{"id":377753,"date":"2021-03-01T17:14:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T01:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=377753"},"modified":"2021-03-01T17:14:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T01:14:43","slug":"amanda-nunes-explains-why-she-cant-underestimate-megan-anderson-at-ufc-259","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/amanda-nunes-explains-why-she-cant-underestimate-megan-anderson-at-ufc-259\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Nunes explains why she can\u2019t underestimate Megan Anderson at UFC 259"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Nunes knows she can&#8217;t overlook Megan Anderson in the co-main event of UFC 259.<\/p>\n<p>Nunes <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/amanda-nunes\/amanda-nunes-opens-as-gargantuan-betting-favorite-over-megan-anderson\/\">is a massive -1200 favorite<\/a> as many expect her to steamroll Anderson as she has done to her past opponents. At featherweight, the Brazilian has been unstoppable with a quick KO over Cris Cyborg and a dominant performance over Felicia Spencer. However, Nunes knows Anderson poses some problems with her size and reach advantage so she can&#8217;t overlook her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel this fight is going to be awesome, it&#8217;s going to be a battle. Megan is a pretty tough opponent, I know she will bring it and I&#8217;m going to be ready,&#8221; Nunes said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TnIIQGzB6Y8&amp;ab_channel=UFC-UltimateFightingChampionship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC embedded<\/a>. &#8220;She&#8217;s long, she knows how to use her reach but over here we have a lot of options on who I train with to get ready for her. I know my timing is good, my wrestling is pretty sharp, my ground game is pretty on point, as well as my striking. This fight will be amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Megan Anderson will have a three-inch reach advantage and a four-inch height advantage. She also has KO power as evidence by her last fight. However, against Felicia Spencer, the Aussie was taken down quickly and submitted, which is a path to victory many believe Nunes will have on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Nunes is currently riding an 11-fight winning streak and has beaten the best female fighters of all-time. During this run, she has beaten, Cyborg, Holly Holm, Germaine de Randamie, Ronda Rousey, Valentina Shevchenko, and Miesha Tate among others. If she beats Anderson on Saturday night, it&#8217;s uncertain what other fights remain for her as she would&#8217;ve cleared out the bantamweight and featherweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Megan Anderson, meanwhile, is on a two-fight winning streak and is 3-2 in the UFC. She is the former Invicta FC featherweight champion but if she can beat Nunes, it would be one of the biggest upsets in UFC history.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think wins, Amanda Nunes or Megan Anderson?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Nunes knows she can&#8217;t overlook Megan Anderson in the co-main event of UFC 259. Nunes is a massive -1200 favorite as many expect her to steamroll Anderson as she has done to her past opponents. At featherweight, the Brazilian has been unstoppable with a quick KO over Cris Cyborg and a dominant performance over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":296541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10274,20398,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amanda Nunes explains why she can\u2019t underestimate Megan Anderson at UFC 259 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amanda Nunes knows she can&#039;t overlook Megan Anderson in the co-main event of UFC 259 as she knows Anderson poses some problems for her.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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