Fighter Interviews

Spent a day at Ultimate Fitness in Sacramento, CA. Ultimate Fitness is the home of Team Alpha male founded by Urijah Faber. Here are some of the up and coming fighters from Team Alpha Male.

First up is Hector ‘Kid Alex’ Sandoval. He is a Flyweight and talks about why he is a fighter.

Next up is Mike Ortega. Ortega is a Lightweight and talks about why he is a fighter.

Now it is Hector Sandoval’s older brother Raul Omar Sandoval. Omar is a Bantamweight and talks about why he is a fighter.

And to round out this group, it is Scott Nelson. Nelson is a Middleweight and talks about why he is a fighter.

Here are some more members of Team Alpha Male that you might not have heard of yet…

Juan Azevedo is a Featherweight…

Here is T.J. Dillashaw. He is a Bantamweight.

This is Walter Patterson. He is a Featherweight.

This is Dustin Farmer of Team Alpha Male. He is a Featherweight.

And finally, this is Eddie Hoch of Team Alpha Male. He is a Lightweight.

Heath Herring was on Shambala Sports Radio on May 20th. Among the subjects Herring talked about was the mythical fight between Fedor and Brock. Plus, fighter compensation and unions.

More Ariel Helwani interviews. UFC 114 post event interviews.

Weltweight John Hathaway talks with Ariel Helwani about his victory over Diego Sanchez.

Light Heavyweight Jason Brilz discusses his razor thin loss to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira…Which most thought Brilz won that fight.

Efrain Escudero reflects on his win over Dan Lauzon.

More Ariel Helwani interviews. These are from Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery in St. Louis, MO.

First up is Dan Henderson. Henderson is looking for a rematch with Jake Shields.

Strikeforce Heavyweight Champ Alistair Overeem talks about his win over Brett Rogers and a possible fight with Fedor Emelianenko.

Antonio Bigfoot Silva happy with win over Andrei Arlovski.

Roger Gracie brought a win back to the Gracie family.

Here are more Ariel Helwani interviews. These are from UFC 113:

Randy Couture talks the possibility to facing James Toney.

UFC President Dana White talks about the night of fights at UFC 113 and the fallout there of. Better known as the cutting of Kimbo Slice and the firing of Paul Daley.

Josh Koscheck talks to Ariel Helwani post fight about his fight with Paul Daley.

And Matt Mitrione talks about his win over Kimbo Slice.

And now for what is probably the strangest and craziest interview I have ever been a part of. Charles Krazy Horse Bennett…Well, now he goes by Kid Khaos.

Welcome to part 1:

And now part 2 of our interview with Charles Bennett:

In the lead to UFC 113, Ariel Helwani has a bunch of interviews with the participants…

Here is the returning Patrick Cote. Cote has been out of action for 18 months and he faces Alan Belcher. Cote talks about his time off, his bout with Belcher, Anderson Silva and his quest for the Middleweight belt.

This next interview is with Joe Doerkson. Doerkson, is returning to the Octagon for the first time in 2 years. Doerkson talks about getting the call and about his opponent Tom Lawlor.

And Kimbo Slice is in a much better mood since he did not have to cut any weight for his bout with Matt Mitrione. Slice says that he will submit Mitrione if Mitrione give Slice the opportunity to do so.

From Film Maker James Z. Feng: Fight Life: MMA Documentary – Jake Shields

This fighter was able to keep his answers brief, yet informative. Meet Taylor McCorriston. He is a Bantamweight fighter fighting out of Dublin, CA. McCorriston tells why he is a fighter.

Here is a long one. Justin McCorkle is a Light Heavyweight fight out of Oklahoma. Normally, the Why I am a Fighter interviews only last about 6 minutes, this one is close to 20 minutes in 2 parts and I cut about 10 minutes from this interview.

Here is Justin McCorkle, Why I am a Fighter: Part 1:

Here is Justin McCorkle, Why I am a Fighter: Part 2:

Meet John Devine. He is the Cage Combat Fighting Championship’s Heavyweight Champion. Devine will be making his Strikeforce debut on March 26th, 2010 at Strikeforce Challengers 7 in Fresno, CA.

One of the things that I want to do with This Week in Combat Sports is feature the unknown up and coming fighter. In July of 2009 leading up to the Cage Combat Fighting Championship ‘Rush’ event, I had the chance to talk with on of the fighters on the card Evan Esquerra. Here is his story of why he got into the fighting sports and a bit about bout that the interview preceded.

On Saturday December 19th, I was at the Strikeforce press conference where Dan Henderson and KJ Noons were officially introduced as Strikeforce fighters. Henderson answered questions during the press conference that covered so many questions that I wanted to ask and our time was limited to do one-on-one interviews, I decided to go right to my Why I am a Fighter questions. Here is Dan Henderson….Why I am a Fighter…

On Saturday December 19th, I was at the Strikeforce press conference where Dan Henderson and KJ Noons were officially introduced as Strikeforce fighters. Noons answered questions during the press conference that covered so many questions that I wanted to ask and our time was limited to do one-on-one interviews, I decided to go right to my Why I am a Fighter questions. Here is KJ Noons….Why I am a Fighter…

At the Strikeforce: Evolution weigh-ins December 18th, I got the chance to talk to Jason Mayhem Miller. The dude is a blast to interview. We talked about his attempt and success competing at G4′s American Ninja Warrior, but not able to advance in the competition. Turns out he did that show before the fight with Jake Shields. He let’s his feelings be know on how he feels about Jake Shields. Gives his picks on the main card fights and other insanity.

This is a new segment called Why I am a Fighter. I was lucky enough to get one of the top lightweights in MMA to be my first of this ongoing segment. The Strikeforce Interim Lightweight Champion, Gilbert ‘El Nino’ Melendez, explains why he has chosen to be a fighter, how he started and who influenced him among other things.

Here it is:

Why I am a Fighter: Gilbert ‘El Nino’ Melendez.