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Austin Trout, right, in action against Jarrett Hurd during the IBF Junior Middleweight World Championship match, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)
After having fought once in 2019 and once in 2020, this was Las Cruces boxer Austin Trout’s New Year’s resolution for 2021: get busy and stay that way.
Saturday’s 10-round main event in Chihuahua, Mexico, against Juan Armando Garcia, the former world champion says, is only the beginning.
“I want to take it back to the good old Macho Camacho days,” Trout said in a phone interview from Houston, where he’s based in preparation for Saturday’s bout. “… He fought 10 times in a year. I’m trying to get at least half that.”
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UFC Vegas 18 predictions: ‘Overeem vs Volkov’ early ‘Prelims’ undercard preview
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is bringing more “Prelims” fights to ESPN+ this weekend (Sat., Feb. 6, 2021) when UFC Vegas 18: “Overeem vs. Volkov” returns to UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. MMAmania.com’s Patrick Stumberg kicks off the UFC Vegas 18 “Prelims” party with the first installment of a two-part undercard preview series below.
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After three rapid-fire events and a brief hiatus, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) resumes in 2021 campaign this Saturday (Feb. 6, 2021) when Alistair Overeem meets Alexander Volkov inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The evening will also see Cory Sandhagen face Frankie Edgar in a clash of elite Bantamweight contenders and Macy Chiasson attempt to continue her rise through the ranks at Marion Reneau’s expense.
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov Preview and Predictions
February 2, 2021
After Dustin Poirier’s second-round knockout of Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler’s stunning first-round dispatching of Dan Hooker at UFC 257, the UFC took a week off. The company departed FIght Island and headed back to its stateside home of Las Vegas. Now, the organization returns to the confines of the UFC Apex for
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov.
In the main event, two elite heavyweight strikers clash. The winner takes one big step toward the ultimate goal of fighting for a UFC championship. Former K-1 Grand Prix champion, Dream and Strikeforce kingpin, and UFC title challenger Alistair Overeem has won four of his last five fights and currently sits at fifth in the official UFC heavyweight rankings. Overeem collides with sixth-ranked Alexander Volkov. A victory for Overeem would put him only one or two wins away from another crack at the belt. It’s now or never for the 40-year-old to st