Biography
Megan Anderson was still at a young age with severe emotional experiences, which almost cost her life. But the athlete found the strength to fight psychological problems and decided to tell about it publicly, becoming an example for other people.Childhood and youth
Megan Anderson was born on February 11, 1990 in the Australian city of Gold Coast, Queensland. Early years of celebrity biography were difficult, her father abused alcohol, because of what problems began in the family. In addition, the girl did not have a relationship with classmates at school, they teased and insulted her.
After the release, Megan decided to go in the footsteps of the Father, she entered the Academy of Defense Forces Australia to become an officer, but soon realized that he chose the wrong path. The girl wanted to leave the army, but did not know where to go. She felt broken and helpless, which eventually led to a suicide attempt.
Once in the hospital, the celebrity realized that her military career had an end. Therefore, she returned to his hometown and tried to start a new life - settled to work as secretary. During this period, Megan was fascinated by the sport, from which it was previously far away, at first she visited the boxing section, and then decided to try strength in mixed martial arts.
Mixed martial arts
The athlete first fought according to the rules of MMA in 2013, her opponent became a compatriot Zoe Sherveis. The battle ended with the defeat of Anderson declared by the decision of the majority of judges. After that, the celebrity continued to train hard and was able to improve the statistics, writing to the account of 4 victories and 1 loss. Thanks to it, representatives of Invicta Fighting Championships, who offered her cooperation.In September 2015, Megan fought against Belgian Cindy Dandoise, but again failed. The following speeches were much brighter, she defeated Amber Leibroc, Amanda Bell, Peggy Morgan and Charmein Tweets, which helped get a contract with UFC.
As a representative of the Australian sports organization, Australian had to make her debut in the duel against Chris Cyborg, but refused, referring to personal reasons. It was not suitable to his opponent, so she continued to annoy Megan in Twitter. In one of the posts, Brazilian even stated that Anderson married the settlement to be able to work in the United States. Later this message was refuted.
The athlete first performed at the UFC tournament in 2018, almost a year after signing the contract, having met with Holly Hill, which lost to the unanimous decision of the judges. The next rival Australian became American Kat Zingano, losing her technical knockout.
Before the fight with Felicia Spencer Anderson felt the attacks of anxiety and panic, because of which she was advised to abandon the battle. But the celebrity dismissed the coach and lost as a result. Then she took a break in his career and began visiting a psychologist. After that, Megan gave an interview in which to frankly tell about mental health issues. Together with the words of support, she had to hear a lot of accusations of weakness, but the girl decided what he did right.
Return to the ring turned out to be triumphant for Australian. She won the Zara Fairn Dos Santos and the norm of Dumont, which made it possible to raise the rating and approach the title battle with the UFC champion in a semi-easier weight - Amanda Nunis. They had to fight in December 2020, and even then experts did forecasts not in favor of Anderson, but later the fight was postponed the next year due to the injury of the rival.
Personal life
Celebrity prefers not to advertise information about personal life. Now it uses social networks to share news about the sports career, so fans can only guess the presence of a second half.
Megan Anderson is now
In March 2021, the long-awaited duel Anderson and Nunis was held, which ended with the defeat of the Australian athlete. After that, it became known that her term of her contract with UFC has expired and was not extended by agreement of both parties, so the celebrity was in the status of a free agent.Achievements
- 2014 - Winner of the Roshambo MMA Tournament
- 2016 - Evenings Bat (against Amber Lebrok)
- 2016 - evening performance (against Amanda Bell)
- 2016 - evening speech (against Peggy Morgan)
- 2017 - the winner of the IFC tournament in the heighter weight
- 2017 - evening performance (vs Sharmine Tweet)
- 2020 - evening speech (against the norm of Dermont Viana)