Filed under: AXS TV Fights , Featured Videos , News , Videos Former University of Alabama linebacker Eryk Anders is well-versed at pounding quarterbacks and running backs into the turf. Lately, he’s been pounding MMA opponents into the canvas. Anders (5-0) will make his LFA debut tonight when he meets veteran Jon Kirk (19-13) in a middleweight bout at LFA 6, which takes place at Cowboys Dancehall in San Antonio, Texas, with a main card live on AXS TV. It’s a home fight for Anders, who moved on to MMA in 2012 as an amateur, and as a pro in 2015 after his football career was over and he needed something to stoke the competitive fires. After his final season at Alabama in 2009, in which he had 66 total tackles and six sacks, he had shots in the NFL, CFL and Arena Football League, but nothing panned out the way he wanted.
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