Talkin’ MMA With Daniel Puder
Published by Staff on August 20th, 2008 in Interviews

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MMAMemories.com: You are involved in a significant amount of charities, including the Cops Care Cancer Foundation. Tell us a little bit about Cops Care, along with some of your other charitable projects such as Puder Strength Training.

Dan Puder: I started PST when I was 19 years old. The 1ast camp that I ran was for 8 weeks and we had about 26 kids. Now I’m on the board of CCCF, and conservation corp charter school. My passion in life is to change a kids life into the right direction.

MMAMemories.com: There’s a Cops Care Cancer Foundation charity event coming up at the Playboy Mansion on August 23rd called “Cops & Robbers” and a lot of A-list MMA stars are advertised as possibly attending. What will the atmosphere be like at the event and what do you have planned?

Dan Puder: The weekend will be a long party, starting off at a local club with a BBQ and a PPV Womens Wet T-shirt wrestling League. The Playboy Mansion is on Saturday with a Lingerie fashion show, a few comedians, and a tour of the mansion along with an OPEN bar of you favorite alcohol.

MMAMemories.com: Your MMA career seems to be a little infrequent due to all of the projects you are involved in, but the last time you fought was for StrikeForce at the Playboy Mansion and you won your fight. What’s on the horizon for your fight schedule?

Dan Puder: I will probably be fighting at the end of the year somewhere. I will know for sure next month. Then I will concentrate full time on fighting.

MMAMemories.com: You recently trained at American Kickboxing Academy, which is churning out a lot of big-name MMA fighters that are very successful. How often do you get a chance to train there and what’s it like training with AKA?

Dan Puder: I was training at AKA my whole life. Now I will be training in Los Angeles because I now live down here full time.

MMAMemories.com: A lot of people know you for your feud with Kurt Angle and the war of words you have had with him. How serious do you think Angle really was considering an MMA fight?

Dan Puder: I think in his mind he thinks that he can take me and other fighters. He is a no joke athlete. An I believe that I can take him even though he is such a superior athlete. But I am a fighter and he is a wrestler and I know he would beat me in Olympic style wrestling. But I can beat him in fighting.

MMAMemories.com: Do you think promoters put Angle up to talking trash against you?

Dan Puder: I don’t know, but I know he likes to trash talk me.

MMAMemories.com: One pro-wrestler who put his money where his mouth is was Brock Lesnar, who fought Frank Mir and lost. What kind of prospects do you think Lesnar has of not only surviving in MMA, but becoming a champion?

Dan Puder: I think he can become the champ…… but in the ufc there are a lot of really tough heavyweight fighters.

MMAMemories.com: Is pro-wrestling something that you are still interested in participating in?

Dan Puder: Yes. I love the sport and on August 22 we will be taping for my 1st PPV with the Wet T-shirt Wrestling league.

MMAMemories.com: What do you make of Frank Trigg possibly making the transition into pro-wrestling with TNA?

Dan Puder: I think that it gives him an edge that can potentially make him a bigger name.. It seems that the bug has caught guys like Trigg and Mayhem Miller these days.

MMAMemories.com: How many more MMA fights do you think you have left in you before you retire and focus on all of your extracurricular activities?

Dan Puder: I would like to fight for a while. I love fighting and I will go out the Champ.

MMAMemories.com: Do you have a message for all of your fans out there who are interested in what you are up to and how can fans keep up on your latest doings?

Dan Puder: Please check out www.puderpro.com we will be building up the site and makin it better day by day.