[5] Eryk Anders was born on a U.S. Air Force base in the Philippines, where his mother was stationed at the time.
[1] After graduating from Smithson Valley High School, Anders started at the University of Alabama in 2006.
[7] His career at Alabama culminated with a victory in the 2009 BCS National Championship against the Texas Longhorns, a game in which he led the Crimson Tide with seven tackles and a forced fumble.
[17] Anders made his Bellator debut on October 21, 2016, defeating Brian White by TKO in 23 seconds.
[23] However, Phillips was removed from the card and was replaced by promotional newcomer Markus Perez on December 9, 2017, at UFC Fight Night 123.
[31] Anders was tabbed as a short notice replacement for Jimi Manuwa, and faced Thiago Santos in a light heavyweight bout at UFC Fight Night 137.
[32] Anders lost via referee stoppage TKO when he collapsed and failed to make it to his corner at the conclusion of round three.
[34] Making a quick turnaround to the Octagon, Anders returned to middleweight to replace Antônio Carlos Júnior in a bout against Elias Theodorou at UFC 231 on December 8, 2018.
[39] Anders faced Vinicius Moreira, replacing Roman Dolidze, on June 29, 2019, at UFC on ESPN 3.
[42] Anders faced Gerald Meerschaert in a middleweight bout on October 12, 2019, at UFC Fight Night 161.
[44] Anders was scheduled to face Krzysztof Jotko on April 11, 2020, at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs.
[48] Anders was scheduled to face Antônio Arroyo, replacing Andreas Michailidis, on November 14, 2020, at UFC Fight Night 183.
[49] Anders was cornering his teammate, Walt Harris on Fight Island in UFC 254 when he got the call to step in for Michailidis.
[59] Anders faced André Muniz, replacing injured Dricus Du Plessis, on December 11, 2021, at UFC 269.
[74] He won the fight by technical knockout via ground punches at the end of the second round.
[83] In 2022, Anders made his acting debut as an MMA fighter in episode 2 of season 5 of the Netflix series Cobra Kai.