Holly Holm Open To Fighting Ronda Rousey Again: “I Highly Doubt She’ll Ever Want A Rematch”
Holly Holm spoke about the idea of fighting Ronda Rousey again.
For the first time since 2016, Ronda Rousey returned to the octagon. She fought for Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions in a headlining bout against Gina Carano. Rousey submitted Carano in 17 seconds.
Holly Holm, who gave Rousey her first loss in MMA, spoke to MMA Fighting about Rousey’s return and victory. She stated that what Ronda did to Carano is what she was doing when she was in the prime of her MMA career.
“(She did that) a lot to women who were ranked at the top. Ronda (Rousey) was still doing that. You can’t judge someone (who lost like that). You know what? It takes a lot of courage to step back in when you haven’t felt that in a long time and in that many years. Ronda has been a lot more active. So she’s been familiar with the grind and the physical strain on your body and things like that. Even just performing in front of people. You still get nerves. You still have things like that.”
The idea of a rematch against Rousey was brought up, and Holm said she’d be open to it, but does not think Rousey would be game.
“Yes, a lot of talk with the Ronda (Rousey) fight. I highly doubt she’ll ever want a rematch. I always have said since the minute the last fight was over, I’ll always rematch her. That’s always been available. But she wanted to come back and have this win and go back and enjoy and have a win like that. No hate from me. I hope she does well. I hope she does whatever she wants with her life. That’s her life. I’d always be open to fight her again.”
After Rousey’s victory over Carano, she stated that she will not be fighting again and is going to be focusing on growing her family with Travis Browne.
