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Amanda Nunes-Megan Anderson Featherweight Title Bout Rebooked for UFC 259

A featherweight championship bout pitting Amanda
Nunes
against Megan
Anderson
has been rescheduled for UFC
259
.


ESPN
was first to report the matchup. Nunes and Anderson were
initially slated to meet at UFC 256 on Dec. 12 before the Brazilian
champion
withdrew from the contest
for undisclosed reasons. UFC 259
takes place on March 6 and also includes a light heavyweight clash
between Thiago
Santos
and Aleksandar
Rakic
. A location for the event has not been revealed, and its
unclear if Nunes vs. Anderson will serve as the headliner.

A UFC champion at featherweight and bantamweight, Nunes is
currently riding an 11-bout winning streak headling into her
matchup with Anderson. The 32-year-old American Top Team
representative, who is Sherdog.com’s No. 1 pound-for-pound ranked
female fighter, is coming off a five-round verdict over Felicia
Spencer
in a 145-pound title defense at UFC 250 on June 6.
“Lioness” owns other notable wins against the likes of Germaine
de Randamie
(twice), Holly Holm,
Cristiane
Justino
, Valentina
Shevchenko
(twice), Ronda
Rousey
and Miesha
Tate
.

Anderson has scored first-round finishes of Zarah
Fairn dos Santos
and Norma
Dumont
in her last to UFC appearances to earn a shot at
featherweight gold. The former Invicta FC 145-pound queen is 3-2 in
the Las Vegas-based promotion, with her defeats coming at the hands
of Spencer and Holm. Overall, the Queensland, Australia native is
11-4 as a professional and has ended nine of her wins by knockout
or submission.

This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com


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