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Megan Anderson opens up on mental health struggles
As Megan Anderson gears up for a UFC 243 showdown Zarah Fairn Dos Santos, she’s opening up on the mental health struggles she’s dealt with over the course of her career. “I’m very hard on myself,” Anderson told MMA Junkie at UFC 243 media day. “I’ve always been open about that and about mental health […]
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Megan Anderson returns at UFC 243
Megan Anderson will return to the Octagon and her home country in October. Anderson will welcome newcomer Zarah Fairn dos Santos to the organization when they square off at UFC 243, sources confirm to BJPenn.com. The event will take place Oct. 6 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. News of the women’s featherweight bout was […]
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Megan Anderson issues statement following submission loss to Felicia Spencer at UFC Rochester
Former Invicta featherweight champions Megan Anderson and Felicia Spencer squared off on the main card of Saturday’s UFC event in Rochester, New York. The fight served as Spencer’s promotional debut and marked Anderson’s third octagon appearance. Felicia Spencer was able to get her fight with Megan Anderson to the canvas in the opening seconds of […]
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UFC Rochester Results: Felicia Spencer submits Megan Anderson in Round 1 (VIDEO)
A key women’s featherweight bout between former Invicta FC champions Megan Anderson and Felicia Spencer took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC Rochester event. Megan Anderson (9-3 MMA) for the first time since December’s UFC 232 event in Los Angeles, where she scored a bizarre TKO victory over Cat Zingano. Anderson has gone […]
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Dana White believes Megan Anderson could ‘be something’ in the UFC
Dana White has always had a pretty good eye for future stars. From the sounds of it, that’s what he sees when he looks at former Invicta champ and current UFC featherweight contender Megan Anderson. White praised Anderson, who returns to the Octagon at UFC Rochester this weekend, in a recent interview with NYUP.com. “What […]
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Megan Anderson and the featherweight torch
Fighters are responsible for a lot more things than perhaps meets the eye. On the surface level, they’re responsible for providing for themselves as anyone is in their profession. Others may argue that they’re also responsible for the entertainment of their audiences as performers and public figures. But it can go much deeper than that […]
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Report | Megan Anderson vs Felicia Spencer set to go down at UFC Rochester
Things are finally starting to happen within the UFC’s women’s featherweight division as evidenced by the recent signing of Invicta FC champion, Felicia Spencer (6-0). It was seemingly just a matter of time for the unbeaten homegrown Invicta talent to wind up on a big stage here sooner or later, it was just a matter of […]
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Megan Anderson calls for title fight with Cris Cyborg following Amanda Nunes’ claims of being ‘done with 145’
Well, UFC 232 has come and gone and less than a month later it seems that the ripple effect from the night’s results is about to be felt. In the co-main event on December 29, UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes scored a massive and historical knockout win over the longtime ruler at featherweight, Cris Cyborg. […]
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Cat Zingano appeals UFC 232 loss to Megan Anderson
At UFC 232, which went down in late December in Los Angeles, former UFC bantamweight title challenger Cat Zingano stepped into the cage with former Invicta champ Megan Anderson for a highly anticipated featherweight contender bout. Unfortunately, this bout ended in controversy. Early in the first round, Anderson uncorked a well-timed head kick. Regrettably, her […]
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Top featherweight contender Megan Anderson reacts to Amanda Nunes beating Cris Cyborg
Late last month, in the co-main event of UFC 232, Amanda Nunes ended the seemingly bulletproof reign of UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg with a volley of first-round punches. In the opinion of Megan Anderson — the top contender in the featherweight division — this was probably a good thing for the overall health of […]
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Megan Anderson opens up on Cat Zingano win, re-extends rematch offer
Last Saturday night, on the undercard of the action packed UFC 232 card, former Invicta champion Megan Anderson picked up an impressive first-round win over Cat Zingano — but probably not quite the way she imagined. Although it was a well-timed head kick that set up the finish for Megan Anderson, it was an inadvertent toe to […]
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Megan Anderson scores bizarre stoppage win over Cat Zingano (video)
On Saturday night, on the undercard of UFC 232 at the Forum in Inglewood, California, former UFC bantamweight title challenger Cat Zingano moved up to the featherweight division for a showdown with former Invicta champion Megan Anderson. The two women collided in hopes of earning a shot at the winner of the UFC 232 main […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Megan Anderson: Not like most girls
Growing up can be a very difficult task to be faced with. What may be easy to some can be tougher for others for various reasons. All experiences are different but similarities can and most likely will still exist. No one wants to get old, however, it happens to everyone, and as time goes on, us and […]
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VIDEO | Megan Anderson stars in new reality competition show
Professional combat sports athlete, former Australian army officer in training, now reality TV star? UFC featherweight and former Invicta FC champion, Megan Anderson is just continuing to add to her resume. Early in September, Australia’s Anderson went to Are, Sweden to star in the new reality challenge show, Heroes & Superstars as part of Team Green. The […]
