Battlegrounds MMA 8-man one night tournament is one tournament MMA fanatics shouldn't miss. This is a one night event wherein 8 MMA fighters will face each other to battle it out to find out who will be the best among them.

Among the fighters who will be joining the said competition is Brock Larson. The 37 year old Larson has been fighting for the MMA for quite a long time and now, he says that there is difference between the regular MMA and MMA 8-man tourney.

According to him, when it is a regular MMA, your only focus is to fight that main person you are about to face. You know who you are going to fight with, study his style and work on your play.

While in the MMA 8-man, you are not sure who you will be up against as the announcement of brackets were not made until after weigh-ins.

According to Larson "Back in the day, there wasn't much film on anybody so you just kind of focused on what you were good at, during training. Now a days there's a risk of us over analyzing things. It's kinda refreshing to have been in training and work on what I'm good at, and work on my own weaknesses instead of trying to replicate another specific opponent."

On the other hand, Jesse Taylor, who will also play in the tourney said that the 8-man is a "psychological game."

He said ""Don't get me wrong, I'm training hard. But there are things you can't train for and that's heart and the mental side to fighting. You've got to have a bad-ass mental game if you're looking to fight and win three times in one night - which, of course, is my goal. I enjoy that type of fighting. It's old-school, and a throw back."

But both fighters have already conditioned themselves and their body for the tournament. For Larson, he takes time each week to mimic fight night.

He said "Twice a week I kind of go through the tournament. I'm doing three, five-minute rounds, then I'll rest for ten minutes, and then hit it again. I do that a total of three times with fresh guys in on me every round."