Alyse Anderson Has Been Training With Felice Herrig For Invicta FC 30 Bout

Alyse Anderson spoke with MMAjunkie ahead of her fight with Stephanie Alba at Invicta FC 30 this weekend. Highlights are below:

On training with Felice Herrig for the fight: “We just really clicked. Our personalities, how we pushed each other – it was awesome seeing how Jeff Curran coached her and how the team came together for her. Then she called and offered when I got this fight opportunity to help be a training partner. We’ve been training together every day for the last six weeks, so we’re really close now.”

On preparing for the bout: “I definitely feel the strongest I’ve ever been. Going through a camp with one of the top ranked every day, I just feel like she pushes me every day, and it’s definitely made my confidence go up going into this fight. I’ve got such a good support system with everyone at Team Curran. But Felice went out of her way every single day. She’s not even in camp, and she pretty much put in a whole six-week fight camp just so I wasn’t doing it by myself.”

On how she’s feeling ahead of the fight: “I feel like I’m Alyse Anderson 2.0. Felice has so much experience not just on the training side, but on the mental aspect. Whenever I have any doubts about anything, she always has that quick response because she’s been through it. She’s felt how I feel and she’s dealt with opponents talking trash and how to react and what it says about them. I just feel so lucky.”

On her goals in the sport: “I really want each fight to continue testing myself,” Anderson said. “At this stage really we’re just preparing my overall skill set and not really a specific fighter. I just want to keep building myself as a fighter. I want to keep climbing the ladder through Invicta and eventually fight for the atomweight title. But if the UFC opens a 105-pound division, it would be a dream come true to be part of that organization. That’s always the ultimate goal.”