Austin Springer Looking to Put On Best Performance at Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series

After nearly a year off from fighting, featherweight Austin Springer returned to fighting this past February with a third round TKO of Troy Berglund at Conquest of the Cage in February.

For Springer, not only was the win over Berglund a solid way to kick off his year, it concluded some business the two had started nearly 10 years prior.

“I faced Troy before as an amateur (in 2018), and he asked for a rematch,” Springer told MMAWeekly.com. “I kind of knew what to expect going in. I was coming off a little bit of a layoff, so I was in a rush to finish the fight right away, but when the opening came I took advantage of him.

“That’s the way you get to the big shows: you keep winning and they can’t deny you. I had a couple tough match-ups and things didn’t go my way, so going out there and having a strong performance against Troy and getting a finish was a great way to start off 2018.”

The bout against Berglund not only snapped a two fight losing streak for Springer, but it was also a good first test of the training he’s been receiving since relocating some of his training to a new gym.

“A solid year of being at Gracie Barra Portland has compounded the skills I already had; tuned up the skills I already had, added new tools and tuned up the things that I didn’t do as well and needed to work on a little bit,” Springer said. “If I fought the Austin Springer of 365 days ago, I would probably TKO him in the second round.”

This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com