{"id":386984,"date":"2026-01-04T05:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386984\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T05:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:03:07","slug":"bloody-clash-of-heads-ends-holms-title-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386984\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloody Clash Of Heads Ends Holm\u2019s Title Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Holly Holm\u2019s bid to win her first world title in boxing since 2012 came up short last night (Sat., Jan. 3, 2026), losing to WBA lightweight champion, Stephanie Han, in San Juan, Puerto Rico<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/412774\/serrano-vs-tellez-live-streaming-results-video-highlights-from-puerto-rico\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> via technical decision<\/a>, though the bout ended in anticlimactic fashion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In the seventh round, the two ladies inadvertently clashed heads, which instantly resulted in a cut right on Han\u2019s forehead. After the ringside doctor cleaned up the wound and assessed the damage he decided it was best to put an end to the fight. Once the scores were tallied Han was declared the winner, improving her record to 12-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Take a look at the damage below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As for Holm, the loss drops her to 34-3-3 and end the momentum she picked up after defeating Yolanda Vega via unanimous decision in her first fight in over a decade last June. The loss puts \u201cThe Preacher\u2019s Daughter\u201d at crossroads in her combat career, as fight fans now we wait to see if she decides to push forward with her boxing career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Holm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/1\/13\/24343160\/ufc-parts-ways-with-ronda-rousey-killer-and-former-champion-holly-holm-after-historic-16-fight-run\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">parted ways with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)<\/a> at the beginning of 2025, and was last seen losing to Kayla Harrison via rear-naked choke at UFC 300 back in April 2024 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/4\/13\/24129445\/watch-full-fight-video-highlights-ufc-300-results-espn-ppv-bmf-mma-harrison-submission-holm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">see it again here<\/a>). She never officially retired from mixed martial arts (MMA), so there could be a chance she decides to return to the cage with another promotion in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For more boxing news and notes click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holly Holm\u2019s bid to win her first world title in boxing since 2012 came up short last night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[36109,49,48,641,33601,638,82],"class_list":["post-386984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}