Cyborg says she’s fighting Megan Anderson at UFC 221
Cris Cyborg: “I got a call asking if I would fight Megan Anderson in her home country and I said Yes!”
Cris Cyborg successfully defended her title on Saturday night, and announced on Wednesday that her next title defense is set. The women’s featherweight champion reports that she has accepted a fight vs. Megan Anderson at UFC 221 on February 10 at Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.
The pair were scheduled to fight in the co-main event of UFC 214, but the Aussie Anderson withdrew citing personal issues, and Tonya Evinger gamely stepped in on short notice but fell to strikes in Round 3. There is no word from the UFC on whether the fight is official, or even whether Anderson has accepted.
UFC 221 confirmed fight card to date:
Robert Whittaker (c) vs. Luke Rockhold
Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
Jussier Formiga vs. Ben Nguyen
Mark Hunt vs. Curtis Blaydes
Damien Brown vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Teruto Ishihara vs. Jose Alberto Quinonez
Ross Pearson vs. Mizuto Hirota
Rob Wilkinson vs. Israel Adesanya
Jake Matthews vs. Li Jingliang
Luke Jumeau vs. Daichi Abe
