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On November 14th, 2015, Holly Holm shocked the world by destroying previously undefeated UFC champion Ronda Rousey. At UFC 196, Meisha Tate gave Holm a taste of her own medicine. Prior to their title fight, Holm was a heavy favorite. In fact, very few people gave Tate a chance against the previously undefeated champion (sound familiar…?).
In the aftermath of her stunning defeat, fans are wondering, what’s next for Holly Holm? To truly know how Holm will bounce back from her first UFC defeat, you must know the real Holly Holm. Here are 12 surprising facts about UFC Holly Holm!
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Andrew Rodriquez says
…..and now let’s talk about TATE !!!!! lol bye bye for now Holm…
Eddie Coyle says
womens fighting is the most overhyped sport on earth. Grab any decent amateur male from a gym and he’d clean up.
Arthur says
Holly Holm should be in the edition too, just as gorgeous…
Bern-z les Pere says
Interesting that everybody talks about how good Rhonda Rousey looks. But I think Holly Holm looks better and has a more feminine looking body…and a nicer personality.
BoltNative says
Holly shows a lot of class to go along with considerable skills. I think that’s very cool quite frankly.
Martin Masoon says
Lets get real, Rousey was (and is out of shape) I know its not politically correct these days but pudgy from too much dairy (she had a rounded face more so than every from lots of dairy and its reported she has some eating issues in 2015 before the fight). Also, acting tough and being tough are not the same thing. Holly is very fit and tough. I would not be surprised to see Rousey retired in the next 18 months
MissouriBoy says
Rousey’s mistake was to keep it a stand up fight. Part of that was Holly’s was very good at avoiding take-downs. But I also think Rousey was tired of being called a one-trick pony, just an arm-bar specialist. Rhonda wanted to prove she could win in a more standard stand-up boxing and kick-box match. Rhonda’s ego got in the way, and she chose the absolutely wrong opponent. Holly is clearly the better stand-up boxer and kick-boxer. Next re-match, Rhonda needs to be careful in the stand-up portion of the fight, just like Holly is careful not to get into a ground-based wrestling match.
Juchi says
I think it was much more than being “tired of being called a one-trick pony.” I think she firmly thought she would be able to cement a KO against Holm if she could weather her strikes.Holm’s previous KO’s were against unranked fighters, many of whom moved up in weight to fight her. She had never KO’ed a UFC opponent and her fights against her first two relatively low ranked UFC opponents were very unimpressive, one was a even a questionable decision in her favor. On the other hand Rousey had KO’ed two previously undefeated and/or highly ranked contenders and a third lower ranked but undefeated contender, all who had never been knocked out and two of which were undefeated prior to facing her. She was understandably way over-confident coming into the fight and woefully out of condition as she was breathing heavily mid-way the first round. I don’t think their rematch will bear any resemblance to their first fight, but if it does, Rousey should definitely retire.
Shamus O'Malley says
Holly is amazing and a real champion in MMA, boxing, and kickboxing. Ronda as an over-hyped marketing fraud and was exposed. In the rematch, she gets a worse beatdown. Good luck in Hollywood.
kitman says
A brawler vs a boxer…….not much of a choice here.
If a standing fight happens it will be over very quick.
If a ground attack happens then it is going to be very interesting to see judo type tactics and wrestling moves being applied for a very fast win.
Skills versus style will be a very interesting contest.
Taz Man says
To all the haters of Holly: Oh, well…get over it! Rousey’s boxing skills are not very good, so she better get a whole lot better in that area. She also takes too many hits; she tries to bull herself through the other fighter’s attack (think and be smart). Styles beat styles: Rousey’s style fits perfectly for Holley’s style; Holly would be beat Rousey every time (like Holyfield’s did to Tyson’s).
To the ground huggers: apparently, the times Rousey and Holms went to the mat, Holm’s did fine. So, unless something drastically changes in both fighters’ gameplan, I don’t expect the next outcome to be any different; probably worse for Rousey, because another defeat would destroy her self-perceived invincibility, thus her psyche.
She’d (should) retire because of the reality that she may be a good fighter, but not the best out there (In most cases there is always someone better).
Go Holly Holms (“The Preacher’s Daughter”)! The superior fighter!!!
Frankie says
“I don’t expect the next outcome to be any different; probably worse for Rousey,”
Yep that’s the way I see it.
Ryan Boyce says
her last name isn’t Holms….it’s Holm.
Bernice says
I can’t stand HOLLY HOLMS
Checkers Lane says
you are a fool
Shamus O'Malley says
OK, but the article is about Holy Holm.
BJ says
she looks like a man, she is a juicer.
Bernice says
oh yes she looks like a man yuck
Maurice Gauvin says
wow aren’t you jealous ??
Shamus O'Malley says
Says “Bernice” who must be a jealous and ugly hag.
Frankie says
She don’t look like no man. Shes very attractive.
WhenDee says
#10 – sent Holm through the ropes, not threw.