{"id":714079,"date":"2026-06-04T07:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/714079\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:53:09","slug":"ex-ufc-champ-holly-holm-provides-timeline-for-end-of-fighting-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/714079\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-UFC champ Holly Holm provides timeline for end of fighting career"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\nHolly Holm is interested in big fights, whether that’s in boxing
\nor MMA. | Getty\/UFC<\/p>\n

The finish line appears to be in sight for Holly
\nHolm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Holm, who is coming off a controversial split-decision loss to
\nStephanie Han in a boxing match under the Most Valuable Promotions
\nbanner last weekend, gave a rough timeline for the end of her
\ncombat sports career during an appearance on “The
\nAriel Helwani Show.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

I don’t know, but if I’m being really honest, I want big fights.
\nI’m not saying that all of them are big fights for a title.
\n..Within the year and I’m done,\u201d Holm said. \u201cThat’s where I’m at. I
\ndefinitely want them to be fights that people want to see. I want
\nit to be something big like that. And that’s where I’m at, whether
\nit be MMA or boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holm confirmed that likely means only one or two more fights total
\nbefore the
\nJackson-Wink MMA<\/a> standout calls it a career.<\/p>\n

Holm hasn\u2019t competed in MMA since UFC 300, when she suffered a
\nsecond-round submission loss to future 135-pound champion Kayla
\nHarrison<\/a> in April 2024. More recently, \u201cThe Preacher\u2019s
\nDaughter\u201d has gone 1-2 in boxing and also competed in wrestling
\nunder the Real American Freestyle banner.<\/p>\n

The Rousey Question
\n
\nHolm entered MMA in 2011 as a multiple-time world champion in
\nboxing. She won her first nine outings, setting the stage for her
\nhead-kick knockout of the previously undefeated Ronda
\nRousey<\/a> at UFC 193 in November 2015. Though Holm\u2019s championship
\nreign was short lived, that victory propelled Holm to a new level
\nof stardom that has lingered for the rest of her career.<\/p>\n

After Rousey returned with a victory over Gina Carano<\/a>
\nat
\nMost Valuable Promotions “Rousey vs. Carano”<\/a> on May 16, there
\nwas some talk about a rematch with Holm. Rousey quickly dismissed
\nthe notion, claiming that she is once again retired and that she
\nwould \u201cclean [Holm\u2019s] clock\u201d if they fought again. Holm says that
\nshe\u2019s always been open to the rematch, but she believes Rousey
\nfeels differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t think that she really wants to, and I’m not even mad at
\nher for it,\u201d Holm said. \u201cI don’t want someone to get in there and
\nfight if they don’t want to actually fight. Because I want someone
\nwho wants it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s never been because I said no. I 100% always said [if] she
\nwants a rematch. I’ll give it to her. And I have respect for her.
\nShe was the dominant champion, and she is good. She just came back
\nand did her thing. She’s good at what she does.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holly Holm is interested in big fights, whether that’s in boxing or MMA. | Getty\/UFC The finish line…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[1331,703,49,48,44,82],"class_list":["post-714079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-article","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714079","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=714079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}