Megan Anderson (11-5, 9) was born in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on February 11, 1990. At the age of 23 years on November 16, 2013, she made her professional MMA debut against Zoie Shreiweis, losing the fight via 3-round majority decision.
On June 9, 2018, 28-year old Megan Anderson made her UFC debut on her 11th professional MMA fight at UFC 225 against a 36-year old Holly Holm but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Anderson's last fight was a featherweight title fight against Amanda Nunes for Nunes' UFC Women's Championship title on March 6, 2021. She lost the fight via 1st-round submission. She retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
She has fought six times in the UFC, and has a record of 3 wins and 3 losses in the promotion.
Some of Megan Anderson's best fights have been against Norma Dumont, Cat Zingano, Zarah Fairn, Charmaine Tweet and Amanda Bell. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Megan Anderson".
Anderson has 5 losses on her MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Megan Anderson Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16  | Mar 6, 2021 31 years 11-5 (9) | 32 years, 9 months 20-4 (15) | UFC | FT | 1 | SUB | LOSS Reverse triangle armbar For UFC Women's featherweight title |
15  | Feb 29, 2020 30 years 11-4 (9) | 29 years, 4 months 4-0 (2) | UFC | FT | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
14 | Oct 6, 2019 29 years, 7 months 10-4 (8) | Zarah Fairn | UFC | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke |
13  | May 18, 2019 29 years, 3 months 9-4 (7) | 28 years, 5 months 6-0 (4) | UFC | FT | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
12  | Dec 29, 2018 28 years, 10 months 9-3 (7) | 36 years, 5 months 10-3 (8) | UFC | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Eye injury |
11  | Jun 9, 2018 28 years, 3 months 8-3 (6) | 36 years, 7 months 11-4 (8) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
10  | Jan 14, 2017 26 years, 11 months 8-2 (6) | 39 years, 8 months 9-5 (8) | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches and head kick Won Invicta FC featherweight title Interim | |
9 | Jul 29, 2016 26 years, 5 months 7-2 (5) | Peggy Morgan | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
8  | May 7, 2016 26 years, 2 months 6-2 (4) | 27 years, 9 months 3-3 (3) | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Head kick and punches | |
7 | Jan 16, 2016 25 years, 11 months 5-2 (3) | Amber Leibrock | FT | 3 | TKO | WIN Knees and punches | |
6  | Sep 12, 2015 25 years, 7 months 4-2 (2) | 30 years, 10 months 5-2 (3) | FT | 2 | SUB | LOSS Triangle choke | |
5 | Dec 6, 2014 24 years, 9 months 4-1 (2) | Zoie Shreiweis | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
4 | Oct 11, 2014 24 years, 8 months 3-1 (1) | Jodie Struzik | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
3 | Jul 26, 2014 24 years, 5 months 2-1 (0) | Kerry Barrett | 3 | MD | WIN | ||
2 | Apr 12, 2014 24 years, 2 months 1-1 (0) | Janay Harding | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
1 | Nov 16, 2013 23 years, 9 months 0-1 (0) | Zoie Shreiweis | 3 | MD | LOSS |
