Ronda (photo) returns to the octagon in the first UFC event of 2016. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
The Ultimate organization has finally announced the next title defense Ronda Rousey and the opponent will be… Holly holm!
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Despite statements by President Dana White that Miesha Tate would be Ronda's next opponent for the women's bantamweight division title, the event confirmed the former world boxing champion as Ronda's rival at UFC 195, on January 2, 2016.
The announcement was made by Ronda herself during her appearance on the program “Good Morning America”, on the North American channel “ABC”. “On January 2nd, I will fight Holly holm, who is one of the most decorated strikers we have in mixed martial arts. Not in the women's categories, not in the bantamweight division. Holm is a 19-time boxing champion and was once the best pound-for-pound fighter in “The Ring” magazine. This will definitely be my biggest challenge so far.
UFC 195 will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas (USA), the main stage of the largest MMA organization on the planet, with 34 events already hosted so far and another two planned until the end of 2015, in addition to Ronda x Holm early next year.
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At 28, Ronda Rousey has a professional record of 12 wins in 12 fights. The blonde is the only UFC bantamweight champion in history and comes from a devastating sequence of victories, the most recent result of which was the devastating knockout in just over 30 seconds over Beth Pitbull in Rio de Janeiro (RJ).
Just like the champion, Holly holm She is also undefeated in MMA and has nine wins as a professional. The “Jackson's MMA” athlete, where she is a training partner with names like the former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, comes from two victories in Ultimate, the most recent of which was over Marion Reneau, on July 15th.
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