New yr, new luck for Megan Anderson. After the Australian didn’t win the title towards Amanda Nunes at UFC 256, the duel for the ladies’s featherweight crown will now be cleared on March 6 at UFC 259, ESPN reviews.
The two girls ought to have met on December 12, however defending champion Nunes needed to retire 4 weeks earlier than the occasion on account of harm. Amanda Nunes would have put the featherweight title on the road for the second time. After the Brazilian roughly pushed her compatriot Cris Cyborg to the throne in December 2018, she quickly returned to bantamweight and defended the title there towards Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie in 2019.
That yr, she returned to the featherweight and received the primary bout of UFC 250, a troublesome fight towards Canada’s Felicia Spencer clearly on factors. Now she will get it with the Aussie Megan Anderson make. The former Invicta titleholder has received three of her 5 UFC fights, solely having to confess defeat in her debut Holly Holm and Spencer final yr. The Aussie was then capable of return Zarah Fairn within the triangular starter and knock out Norma Dumont in February.
Nunes can do her preparation along with her companion Nina Ansaroffwho gave beginning to a daughter in September. The 35-year-old American would return to the cage a month later on April 10 and be a grappler Mackenzie Dern who received a fight towards Virna Jandiroba simply 9 days in the past.
For UFC 259, the schedule at present appears like this:
UFC 259
March 6, 2021
TBA to TBA, TBA, USA
Fight for the featherweight title
Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson
Aleksandar Rakic vs. Thiago Santos
Joseph Benavidez v. Askar Askarov
Dominick Cruz v. Casey kenney
Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews
Randy Costa v. Trevin Giles
Aalon Cruz v. Uros Medic
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