{"id":274482,"date":"2018-04-12T06:03:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T13:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=274482"},"modified":"2018-04-12T06:03:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T13:03:04","slug":"former-invicta-champ-megan-anderson-to-make-ufc-debut-against-holly-holm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/megan-anderson\/former-invicta-champ-megan-anderson-to-make-ufc-debut-against-holly-holm\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Invicta champ Megan Anderson to make UFC debut against Holly Holm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Invicta featherweight champion Megan Anderson will\u00a0<em>finally\u00a0<\/em>make her UFC debut at UFC 225 on June 9 in Chicago. While debuting fighters are often given soft welcomes to the UFC, Anderson will receive no such luxury. Instead, the Australian will battle former UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion and two-time featherweight title challenger Holly Holm.<\/p>\n<p>This awesome booking was first reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/4\/12\/17227938\/holly-holm-vs-megan-anderson-slated-for-ufc-225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson (8-2) was briefly linked to a showdown with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/cris-cyborg\/\">Cris Cyborg<\/a>\u00a0in mid-2017, but was forced out of the contest with personal issues. Since then, she&#8217;s repeatedly called for a do-over with the women&#8217;s featherweight champ, criticizing Cyborg&#8217;s habit of fighting beefed-up bantamweights, and referring to herself as an &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/despite-cyborg-vs-nunes-plans-megan-anderson-wants-next-featherweight-title-shot\/\">actual featherweight<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anderson will enter her UFC debut on a four-fight win-streak, composed of TKO victories over Amber Leibrock, Amanda Bell, TUF veteran Peggy Morgan, and WMMA veteran Charmaine Tweet. Her last loss occurred in 2015, when she was submitted by Cindy Dandois.<\/p>\n<p>Holm (11-4), meanwhile, last fought in December, when she gave up a decision to the champ Cyborg. In her next most recent fight, Holm put former women&#8217;s bantamweight title challenger Bethe Correia down with a third-round head-kick. This win was preceded by close losses to Germaine de Randamie, Valentina Shevchenko, and Miesha Tate, which marked the end of her reign as women&#8217;s bantamweight champ.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 225 will be headlined by a middleweight title rematch between champion Robert Whittaker and challenger Yoel Romero. The co-main event will pit former UFC lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos against outspoken welterweight contender Colby Covington in an interim welterweight title fight.<\/p>\n<p>Other highlights of the card include a heavyweight showdown between <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alistair-overeem\/report-alistair-overeem-vs-curtis-blaydes-works-ufc-225\/\">Curtis Blaydes and Alistair Overeem<\/a>, and the rumored return of CM Punk, who is expected to take on Mike Jackson on the card.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think comes out on top in this newly announced Megan Anderson vs. Holly Holm showdown?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 4\/12\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Invicta featherweight champion Megan Anderson will\u00a0finally\u00a0make her UFC debut at UFC 225 on June 9 in Chicago. 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