Amanda Nunes gets contemporary date for delayed title defence against Megan Anderson
UFC double-champ Amanda Nunes has learned the rescheduled date for her featherweight title defence against Megan Anderson.
The fight became at first meant to be featured on this month’s UFC 256 card on December 12 but Nunes became forced to withdraw but, per a file by ESPN, the UFC is focused on and as-but-unannounced occasion on March 6 — doubtless UFC 259 — as the contemporary date for the bout.
The 20-4 Nunes is one of many uncommon breed of UFC opponents to have claimed an worldwide title in two separate weight divisions. She is even handed to be the scoot frontrunner within the ladies folks’s pound-for-pound rankings, having won ten straight fights all over two weight divisions. She has moreover won eight consecutive world title fights against a who’s-who of girls folks’s MMA, including Ronda Rousey, Cris Cybrog, Valentina Shevchenko, Germaine de Randamie, Holly Holm and Miesha Tate — a file unmatched within the UFC.
Australia’s Anderson, within the period in-between, has proved to be a stable chance at featherweight since the frail Invicta champion debuted with the UFC two years ago. Her closing two fights had been spectacular performances, stopping both Norma Dumont Viana and Zarah Fairn Dos Santos interior the first round.
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