Megan Anderson Had a Hard Time Watching Others Fight Cris Cyborg

Megan Anderson appeared on the MMA Hour ahead of her fight with Holly Holm at UFC 225. You can see some highlights below per MMA Fighting:

On watching Cris Cyborg fight after having her fight with Cyborg be scratched: “It was super difficult. The Holly and Cris fight wasn’t a shock; I knew that they were planning to book that fight. But the Kunitskaya fight, I was like, ‘Come on!’”

On being booked against Holm at UFC 225: “I didn’t know who I was going to fight. They gave us some dates but they didn’t give us any names. I didn’t know until Tuesday, so they could’ve come back with Cris or they could’ve come back with anyone. I was just preparing for a date and then on Tuesday at about 5:20, right before I was about to start practice, I got the call with the Holly fight. It’s not Cris, but I’m finally happy to get back in the cage.”

On being willing to fight anyone: “If they wanted me against Cris, I’d fight Cris. I don’t think a lot of people really understand. I’m not in a position to demand opponents. [UFC] signed me and kept me while I’ve had all this personal stuff going on, so the UFC put a lot of faith in me by keeping me around. I’m not really in a position to choose who I fight, so it’s one of those things where whatever name they had given me, we didn’t care. We just have a date and a name and that’s all that matters.”

On Cyborg: “I respect Cris and I think Cris is a lovely person, but the Cris that’s portrayed on social media is not necessarily someone that I would look up to or I would respect. I have met Cris in person and she is lovely, she’s nice and she’s respectful. But then, I think what’s portrayed on social media is very different to how she is in person, so I don’t know. Which one is the real Cris?…From what I’ve seen, I think my strengths match up very well with Cris.”