3. Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey UFC 193
Ever since a trip to Australia last November things have been very different in the women’s bantamweight division.
Holly Holm was ranked #9 coming into this fight and wasn’t given much of a chance to win. Some fans were upset that the championship opportunity had not been given to Miesha Tate, who they say earned her 3rd fight with Ronda by defeating Jessica Eye. But the UFC perhaps didn’t see much interest in that fight and opted to give the shot to Holly Holm instead, a fighter with a rich boxing pedigree but who hadn’t looked overly comfortable in her first two UFC fights, despite winning both.
Ronda tried to charge at Holm, just like Greg Jackson knew she would, and Holly was ready. Holm kicked Rousey so hard it broke her jaw, took her title, and made her talk about both suicide and retirement. That’s an effective kick!
