Megan Anderson has a theory as to why the women’s featherweight division has struggled to develop a roster at the highest levels of mixed martial arts.
It’s no secret that there isn’t a lot of well-known female talent regularly competing at 145 pounds. Even in Invicta FC, the all-women promotion that Anderson was once a champion in, there are only a handful of notable featherweight fighters. It is Anderson’s belief that some of her peers have been afraid to stick around at 145 pounds because it would mean inevitably facing off with the long-reigning queen of the division: Cris Cyborg.