{"id":368363,"date":"2022-05-13T06:02:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T20:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=368363"},"modified":"2022-05-13T06:02:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T20:02:27","slug":"the-crank-returns-to-8-sides-in-ufc-247","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/the-crank-returns-to-8-sides-in-ufc-247\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Crank\u2019 returns to 8-sides in UFC 247"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_368359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368359\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Crank-pixw.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank \u201cThe Crank\u201d Camacho, right, trains with Team Oyama coach Colin Oyama for his upcoming fight against Manuel Torres in UFC Vegas 54. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marianas pride Frank \u201cThe Crank\u201d Camacho will return to mixed martial arts action this weekend when he faces Manuel \u201cEl Loco\u201d Torres in UFC Vegas 54 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrep for the fight is done. Just fight week prepping now. Weight cut, media, final game planning. It was a great fight camp for Manuel Torres,\u201d said the 32-year-old, who enters the octagon cage with a 22-9 win-loss record.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the 5\u201910,\u201d 155-lb. Camacho\u2019s first fight in nearly three years. He was supposed to return to MMA action last year, but was forced to pull out from his fight against Matt Frevola in UFC 263 in June 2021 after suffering back and neck injuries sustained in a car accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just so grateful for the opportunity. Two years off because of things I cannot control was a bummer. I can\u2019t wait to just go in there and showcase all the hard work my team and I have been working on,\u201d said the Team Oyama fighter.<\/p>\n<p>Going up against Torres, who comes in also at 5\u201910\u201d and 155 lbs. with a record of 12-2, Camacho said he\u2019ll be sure to give fight fans a match to cheer for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very confident. It stems from a great support group, hard work, and positive mindset&#8230; Training went really well\u2026and right around weight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Camacho\u2019s corner will be a familiar face, as the CNMI\u2019s very own Cuki Alvarez will be in Camacho\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy to have Cuk in my corner. He\u2019s been with me since Day 1 and knows how I am as an athlete, fighter, and person. Marianas in the house!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Torres, out of Entram Gym, was able to earn a UFC contract after fighting on Dana White\u2019s Contender Series last summer. His most recent fight was last fall and ended with him beating Kolton Englund on strikes in just over two minutes of the first round.<\/p>\n<p>The Camacho-Torres lightweight bout will be one of the undercards for UFC Vegas 54\u2019s main event that will pit former champion Jan Blachowicz against Aleksandar Rakic in the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marianas pride Frank \u201cThe Crank\u201d Camacho will return to mixed martial arts action this weekend&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":368358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3378],"class_list":["post-368363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}