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Megan Anderson vs. Cat Zingano Featherweight Matchup In The Works For UFC 232
According to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, the UFC is targeting women’s featherweight matchup between former Invicta FC champion Megan Anderson and Cat Zingano at UFC 232 on Dec. 29. The fight would serve as a backup to the UFC women’s featherweight title fight between champion Cris Cyborg and current bantamweight title holder Amanda Nunes. UFC is […]
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Cat Zingano and Megan Anderson express interest in potential fight
There aren’t too many fighters out there that are clamoring for title shots against Cris Cyborg that are already in the UFC. But there is one who recently spoke out. That being none other than the former bantamweight title challenger “Alpha” Cat Zingano. At a time, there were rumblings that the 36-year old veteran Zingano was […]
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Megan Anderson looks back on UFC debut, ‘every opportunity is an opportunity to learn and develop’
UFC 225 was one of the year’s most highly anticipated cards and for good reason. It was stacked from top to bottom with talent and name value galore. Among the many names that fought in Chicago was the debuting former Invicta FC featherweight champion, Australia’s Megan Anderson. Anderson has solidified herself as one of the […]
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Felicia Spencer calls out Megan Anderson to get immediate answer after Invicta FC 30 win
Another fun night for Invicta FC is in the books. And throughout all the action, we may have seen a UFC bout set up in the process. In the evening’s co-main event, the 145-pound weight class was put on display as top prospects Felicia Spencer and Ukraine’s Helena Kolesnyk went to battle. It was Spencer who […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Coach James Krause reflects on Megan Anderson’s UFC debut
The biggest MMA event of the year (so far) took place earlier this month in Chicago, Illinois. It was the most recent UFC pay-per-view, UFC 225. The stacked card played host to several top-ranked fighters and many fantastic matchups. One of the fighters who made the walk on June 9th was the Australian former Invicta […]
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EXCLUSIVE | The James Krause AKA the student and the master
In the world of mixed martial artists, one will find some of the most unique individuals in all of sports. With team sports like football or basketball, it’s not uncommon to see a former player wind up as a coach one day after that chapter of their life closes. But to do each at the […]
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Megan Anderson shares first thoughts post-UFC 225
The UFC is known as MMA’s ultimate proving ground. And as history has shown, even the greatest and most experienced of athletes enter and can’t find their footing right off the bat. Often targeted as the biggest obstacle one can face entering into the Octagon is ‘UFC jitters’. Something that promotional newcomer, Megan Anderson showed […]
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UFC 225 Results: Holly Holm defeats Megan Anderson (Highlights)
A key women’s featherweight bout between former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm and former Invicta FC champion Megan Anderson took place on tonight’s UFC 225 main card from Chicago. Round one begins and Megan quickly comes forward and takes the center of the octagon. She fires off a left but Holm replies with a kick […]
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EXCLUSIVE | James Krause on Megan Anderson, ‘She’s a fan’s fighter’
James Krause has had his hand involved in many ways with mixed martial arts. He’s on a four-fight win streak in the lightweight division, he’s a former Ultimate Fighter contestant, and he’s also coached on Team Miocic during this current season of TUF. Although he’s been successful inside the Octagon, Krause has been finding more […]
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Holly Holm still feels like bantamweight is “home” as UFC 225 featherweight contender fight approaches
This Saturday night, on the main card of UFC 225, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm will battle Megan Anderson in a fight that is likely to produce the next challenger for featherweight champ Cris Cyborg. While a win at UFC 225 could easily earn Holm another crack at Cyborg, who she lost a […]
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Megan Anderson: ‘if experience won fights I wouldn’t be on a four-fight winning streak right now’
The long-awaited UFC debut is finally almost here for Australia’s Megan Anderson. The former Invicta FC featherweight champion has been one of the brightest prospects at 145 pounds for the last three years. Since her title victory her last time out, she has established herself as one of the division’s best. Although she is already […]
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Megan Anderson believes she’s important for the featherweight division, excited to showcase her evolution at UFC 225
Finally set to make her long-awaited UFC debut is the former Invicta FC featherweight champion, Megan Anderson. Anderson will be making her debut at UFC 225 on June 9th when she takes on former UFC bantamweight champion, Holly Holm. Since the UFC’s inception of the women’s 145-pound featherweight division in February 2017, they have essentially […]
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Holly Holm Understands Her Position, Feels “it is make or break” vs Megan Anderson at UFC 225
A UFC career can be a true roller coaster ride in every sense of the phrase. You can go from incredible highs to devastating lows in the blink of an eye. For Holly Holm, she isn’t quite at a point of ‘rock bottom’, but the once champion has lost some steam since her phenomenal dismantling […]
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EXCLUSIVE | If You Don’t Know About Megan Anderson, You Will
How does the popular quote go? ‘It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey’? Those words read very applicable to the world of MMA. Often times, the journey to where a fighter wants to go never reaches that destination they were hoping for when they got started. And if it does, it could take […]