John Howard on PFL 6 Fight with Bruno Santos: ‘It’s Going to Be Two Bulls Coming at Each Other’
Going through periods of inconsistency over the course of his 14-year MMA career, middleweight John Howard has been able to regain a bit of solidity of late with back-to-back wins the past two years.
The thing that has helped get Howard on track has not been so much inspired by the fight game, but positive changes to his personal life.
“I have my oldest daughter now full time, so that’s a good thing for me,” Howard told MMAWeekly.com. “I’ve been training. I’ve been healthy. I’ve been doing different camps, different schooling, and getting things where they need to be.”
It’s because he has a more direct role in the lives of his children that Howard has even more determination to improve in the fight game and succeed.
“It gives me good motivation,” said Howard. “It gives me something to work for and drive for. I’m actually happier to have my kids back in my life. It gives me drive to be a better person.
“I find myself training a lot more, training harder, being more focused. Now that I have kids back in my life, everything has changed, and now it’s about being a positive role model and a dad to them. Having them makes me a lot more focused.”
Coming off a win in his PFL debut in July, Howard (26-13) will look to keep his winning ways going when he faces Bruno Santos (17-2) in a 185-pound bout on the promotion’s show Thursday in Atlantic City, N.J.
This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com
