Karate Combat has been putting on quality events for several years now and their production is top tier. Their middleweight champion, Ross ‘Turbo’ Levine is a dynamic athlete with speed and power, two vital elements in the recipe that makes a champion karateka. This weekend, he’ll face 1-0 heavyweight and former UFC staple Sam Alvey for the vacant heavyweight title.

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Eddie Mercado snagged a great interview with Levine where they discussed a variety of topics. You can read along here. Of course, at the top of the list was his upcoming bout with Sam Alvey. The leap to heavyweight might seem wild to MMA fans, but heavyweight in Karate Combat tops out at 205 pounds, so the leap up isn’t as stark as some might think. Let’s take a look at what else they discussed.

* Doctorate in Physical Therapy by day, Karate Combat champ by night

* UFC guy vs. Karate Combat champion

* Moving up from middleweight

* Training with big bodies

* Sam Alvey or Sam Towelvey?

* Ross Levine’s prediction for Sam Alvey fight at Karate Combat 43

* Darren Till, Luke Rockhold, Lyoto Machida

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