UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm doesn’t care what opponent she faces in her first title defense. Of bigger concern is the amount of time she’ll have to wait to fight.
“The only thing about July is that it’s eight months away from my last fight,” she told MMAjunkie on Saturday. “That’s the biggest thing. I don’t like to wait that long.”
Holm wants to make the UFC happy and will abide by the promotion’s wishes about her career. But she said waiting until this summer to fight again puts her in unfamiliar territory.
“I feel like a rematch is just the unspoken, yeah, that’s got to happen,” she told MMAjunkie. “A fight in between now and then, I feel like that’s like, yes, let’s stay active. There’s a lot of things that can be.
“In boxing, I did 10 years straight of having four fights a year, and so to wait eight months, it’s out of my norm.”
Since she’s embarked on a career in MMA, Holm has had to slow down a bit. Prior to signing with the UFC, she was inactive for 10 months as her management engaged in sometimes contentious negotiations with the promotion. She debuted in February, winning back-to-back bouts before her title shot against Rousey.
After winning the bantamweight title, the new champ is preparing herself for an even slower pace.
“I’ll be OK with it if (I fight at UFC 200),” she said. “We’ll just see what happens, and see how the cards unfold.”
LINK; Holly Holm’s biggest problem with Ronda Rousey rematch at UFC 200? Too far away | MMAjunkie
