Anderson out, Evinger in vs. Cris Cyborg

The bizarre UFC women’s featherweight belt took another odd turn. Megan Anderson is out vs. Cris Cyborg in the main event of UFC 214, and she is replaced by Invicta FC bantamweight champion Tonya Evinger.

Anderson announced her withdrawal from the fight on her social network, citing major personal reasons that she didn’t define.

I have been wanting this fight for a long time and finally got the opportunity to showcase my skills on the big stage but unfortunately due to some pressing personal reasons that are out of my control, it is not to be right now,” she wrote.

I am no stranger to struggle and this is the biggest struggle I have faced yet, but I like always do, I will come back stronger and better than before and I will be coming straight for Cris, the title and becoming the face of the UFC 145lb division.

I am determined and resolved to make history and shock the world. I’m coming for whoever has that belt.

In a league that markets itself as, “As real as it gets,” Evinger really is as real as it gets. She is and will undoubtedly always remain as real a punch in the face. And she is on a ten-fight win streak.

Evinger, 36, had been scheduled to fight at Invicta FC 24 in a non-title featherweight fight on July 24 vs. Helena ‘Pretty’ Kolesnyk. That fight has now been canceled and Milana Dudieva vs. Mara Romero Borella has been moved up to the main event.