Megan Anderson issues statement after quick loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 259

By Mike Bohn |

March 7, 2021 2: 00 pm

Megan Anderson intends to return to the planning stage after a blowout loss to Amanda Nunes in the UFC 259 co-main event.

Anderson (11-5 MMA, 3-3 UFC) came into the battle because the greatest underdog yet to two-division champion Nunes (21-4 MMA, 14-1 UFC) in their females’s featherweight title bout Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The end result showed why when “The Lioness” steamrolled her manner to a first-spherical submission take hang of.

It took Nunes correct about a ticks of the clock longer than two minutes to harm Anderson with strikes, then lock up an armbar on the bottom to conclude the job. It absolutely wasn’t the efficiency the Aussie challenger hoped for, but she promised to return stronger in her first post-loss feedback on social media (via Twitter):

This sport has the very glorious of highs and the lowest of lows. This was once the one we wanted to take hang of but it be the battle sport.

We’ll be attend 👊🏻

— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) March 7, 2021

This sport has the very glorious of highs and the lowest of lows. This was once the one we wanted to take hang of but it’s the battle sport.

We’ll be attend

There are legitimate questions now spherical what the future holds for Anderson. The UFC allowed her to insist for the title on what was once the ultimate bout of her UFC contract, and it’s totally that you will be ready to own this marked the stop of her tenure with the promotion.

Anderson has fought a story six fights in the UFC females’s featherweight class, and runt to no person remains when it comes to unique matchups. The division has been on existence enhance since its inception in the UFC, and it remains to be seen how the UFC brass handles it now that Nunes has emptied the queue of means opponents.