Holly Holm has had a wild career across multiple combat sports. Not only did she win UFC’s women’s Bantamweight belt, she won multiple boxing titles, including the WBA and WBC Welterweight crowns before crossing over into mixed martial arts (MMA).
Now, she’s set to compete once more for WBA’s belt against Stephanie Han on Jan. 3, 2026 — 19 years after she captured it for the first time!
“I would have definitely rematched her if I knew she was actually going to come back,” Holm said about the second fight that never came to be. “It was an open-ended kind of question: when is she coming back? How long am I gonna have to wait to fight? I did want to keep active. I’m a fighter. That’s what I do. And I’ve always been open to a rematch with her. I still am.”
Holm ended up fighting Miesha Tate six months after beating Rousey, and Tate would pull off a wild Hail Mary submission win in the fifth round to take the belt off Holm (re-live that here). She then dropped the title to Amanda Nunes, and it was Nunes who Rousey would fight upon her return — and Nunes who would beat the brakes off “Rowdy” so badly that she left the sport.
Now we have reports that Rousey is looking to box Gina Carano sometime in 2026. Not that this leaves Holm without anything to do … a win over Han could lead “The Preacher’s Daughter” to a big money showdown against Katie Taylor.
But, for the record: Holm would love some of that Rousey smoke.
“I’ve always been open to a rematch with Ronda, I just don’t know if she ever wanted to have one,” Holm said. “But I’ve always been open for a rematch with Ronda, and the offer still stands. I’m still here.”