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So you’ve got an algebra teacher in only her second UFC fight (eighth overall), facing ultra-motivated MMA legend Cris Cyborg?

What could go wrong?

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Plenty, but predicting who will end up on the receiving end of that misfortune is a matter of perspective.

If you ask Montreal’s Felicia Spencer, a decided underdog in Saturday’s UFC 240 co-main event at Rogers Place, the entire night could go very wrong for the hard-punching Brazilian.

“I want to finish her in the first round,” said the 28-year-old grappler, who won four of her last five fights by rear naked choke. “I don’t want to be in the cage for longer than I have to.

“But a longer fight just gives me more time to find an opening. I’m ready to win a three-round fight, but I’m always pushing for the first round.”

If it doesn’t sound like Spencer is overwhelmed by the stage or the opponent, it’s because she isn’t. Opportunity, she says, is never something to fear.