{"id":109204,"date":"2026-01-03T04:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/109204\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T04:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:09:09","slug":"ufc-holly-holmes-returns-to-boxing-facing-el-pasos-rising-star-stephanie-han-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/109204\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Holly Holmes returns to boxing, facing El Paso&#8217;s rising star Stephanie Han"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 UFC legend and former boxing world champion Holly Holmes is set to face El Paso&#8217;s undefeated Stephanie Han for the WBA lightweight title this weekend in San Juan, Puerto Rico. <\/p>\n<p>Holmes, 44, is the most prominent opponent Han has encountered in her 11-0 career. <\/p>\n<p>Known for her legendary UFC career, Holmes was a bantamweight world champion and famously knocked out Ronda Rousey, earning multiple accolades in 2015. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 35-year-old Han has been active and successful in her boxing career. <\/p>\n<p>This marks Holmes&#8217; second return to boxing after a 12-year hiatus for her UFC career. <\/p>\n<p>The fight is scheduled for 6 p.m. El Paso time and will be available on DAZN.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/utep-adjusts-class-schedules-to-accommodate-new-texas-western-hall-opening?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Western Hall to open as UTEP closes Liberal Arts Building for renovations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 UFC legend and former boxing world champion Holly Holmes is set to face&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-109204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}