UFC: Andrews ready to start busy 2015

Dylan Andrews will meet England's Brad Scott in Adelaide this weekend. Photo / Getty

Dylan Andrews wants a busy year in the cage and his first UFC bout of 2015 awaits him on Sunday.

The Gold Coast-based Kiwi will meet England's Brad Scott (9-3) at UFC Fight Night 65 in Adelaide this weekend as he looks to bounce back from a disappointing loss to Sam Alvey (25-6, 1 NC) in Sydney in November.

At UFC Fight Night 55 last year, Andrews (17-6, 1 NC) looked comfortable in the octagon with Alvey before an attempted slam went wrong and he landed under his opponent's weight and was knocked out in the first round.

The fight lasted just over two minutes and Andrews said it was a disappointing outcome.

"It's very hard to take something away from something that was over so quickly," Andrews said. "I felt good and obviously the gameplan was going according to plan. There wasn't much to take from it, to be honest."

That Sydney loss was compounded by the fact it was Andrews' first bout in nearly a year after he threw his shoulder out and suffered a TKO loss to Clint Hester (11-4) at UFC Fight Night 33 in Brisbane in late 2013.

But that's all in the past and 2015 shapes as a pivotal year for Andrews because, freak circumstances or not, three-fight losing streaks don't look good on the CV.

"Obviously [I want to] get this win out of the way and try and get another one in two or three months. I've sort of changed my lifestyle to be able to fight more frequently."

A bout at the scheduled UFC 193 blockbuster in Melbourne in November would allow Andrews to compete three times this year, which is his preferred figure.

The 35-year-old sits outside the top-15 rankings in the middleweight division but he would love to break in by the end of 2015.

As for the fight with Scott, Andrews said his training camp had included an increased focus on kickboxing.

"It's been unbelievable. You try and duplicate what you think was a good camp that you had before and it feels better than what it was last time. I didn't think I could feel better than [before] my last fight but I do. I feel really good," Andrews said.

"I don't see him as strong in any one area. He's pretty good in all areas so it's my job to focus on all my areas as well and just be better than him wherever it goes."

This weekend's card, which marks the first UFC show in Adelaide, will be headlined by Kiwi heavyweight Mark Hunt (10-9-1) who will meet American Stipe Miocic (12-2) in a fight that could have title implications.

Auckland featherweight Dan Hooker (11-5) will face Japanese veteran Hatsu Hioki (27-8-2) and Auckland-born Australian Robert Whittaker (13-4) will take on the 14th-ranked Brad Tavares (13-3) in the co-main event.