Megan Anderson Wants UFC Women’s Featherweight Division To Progress With Or Without Amanda Nunes

Megan Anderson sees a future in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s featherweight division whether Amanda Nunes sticks around or not. Nunes is a UFC “champ-champ.” She captured the women’s featherweight gold by stop…

Megan Anderson sees a future in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s featherweight division whether Amanda Nunes sticks around or not. Nunes is a UFC “champ-champ.” She captured the women’s featherweight gold by stopping Cris Cyborg in 51 seconds. For her next bout, “The Lioness” will be defending her UFC women’s bantamweight gold against Holly […]

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Megan Anderson Needs Experience According to Dana White

Former Invicta FC champion Megan Anderson (9-3) is 1-1 in the UFC. She lost a decision to Holly Holm and scored a TKO victory over one of the UFC’s toughest women in Cat Zingano but that victory came with criticism over Anderson because it was an eye i…

Former Invicta FC champion Megan Anderson (9-3) is 1-1 in the UFC. She lost a decision to Holly Holm and scored a TKO victory over one of the UFC’s toughest women in Cat Zingano but that victory came with criticism over Anderson because it was an eye injury that Zingano received that ended the fight. […]

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Megan Anderson vs. Felicia Spencer Set for UFC Rochester

Megan Anderson has an opponent and date for her return to the Octagon, as the former Invicta featherweight champion will be taking on the undefeated Felicia Spencer at UFC Rochester on May 18, as originally reported by The Daily Telegraph on Monday. Fe…

Megan Anderson has an opponent and date for her return to the Octagon, as the former Invicta featherweight champion will be taking on the undefeated Felicia Spencer at UFC Rochester on May 18, as originally reported by The Daily Telegraph on Monday. Felicia Spencer is also a former Invicta featherweight champion, with the undefeated fighter […]

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Megan Anderson Returns At UFC Rochester

Megan Anderson returns to MMA competition inside of the Octagon this coming May. On Tuesday, The Canadian Press reported that a women’s featherweight bout between Anderson and octagon newcomer Felicia Spencer is on tap for the UFC Rochester event. Anderson made her promotional debut when she lost to former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm […]

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Megan Anderson returns to MMA competition inside of the Octagon this coming May.

On Tuesday, The Canadian Press reported that a women’s featherweight bout between Anderson and octagon newcomer Felicia Spencer is on tap for the UFC Rochester event.

Anderson made her promotional debut when she lost to former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm at the UFC 225 pay-per-view event. Coming into this fight, the former Invicta FC featherweight champion was on a four-fight winning streak. 

Her latest fight ended in controversy as she beat Cat Zingano by first-round TKO due to an eye injury at the UFC 232 pay-per-view event last December.

On the flip side, Spencer will vacate her Invicta FC title in order to make the jump to the UFC. She has finished four of her six wins and is fresh off a win by submission over Pam Sorenson in November.

UFC Rochester is set to take place on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. The main card will air on ESPN+. The preliminary card will air ESPN+. 

A welterweight bout between former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos and former interim lightweight title challenger Kevin Lee will headline the show. Here’s the updated card:

Rafael dos Anjos vs. Kevin Lee

Sijara Eubanks vs. Aspen Ladd

Zak Cummings vs. Trevin Giles

Grant Dawson vs. Mike Trizano

Patrick Cummins vs. Ed Herman

Megan Anderson vs. Felicia Spencer

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Megan Anderson Provides Update on Featherweight Division

After what has been an agonizing wait, Megan Anderson now has something to be excited about as it pertains to the future of the UFC’s women’s featherweight division. Anderson has been vocal about the need for the UFC to invest more into the division, m…

After what has been an agonizing wait, Megan Anderson now has something to be excited about as it pertains to the future of the UFC’s women’s featherweight division. Anderson has been vocal about the need for the UFC to invest more into the division, most specifically by signing more talent to its roster. Yesterday it […]

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Cat Zingano Will Appeal UFC 232 Loss To Megan Anderson

Cat Zingano plans on appealing her UFC 232 loss to Megan Anderson. The pair matched up at UFC 232 in California before an awkward series of events ended the fight. A head kick from Anderson grazed Zingano’s eye, injuring her and impairing her ability to see. The referee did not immediately stop the bout because […]

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Cat Zingano plans on appealing her UFC 232 loss to Megan Anderson.

The pair matched up at UFC 232 in California before an awkward series of events ended the fight. A head kick from Anderson grazed Zingano’s eye, injuring her and impairing her ability to see. The referee did not immediately stop the bout because no rules had been broken. Therefore, after a few subsequent strikes, Anderson was awarded the TKO win.

Today (Mon. January 7, 2019), Zingano appeared on “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show” wearing an eyepatch. She discussed her defeat to Anderson at UFC 232. “Alpha” revealed that her doctor disclosed to her she suffered iritis and retinal damage. However, she’s expected to make a full recovery (via ESPN):

“I really thought I lost my eye,” said Zingano.

Zingano also said she plans on continuing her fighting career, but currently has no timetable for her return. She’ll appeal her loss to Anderson due to the odd circumstances that led to the stoppage. With the loss, Zingano has now lost four of her last five fights inside the Octagon.

As for Anderson, this marked the first victory of her UFC career. She came up short in her promotional debut against ex-women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm at UFC 225 this past summer, losing via decision. Anderson is hoping to put together a resume worthy of a featherweight title shot, a division currently run by “champ champ” Amanda Nunes.

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