After nearly two decades of hand-to-hand combat, John Howard still musters the motivation to strap on the gloves and climb into the cage.
The Wai Kru MMA mainstay will make his under-the-radar Eagle Fighting Championship debut when he zeroes in on undefeated Russian prospect Ramazan Kuramagomedov in an EFC 44 welterweight showcase on Friday at the FLX Arena in Miami. Howard, 38, has alternated wins and losses in each of his past four outings. He last competed under the Xtreme MMA banner, as he wound up on the wrong side of a unanimous decision against Tyler Ray at XMMA 3 “Vice City” on Oct.