Megan Anderson Biography
Megan Anderson is an Australian prominent mixed martial artist. She fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She is the former Invicta FC Featherweight champion.
Megan Anderson Age
She was born on February 11, 1990, in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. She is 29 years.
Megan Anderson Boyfriend
She has kept her personal life out of the limelight and focuses more on her mixed martial arts career. Megan has no known boyfriend and is believed to be single.
Megan Anderson Height | Weight
She stands at a perfect height of 6 foot and weighs 145 lb.
Megan Anderson Fighting division
Megan fights in the Featherweight division.
Her Fighting style
Her most common fighting style is Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Megan Anderson Education
She is a Bachelor of Arts (History/English double major) and Bachelor of Information Technology. She holds Australian nationality and belongs to the white ethnic group. The hot MMA fighter currently has 45.1k followers on Twitter and 198k followers on Instagram.
Megan Anderson Early life
She was born in Gold Coast, Australia as she grew up she attended All Saints Anglican School. At the beginning of 2008, she moved to Canberra to join the Australian Army after she graduated from high school.
She served in the military for two and a half years and was discharged when it was discovered that she had attempted to end her own life and was afterward hospitalized. Megan returned to Gold Coast and worked as a receptionist while at the same time she got involved in the local boxing scene.
She was later introduced to mixed martial arts and began training in 2013.
Megan Anderson Career
Starting her pro-career with FightWorld Cup 16, Megan fought Zoie Shreiweis and Loss the match held on 16-Nov-13 via a majority Decision. Again at FightWorld Cup 17, she fought Janay Harding, won the match held on 12-Apr-14 via Unanimous Decision.
On 26-Jul-14, she fought Kerry Barrett at Roshambo MMA 3 and won the match via Decision (majority) in round 3. In Nitro MMA 12, she fought against Jodie Struzik, won the match held on 11-Oct-14 via Submission (rear-naked choke) in round 2.
Later in his next match, on 6-Dec-14, she fought against Zoie Shreiweis at Roshambo MMA 4 and won the match via Submission (armbar) in round 1. In the following event in Invicta FC 14: Evinger vs. Kianzad she fought against Cindy Dandois, lost the match held on 12-Sep-15 via Submission (triangle choke) in round 2.
In one of the most remembered bouts, on 16-Jan-16, she fought against Amber Leibrock at Invicta FC 15: Cyborg vs. Ibragimova and won the match via TKO (knees and punches) in round 3. Consequently, in Invicta FC 17: Evinger vs. Schneider, she fought against Amanda Bell, won the match held on 7-May-16 via TKO (head kick and punches) in round 1.
In addition to that, on 29-Jul-16, she fought against Peggy Morgan at Invicta FC 18: Grasso vs. Esquibel and won the match via TKO (punches) in round 1.
She at Invicta FC 21: Anderson vs. Tweet fought against Charmaine Tweet, won the match held on 14-Jan-17 via TKO (punches and head kick) in round 2. In her first UFC match on 9-Jun-18, she fought against Holly Holm at UFC 225 and lost the match via Decision (unanimous) in round 3.
Megan Anderson Ultimate Fighting Championship
On July 2017, she was scheduled to make her promotional debut against Cris Cyborg at UFC 214. She pulled out of the bout citing personal issues as the reason and was replaced by Tonya Evinger.
On June 9, 2018, she faced Holly Holm at UFC 225. She lost via unanimous decision. On December 29, 2018, she faced Cat Zingano at UFC 232. She won. the fight via technical knockout early in the first round after a kick to Zingano caused an eye injury that didn’t allow her to continue.
She is scheduled to face promotional newcomer Felicia Spencer on May 18, 2019, at UFC on ESPN+ 9.
Megan Anderson Net Worth
Talking about Megan Anderson salary, she is estimated to have earned around $40,000 from his last fight against Holly Holm on June 9, 2018.
As per many tabloids, her current net worth is reportedly unknown, so far his main source of income remains her career as a fighter. She currently resides in Lee’s Summit, Kansas City, MO, United States.
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Megan Anderson News
Officials announced Tuesday via a press release that Anderson will meet the debuting Felicia Spencer (6-0) at UFC Rochester on May 18, 2019. The bout was first reported by news.com.au. She will be coming off of her first UFC victory.