Former girls’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm has parted methods with the UFC.
Holm, who made historical past by turning into the primary fighter to defeat Ronda Rousey when she gained the world title in November 2015 what was — on the time at the very least — one of many largest title struggle shocks in UFC historical past, requested her launch from the organisation, her supervisor Lenny Fresquez confirmed to numerous sources.
Additional reporting has instructed that Holm, 43, is open to persevering with her profession in both boxing or MMA. The veteran fighter has an expert MMA file of 15-7 in addition to a boxing ledger of 33-2-3. In 2017, Holm was inducted to the Worldwide Girls’s Boxing Corridor of Fame.
Holm’s title reign within the UFC at 135-pound following her knockout win over Rousey in Australia would final for only one struggle as she was dethroned by Miesha Tate in her first title defence at UFC 196 in March 2016. She would go on to lose three title fights (two at featherweight to Germain de Randamie and Cris Cyborg, and at bantamweight to Amanda Nunes).
Holm most lately competed within the UFC on the promotion’s UFC 300 occasion in Las Vegas final April the place she was defeated by second-round submission by Kayla Harrison in a 135-pound contest.