Holly Holm Losses: Amanda Nunes, Cris Cyborg and Ex-UFC Champ’s Every Career Defeat

Former UFC bantamweight champion, Holly Holm will be taking on the newly signed UFC star, Kayla Harrison, at the historic UFC 300 event. Harrison is one of the most accomplished combat athletes to have transitioned to MMA, as she is a multiple-time Olympic gold medal winner in Judo. However, Holm has her own share of accomplishments outside of the UFC.

She is a multiple-division and multiple-time world champion in boxing. With over 18 title defenses in three different weight classes, “The Preacher’s Daughter” is just as accomplished in combat sports. However, though having an incredible career in combat sports, Holm has suffered some defeats in her professional career. Here is a list of the setbacks she suffered in her professional combat career.

The ups and downs in Holly Holm’s UFC career

The no. 5 ranked UFC flyweight joined the UFC with a clean sheet on her record, making her debut with a record of 7-0 back in UFC 184 against Raquel Pennington. She would go on to win the UFC Bantamweight title with a massive upset win against Ronda Rousey. However, she would face the first loss of her career right after her win against Rousey.

The loss came against Miesha Tate at UFC 196, where she would lose in the 5th round, courtesy of a rear naked choke. She would unfortunately face a losing skid after, as she would go on to lose against Valentina Shevchenko on UFC on FOX 20. The losing streak would continue after she would lose to Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208, where Holm would get another shot at UFC gold.

However, the player would bounce back with a win against Bethe Correia, where she would get another shot at the UFC title against Cris Cyborg for the UFC featherweight title. Holm would lose her fight against Cyborg but would go on to win her next fight, being set up for another shot at UFC gold against Amanda Nunes.

The “GOAT” of women’s MMA would end the fight real quickly as she would get finished by Amanda Nunes in the first round by a devastating head kick. Holm would go on to win two fights but would lose to Ketlen Vieira in 2022.

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Has “The Preacher’s Daughter” lost outside the UFC?

The former UFC champ has had quite an impressive boxing career before making her transition to MMA. However, sespite her great accomplishments in boxing, Holms has suffered a couple of losses in her career as a boxer as well. Holm’s first loss in pro boxing came against Rita Turrisi after a massive gash that led to the fight being stopped in June 2004.

Holm’s would go on a tear after her loss, amassing a 23-fight winning streak. However, Sophie Mathis would put an end to the fights as Holly Holm would get stopped in the 7th round via KO/TKO in December 2012. She would get back the loss after a dominating performance against Mathis in their rematch.

Apart from UFC and boxing, ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ also competed in two professional Muay Thai fights where she would lose one of the two fights at ROF: Triple Threat Fight Night 1 against Trisha Hill back in 2003. Hill would stop Holms in round 4 of their fight.

The 42-year-old UFC fighter has had quite an impressive career in combat sports altogether. However, will her experiences be enough for her to get the win against Kayla Harrison at UFC 300? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

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