Megan Anderson (photo via Twitter / @MeganA_mma)

By FCF Staff

Although Megan Anderson is taking on a former bantamweight champ at UFC 225, and will be making her Octagon debut, the featherweight believes fans will be “shocked” by her performance.

Anderson will face Holly Holm on the main card of Saturday’s event, in a fight that could determine who faces featherweight champ, Cris “Cyborg” next. The bout will also mark the first time Anderson has competed since last January, when she defended Invicta FC’s 145 title by defeating Charmaine Tweet.

In a recent article at UFC.com, the Australian fighter had this to say, while discussing her upcoming bout with Holm.

“It’s exciting and I definitely recognize that a lot of my positioning on the card and all that kind of stuff is due to Holly’s status and her name,” Anderson said. “But we’re not really daunted or nervous or anything like that. At the end of the day, it’s still just Holly and I in that cage and nobody else can help either of us. We’re always gonna come to fight and we’re ready to show everyone what we’re capable of. I think a lot of people are gonna be surprised with the changes that I’ve made over the last year and a half and I think a lot of people are gonna be shocked.”

“In my mind, I don’t see any other way for me to fight than trying to look for the finish,” she said. “You definitely know that if you watch me fight, I’m gonna bring everything I can, I’m gonna try and hit as hard as I can from start to finish, I’m gonna push the action and I’m gonna try and impose my will on whoever it is in front of me. That’s just who I am as a person and we’re just adding more skill sets to that to make me even more deadly.”

UFC 225 will be hosted by the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.