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Megan Anderson Welcomes UFC Newcomer At UFC 243

Megan Anderson will return to the Octagon at UFC 243 in Australia. Several reports came out that she would indeed fight on the card, while MMA Junkie confirmed the news. Anderson will welcome UFC newcomer, Zarah Fairn dos Santos, who like the Aussie is a natural featherweight. When Anderson was signed by the UFC after […]

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Megan Anderson will return to the Octagon at UFC 243 in Australia.

Several reports came out that she would indeed fight on the card, while MMA Junkie confirmed the news. Anderson will welcome UFC newcomer, Zarah Fairn dos Santos, who like the Aussie is a natural featherweight.

When Anderson was signed by the UFC after being the Invicta FC champion, many expected her to challenge Cris Cyborg. Yet, her path to the top has not been easy. In her debut, she dropped a decision to Holly Holm. Then, at UFC 235 beat Cat Zingano by TKO due to an eye injury. In her next fight, she fought Felicia Spencer where the expectation was the winner would fight the former featherweight champ. There, it was the Canadian who got a first-round submission to drop the Aussie to 1-2 inside the Octagon.

Dos Santos, meanwhile, is 6-2 as a pro and last fought back in December of 2017, according to available records. The French fighter has fought in promotions like BAMMA, Cage, and other European promotions.

She is a 5’10” featherweight so Anderson will have the size advantage in this one. But, this is good news for women’s featherweights as they are signing more of them.

UFC 243 goes down in Melbourne, Australia on Oct. 6 there (Oct. 5 in North America). The card is headlined by a middleweight title fight between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya.

Who do you think will win the fight between Megan Anderson and Zarah Fairn dos Santos?

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Megan Anderson Returns at UFC 243

Megan Anderson returns to MMA competition inside of the Octagon this coming October.   On Friday morning it was reported that Anderson will meet Zarah Fairn dos Santos in a women’s featherweight bout at the upcoming UFC 243 pay-per-view event…

Megan Anderson returns to MMA competition inside of the Octagon this coming October.   On Friday morning it was reported that Anderson will meet Zarah Fairn dos Santos in a women’s featherweight bout at the upcoming UFC 243 pay-per-view event. MMA Junkie verified the booking between these two fighters with a person close to the situation.  […]

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Dana White Expects 60,000 Sell Out For Robert Whittaker vs. Israel Adesanya

Dana White is expecting UFC 243’s headliner between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya to be a sell out. Whittaker and Adesanya will collide in a middleweight title unification fight at UFC 243, which takes place October 5. For a long time, there were doubts as to where it would take place. In the end, Melbourne’s […]

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Dana White is expecting UFC 243’s headliner between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya to be a sell out.

Whittaker and Adesanya will collide in a middleweight title unification fight at UFC 243, which takes place October 5. For a long time, there were doubts as to where it would take place. In the end, Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium was decided as the location for what is being regarded as the biggest Australasian fight in combat sports history.

The stadium hosts 60,000 fans and was where Ronda Rousey headlined against Holly Holm for UFC 193 back in 2015. That event drew a UFC record 56,214 fans. However, White expects that record to be broken for UFC 243:

“I think we sell it out at 60,000,” White told reporters. “It’s going to be the biggest fight in Australian history, period. Any fight they’ve ever done there, this is going to be the biggest fight ever. This fight is global.

“When they did big fights in Australia, whether it was a boxing match or whatever, even if all of Australia was engaged, the rest of the world wasn’t. You have the Middle East, you got Europe, you have Canada, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, all these countries are going to be interested in this fight. I don’t think there’s ever been a fight since Kostya Tszyu or something, where there was a fight where the rest of the world was interested.”

A number of factors led to this fight happening, especially with Adesanya only debuting for the promotion last year. And for White, he feels nobody could have written a better script:

“If I was Vince McMahon writing scripts, you couldn’t write a better script than this,” White added. “You have the champion who’s from Australia, and then you have the interim champion – it just couldn’t be better.”

Do you think UFC 243 will boast the new UFC record attendance?

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Dana White Says Robert Whittaker vs. Israel Adesanya Is ‘The Biggest Fight Ever’

In the main event of UFC 243, interim middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya will take on middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker. It is a highly-anticipated fight, and will be a massive event in Australia. Given the fact that Whittaker is an Aussie an…

In the main event of UFC 243, interim middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya will take on middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker. It is a highly-anticipated fight, and will be a massive event in Australia. Given the fact that Whittaker is an Aussie and “The Last Stylebender” is from New Zealand. UFC president, Dana White is no doubt […]

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Tai Tuivasa Returning At UFC 243 In Australia

Fan-favorite and shoey master Tai Tuivasa is set to make his return to the Octagon at the UFC 243 pay-per-view (PPV) in Australia. According to MMA Junkie’s Nolan King, Tuivasa will be taking on Sergey “The Polar Bear” Spivak: Spivak comes off the first loss of his mixed martial arts (MMA) career, which also happened […]

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Fan-favorite and shoey master Tai Tuivasa is set to make his return to the Octagon at the UFC 243 pay-per-view (PPV) in Australia.

According to MMA Junkie’s Nolan King, Tuivasa will be taking on Sergey “The Polar Bear” Spivak:

Spivak comes off the first loss of his mixed martial arts (MMA) career, which also happened to be his UFC promotional debut. The 24-year-old was put away by Walt Harris in under a minute.

As for Tuivasa, he is currently on a two-fight losing streak, the only two losses of his career. In his last outing, he was outclassed by Blagoy Ivanov at UFC 238. Now, he hopes to get back in the win column against Spivak.

UFC 243 takes place from the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia on October 6. The card is headlined by a UFC middleweight title unification bout between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya.

What do you think about Tuivasa making his return against Spivak at UFC 243?

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Robert Whittaker Plans On Making Sure Everyone Knows Why He Is At The Top At UFC 243

Robert Whittaker has only fought twice in the past two years. Injuries have kept him away from the Octagon but he will return in October at UFC 243 to take on Israel Adesanya. Since he hasn’t been able to fight since UFC 225 back in June of 2018,…

Robert Whittaker has only fought twice in the past two years. Injuries have kept him away from the Octagon but he will return in October at UFC 243 to take on Israel Adesanya. Since he hasn’t been able to fight since UFC 225 back in June of 2018, Whittaker believes many people have forgotten about […]

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