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 to take them to the breaking point. I know he is going to come hard, and he like to stand. So it's really exciting for me!"

Leonard still has his eye one fighting the best of the best however, when asked about future opponents he would like to face he gave a very aggressive, and admirable response. "Jose Aldo, you know I think me and Aldo would be a great fight. Of course you got to position yourself to get a title shot. That's one of the fights I am really looking forward to doing in the future. As of right now there's so many names, there's Mike Brown, Urijah Faber, Raphael Assuncao. Those are three of the top guys that I have in my sights for sure. Brown, cause he's got a victory over me. I would really like to get in there and see how I do against him, without the nerves of fighting for a title. Urijah is a name that's been around forever, and he's also a tough guy. The thing is, at this weight class every fight seems like it could be for the title."

Leonard scored probably the biggest win of his career at WEC 36 against UFC Legend Jens Pulver. When discussing the fight with Leonard he said "That one for me, was extremely satisfying. TO be able to get in there with a guy like Jens, and perform how I did. It turned everything around for me, it was like the icing on the cake. Jens was like a hero of mine, I watched him fight in the early UFC's, watched him fight Urijah for 5 rounds. I am just glad I was able to hit him early, and get him out of there."

We also asked Leonard about teammate, and recent addition to the Bellator roster, Carey Vanier, Leonard offered nothing but praise. "Carey is a phenomenal athlete, when he moved into the house with us we knew he was very athletic. But the thing about really athletic guys is sometimes their work ethic isn't as good as someone's like mine. I HAVE to work twice as hard as Carey to be as good as he is at one thing. What I noticed about Carey is he is not that way. He is extremely athletic but he works SO hard. That's an attribute to his success. I think Carey would be able to give (Bellator Lightweight Champion) Eddie Alvarez fits, at that weight. He's a great athlete, he's got a phenomenal chin, he's a southpaw, and a good wrestler. I'm excited to see how far he goes, with Carey he's the only thing that can hold himself back. If he really let's go he can defiantly become a title contender up there real quick"

Finally we asked Leonard about the upcoming fight between his teammate, UFC Champion Georges. St-Pierre vs. Dan Hardy. Leonard was quick to praise Hardy, but he admits the odds are stacked against Hardy, "Georges St-Pierre all the way. I think Dan Hardy is a great fighter. But everyone thought Thiago Alves was a great striker, and yous see what Georges did to him. Georges is defiantly on another level right now. When that guy comes in there to train, you are going in there wondering what he's going to hit you with. It's not a matter of how good you do against him. It's like I won't let him beat me with this, so he will have to beat me with that. He's going to be the champ for a good, long while.

Click the podcast below to hear the full interview in which we also discuss the fighter that surprised Leonard with his skills, his home away form home in Ohio, and more....