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Zac George (20-3), out of Gresham OR's Team Quest, will be fighting in his home state of OK this Sat, Mar 19th when he takes on Brazilian fighter Wilson Reis, in a quarterfinal bout of Bellator's 145lb tourney, aired live nationwide on MTV2. Zac spoke to NW Fightscene's Spaniard last week about the fight with Reis and more..

NWFS: You come from Team Quest, world renowned camp. Talk about what you've gone through to get ready for you're fight with Wilson.

George: I went up to Oregon and I trained, in early February. Four weeks in up there. And I brought back Dave Jansen, so we're training here for the next week. And then fight week starts Monday. Training will kind of ramp down towards the end of this week or early coming next week. And then Robert [Follis] flies in to corner for the fight.

NWFS: Are you a guy that watches a lot of tape on your opponent?

George: I've watched a little bit of tape, thanks to the guys up there getting me the tape. I appreciate it. But I don't like to study it too in-depth. I like to get an idea. Is he southpaw? What's his height? What's his build? Does he throw 1-2 all the time. But I don't get a whole lot more than just surface area in watching tape.

NWFS: How do you think your styles match up going into this fight?

George: It matches up really well for me, and really bad for the Brazilian. Its going to be a lot of fun. He's going to have to get this fight to the ground to really put it in his comfort zone. And I'm not uncomfortable there at all... I don't care. I'm pretty comfortable in most positions. I'm not going to give him full mount or my back. But outside of starting in those two positions, I think I got a real good shot wherever this fight goes.

NWFS: A lot of people might not know you. You're an IFL veteran and you come from Team Quest. You've had a lot of fights, now at 20-3. What got you into MMA?

George: I wrestled from age 5 until I graduated high school. And I had a boxing coach in high school, a former boxer. And I started boxing, literally the next weekend, mostly just fighting other dudes in my little town. I'm from a little country town, La Tonga. And I got a couple offers to wrestle and I was like "I really like this boxing thing". Without any formal training. Again, just working with another guy. And I really liked that, so when I went to University of Oklahoma, I went up and found a local gym that had kickboxing, and supposedly a pretty good gym. So I started fighting there. Won a national title the first year I was kickboxing. Beat up a bunch of former amateur world champs and national champs. And then started boxing, without the kicks, and made it almost as a representative in the Olympics, but I got beat up getting into the last couple of fights there. And then started to put it all together. Ran into [Matt] Lindland, and kind of moved up to Portland.

NWFS: Anyone you want to thank?

George: Yeah. Revgear has always been behind me. They've been awesome. So appreciate them. Also been working with Energy Balance wristbands as well. They've been helping out. All my sponsors, check them out on my Facebook. They're listed up there. Thanks for everybody getting me ready, Team Quest especially.

NWFS thanks Zac for taking the time to speak to us. He'll be fighting March 19th against Wilson Reis in a quarterfinal bout of Bellator's Featherweight Tournament. The fight happens on Bellator XXXVII, taking place in the Lucky Star Casino in Concho Oklahoma, and broadcast live on MTV2. More info at bellator.com.