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My Take
Eryk Anders has one of the most improbable resumes in sport. Born on Clark Air Base in the Philippines, he won as a linebacker at Alabama, then reinvented himself as a UFC middleweight. Excelling in two collision-heavy disciplines, football and mixed martial arts, is the kind of thing most athletes could not survive, let alone do at a high level in both. I am always pulled toward people who refuse to be defined by a single arena. Anders reads to me as a pure competitor wired for contact, the sort of relentless, adaptable athlete who treats reinvention as just another rep.
Overview
Eryk Anders (born April 21, 1987) is an American former professional mixed martial artist and American football linebacker. He competed in the Middleweight division of the UFC. He played college football at the University of Alabama.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Eryk Anders
- Name (Japanese)
- エリク・アンダース
- Reading
- えりく・あんだーす
- Born
- April 21, 1987 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rabbit
- Origin
- Clark Air Base, Philippines
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- American football player / mixed martial arts fighter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Smithson Valley High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
American football player — see all → · Mixed martial arts fighter — see all → · More people from Philippines →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.