Eryk Anders answered the call from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, stepped in for an injured Jimi Manuwa on just six days’ notice and took on Thiago Santos in the UFC Fight Night 137 main event on Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It made for an exciting headliner. While Anders showed amazing resilience throughout the battle, he ultimately succumbed to a combination of strikes and fatigue, unable to lift himself off the canvas at the end of the third round.
From the start, Anders looked to grapple, as he caught the first kick from Santos and converted it into a quick takedown.