Felicia Spencer first hit the Octagon as a highly touted prospect back in 2019. Unbeaten at 6-0, she’d charged her way to the top of Invicta’s featherweight division, picking up the crown held by Cris Cyborg and Megan Anderson before her. Working behind a kick heavy striking style and an aggressive, pressuring grappling game, Spencer seemed primed for a long career inside the world’s largest MMA promotion—provided the UFC was actually prepared to build the women’s featherweight division alongside her.
Two-and-a-half years later, and Spencer has had her ups and downs inside the cage, besting Anderson, while taking hard losses to Cyborg and Amanda Nunes.