Holly Rene Holm was born on October 17,1981 and is an American mixed martial artist, who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
65 Facts About Holly Holm
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Holly Holm is a former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion, and a former professional boxer.
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Holly Holm was a multiple-time world champion in boxing, defending her titles 18 times in three weight classes, and a two-time Ring magazine fighter of the year.
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Holly Holm is ranked by BoxRec as the best female professional boxer of all time.
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Holly Holm is the only fighter to have won a boxing world title and an MMA title.
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Holly Holm was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the youngest of three children.
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Holly Holm's parents divorced shortly before she graduated from Manzano High School in 2000; after graduation, she studied for a year at the University of New Mexico.
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In September 2001, Holly Holm won the championship title in the International Rules Adult Women's Welterweight Division at the International Kickboxing Federation USA National Amateur Championship Tournament, held in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Holly Holm won the first by technical knockout at 34 seconds in the first round.
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Holly Holm has held several welterweight boxing titles, been highly regarded as one of the best female welterweights in the world, and is considered among the best of all time, by some.
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Holly Holm has been named Ring Magazine female Fighter of the Year, twice in consecutive years in 2005 and 2006.
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Holly Holm is a big draw in her hometown of Albuquerque, having all but three of her fights there and just one of her fights outside of her home state of New Mexico.
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On December 2,2011, Holly Holm took on knockout artist Anne Sophie Mathis of France for the vacant IBA female and WBAN welterweight titles.
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Holly Holm was badly beaten by the stronger Mathis without the referee interfering, even going into the canvas without a count.
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Holly Holm finally lost by knockout in the 7th round, which would be dubbed the upset of the year in women's boxing.
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Holly Holm took a unanimous decision to win over Mathis, becoming the new champion and avenging her earlier KO loss.
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Holly Holm made her mixed martial arts debut on March 4,2011, against Christina Domke at an event organized by her boxing promoter, Lenny Fresquez.
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Holly Holm headlined the card with Jackson's Submission Fighting teammate Keith Jardine.
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Holly Holm won the fight via TKO in the second round after her opponent was unable to continue due to leg kicks inflicted by Holly Holm.
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Holly Holm returned to MMA on September 9,2011, at Fresquez Productions: Clash in the Cage against Strikeforce veteran Jan Finney.
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Holly Holm defeated Finney by TKO in the third round.
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On February 28,2013, Holly Holm made her Bellator MMA debut against Katie Merrill at Bellator 91 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
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Holly Holm announced that she would retire from boxing after her May 11,2013, boxing match against Mary McGee so that she can fully concentrate on her MMA career.
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Holly Holm went on to defeat McGee via unanimous decision, for her boxing retirement bout.
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On July 19,2013, Holly Holm faced Allanna Jones at Legacy Fighting Championship 21.
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Holly Holm won the fight by head-kick knockout in the second round.
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Holly Holm was expected to face Erica Paes at Legacy Fighting Championship 24 on October 11,2013.
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However, Paes was removed from the card and Holly Holm instead faced Nikki Knudsen.
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Holly Holm won the fight via TKO due to a body kick and knees in round two.
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On December 6,2013, Holly Holm faced Angela Hayes at Fresquez Productions: Havoc.
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Holly Holm won the bout and title via TKO in the fifth round due to a head kick and punches.
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Holly Holm broke her left arm during the first round of the bout.
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On July 10,2014, the media announced that Holly Holm had signed a multi-fight deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Holly Holm was expected to make her debut at UFC 181 against Raquel Pennington.
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Holly Holm faced Marion Reneau on July 15,2015, at UFC Fight Night 71.
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Holly Holm was awarded her first "Fight of the Night" and "Performance of the Night" bonus awards.
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Holly Holm was strong in the first round of the fight standing up but was less effective grappling with Tate on the mat.
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Holly Holm refused to submit, was rendered unconscious, and the referee declared a technical submission.
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Holly Holm faced Valentina Shevchenko on July 23,2016, at UFC on Fox 20.
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Holly Holm faced Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208 for the inaugural UFC Women's Featherweight Championship on February 11,2017.
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Holly Holm said post-fight that she believed both instances were intentional.
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Holly Holm returned to bantamweight division after losing the featherweight title bout.
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Holly Holm faced Bethe Correia at UFC Fight Night: Holly Holm vs Correia on June 17,2017, in Singapore.
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Holly Holm won the fight via knockout in the third round via a head kick that dropped Correia and then a punch.
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Holly Holm faced Megan Anderson on June 9,2018, at UFC 225.
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Holly Holm was expected to face Aspen Ladd in a bantamweight bout on March 2,2019, at UFC 235.
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Holly Holm faced Amanda Nunes for the Women's bantamweight championship on July 6,2019, at UFC 239.
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Holly Holm lost the fight via technical knockout in round one after being dropped by a head kick and finished with follow-up punches by Nunes.
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Holly Holm was scheduled to face Raquel Pennington on October 6,2019, at UFC 243.
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Holly Holm was scheduled to face Irene Aldana on August 1,2020, at UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs Shahbazyan, but Aldana withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19.
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Holly Holm was removed from the card as well and the pairing was rescheduled for October 4,2020 at UFC on ESPN: Holly Holm vs Aldana.
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Holly Holm was scheduled to face Julianna Pena on May 8,2021, at UFC on ESPN 24.
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However, Holly Holm was forced to withdraw from the bout, citing hydronephrosis.
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Holly Holm was scheduled to face Norma Dumont in a featherweight bout on October 16,2021, at UFC Fight Night 195.
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However, Holly Holm withdrew from the bout due to a knee injury, and she was replaced by Aspen Ladd.
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Holly Holm faced Ketlen Vieira on May 21,2022, at UFC Fight Night 206.
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Holly Holm faced Yana Santos on March 25,2023, at UFC on ESPN 43.
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Holly Holm was scheduled to face Mayra Bueno Silva on July 15,2023, at UFC Fight Night 224 as a replacement for an injured Miesha Tate whom Bueno Silva was scheduled to face at UFC on ESPN 46.
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Holly Holm employs frequent lateral movement while working stiff jabs to an opponent's head.
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Holly Holm is known for her punching combinations, typically done while her opponents are against the cage.
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Holly Holm uses a variety of kicking techniques, often targeting the body with a fast side kick, pushing back a rush with a low oblique kick, and attacking the head with a left high kick.
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Holly Holm is one of several boxers photographed by artist Delilah Montoya and profiled in the publication Women Boxers: The New Warriors.
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Holly Holm appeared in the 2016 feature film Fight Valley alongside Miesha Tate and Cris Cyborg.
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Holly Holm is a Christian and her faith background is in Churches of Christ.
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Holly Holm filed for a divorce and sought to get her maiden name back.