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Canadian featherweight Felicia Spencer is no stranger to fighting legends.
Nunes is putting her featherweight title on the line on the pay-per-view card, which will take place without spectators at the UFC Apex — the MMA organization's in-house production facility. "I don't really think about the crowd too much during the fight but then immediately after it all kind of hit me," said Spencer, a former Invicta champion who walks to the cage draped in the Canadian flag."And then watching the event after, it was really nice. It's really humbling to feel like a whole nation is kind of like riding behind me and really hoping for me to succeed.
The 29-year-old Spencer, who heads her gym's"Little Gorillas" BJJ program, used to teach classes every day but cut it back to three times a week prior to the pandemic. She scores instant Mom points in that she can teach Addie how to look after herself and help with her homework. Spencer earned a degree in math education at the University of Central Florida and, until recently, worked as an online algebra teacher at Florida Virtual School.Coppinger, a welterweight, won his pro debut in February after going 3-0-0 as an amateur.Spencer started her MMA career as an amateur in 2012, losing her debut before reeling off five straight wins.
Spencer took Zairn down after a clinch in the fence, ended in mount position and pounded away with strikes and elbows until the referee stepped in."I wanted to show a different side of me, a little bit more violent this time," she said in her post-fight interview."I hope everyone was happy with that."
She added the featherweight title in December 2018 when she dethroned Cyborg at UFC 232. Saturday marks her first title defence at 145 pounds.
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