NCAA champ Andrew Alirez embarks on MMA journey: 'All in on the fight'
NCAA champ Andrew Alirez picked MMA over another Olympic pursuit – and his debut is right around the corner.
Andrew Alirez's MMA debut may be flying under the radar. It's a bit different feel than the last time he made an athletic jump. As one of the top high school wrestling recruits in the country, Alirez prioritized loyalty over limelight.
He stuck close to his home of Greeley, Colo. , committing to the Unviersity of Northern Colorado. "My whole family went to Greeley Central," Alirez recently told MMA Junkie.
"My dad was state champion. My brothers, everybody, my cousins went there, so I went there. I was a four-time state champion.
I was the No. 1 recruit coming out of college, out of everyone in the country and then I chose to stay home and go to a smaller program in Northern Colorado, so it was pretty tough. I was recruited by pretty much everybody in the country.
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