UFC veteran Kevin Holland is as soon as once more making ready to return to the octagon as he faces Vicente Luque on 7 June.
Preventing out of Texas, Holland is thought for his brief turnarounds and his battle in New Jersey isn’t any totally different.
Luque can be Holland’s twenty first battle for the UFC since 2020, making him the corporate’s most energetic competitor throughout this era.
Having made his UFC debut in 2018 – a call loss towards Thiago Santos – Holland catapulted to fame in 2020 due to his exercise.
Regardless of restricted occasions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Holland managed 5 fights all through 2020 – successful all 5 and equalling the document for many UFC wins in a calendar 12 months.
For some fighters, 5 bouts in a 12 months merely is not potential – however for ‘The Trailblazer’, that is nothing new.
“My complete profession I’ve at all times been fairly energetic. You are an athlete, you’ll be able to’t be an athlete for 40 years, you’ll be able to solely be it for therefore lengthy. So take benefit and want for the very best,” he advised BBC Sport.
Holland’s subsequent battle can be his forty first skilled bout in 10 years – on three events he has competed 5 or extra occasions in a single 12 months.
“Between tremendous matches in jiu jitsu, Muay Thai, MMA, I might battle seven to eight occasions a 12 months. I’ve at all times fought so much, by no means actually sit on my butt an excessive amount of,” he added.
“I’ve had so many fights I do not keep in mind none of them.”
