was a great accomplishment....
Bellator Featherweight prospect, Joe Warren caught up with 8pointmma.com today, and was gracious enough to give us some of his time to talk about all the things going on in his life, and the upcoming Bellator Season 2, where he is slated to be in the Season 2 Featherweight Tournament. Joe is very excited to come stateside to fight finally and informed us, "Bellator is first class, upcoming. We see eye to eye on a lot of things. I'm still going to be able to fight in DREAM, and win my belt back o...
8pointmma.com was able to catch up with Strikeforce fighter Jay Hieron after his fight with Joe Riggs. Jay was able to dominate Riggs for 3 full rounds and has set himself up as one of the top contenders for Nick Diaz's Welterweight Championship. Hieron was very excited about his win and told us "It feels great, at this point in my career this is the type of fights i want, the type of wins I want. My stock goes up, move forward and move onto bigger and better things" Jay has his eye on Nick Diaz...
WEC Featherweight Contender Leonard Garcia is in training for his fight at WEC 47 against Diego Nunes, but he had a few minutes to give 8pointmma.com for our usual, 8 question interviews. Leonard's opponent Nunes may be coming off a loss, but he is a very game opponent and Leonard was quick to recognize that. When asked about Nunes, Leonard responded with "I think he's a really tough guy. He's only been beat one time, so he's not used to losing. When you fight someone like that, you really have ...
Today 8PointMMA.com caught up with new Bellator signing Eric Schambari to ask him 8 quick questions about the recent signing with Bellator. Eric holds a professional record of 11-1 and trains out of Marc Laimon's Cobra Kai in Las Vegas, Nevada. Eric is on a 4 fight win streak after having some medical issues recently, and is the first announced Middleweight in the Bellator Tournament. We asked Eric about how he has done so well after a long layoff and Eric replied "After my time off from the med...
8PointMMA.com recently got some one on one time with the always entertaining Wes Sims for a quick, 8 point interview in relation to his upcoming fight this Saturday vs. Bobby Lashey in Strikeforce: Miami. Wes Sims is a UFC Veteran and most recently was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter Season 10: Heavyweights. He has fought some of the top fighters in the world including Tim Sylvia, Antoni Hardonk, Kimo, Mike Kyle, and Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir. He was picked up as a late repl...
Today 8pointmma.com was able to catch up with Bellator Lightweight Carey Vanier, and get a quick 8 point interview with him. Carey is the most recently announced fighter for the Season 2 of the Lightweight Tournament, and has a long history in sports. Carey wrestled in high school and went on to become an All-American wrestler at Ridgewater College. He brings an impressive 7-2 record into Bellator and is now training at Greg Jackson's camp in New Mexico. When asked about now working out with the...
8pointmma.com lined up an interview with Bellator CEO and co-founder Bjorn Rebey today for our 3rd podcast. Bellator is a new fight organization that has been rising through the ranks very fast with their tournament format, and stable of great fighters. The are about to start Season #2 which will be broadcast on multiple stations, and Bellator stands poised to become the #2 promotion in MMA very soon. When asked about how Bellator has manged to find all their great talent Bjorn responded. "Prima...
8 Point MMA was able to catch up with Strikeforce fighter, and former IFL Welterweight Champion, Jay Hieron. Jay is fighting on the upcoming Strikeforce: Miami card against UFC Veteran Joe Riggs. We discussed his upcoming fight, his past with the IFL, and even things such as the roots of Xtreme Couture. When asked about this upcoming fight, Jay said "I think this is a great match up! At this point in my career, I want to fight guys with names, and Joe Riggs definitely has a name. He has been aro...
Today 8pointmma.com was honored to interview the always exciting Chris "Lights Out" Lytle heading into his fight at UFC 110 in Australia against opponent Brian Foster.
