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Tonight at UFC 208 in Brooklyn, New York, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm will step into the Octagon against kickboxing veteran Germaine de Randamie <\/a>for a highly anticipated showdown that will see one woman crowned the inaugural women’s featherweight champion.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the fight, top ranked women’s strawweight, and Holly Holm’s Jackson-Winkeljohn teammate, Michelle Waterson<\/a>, spoke to MMAJunkie<\/a> to explain why Holm is one of her biggest mentors:<\/p>\n

\"Holly<\/p>\n

\u201cShe knows what she wants, and she doesn\u2019t stop until she gets what she wants,\u201d Waterson told MMAjunkie. \u201cEvery day, if she doesn\u2019t get a technique right, she\u2019s back at the gym that night to fix whatever she did wrong in the sparring session that morning. So, she\u2019s very determined to get back on the winning streak.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHolly is one of my biggest mentors, and I look up to her so much,\u201d Waterson said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s because she doesn\u2019t talk; she\u2019s not a talker. She\u2019s a doer. She doesn\u2019t talk the talk; she walks the walk. She\u2019s the hardest working person I\u2019ve ever met in my life. She runs six days a week, and within those, there are sprint runs and long-distance runs on top of her diet regimen.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn top of her technique training with her jiu-jitsu, on top of her wrestling training, on top of the mitt work. And that\u2019s not including the daily classes that she goes to. So, she\u2019s a hard worker.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Holm of course will be looking to snap a 2-fight skid when she squares off with de Randamie. Most recently, Holm was on the wrong end of a unanimous decision against Valentina Shevchenko. Prior to that, Holm lost the bantamweight title to Miesha Tate at UFC 196<\/a> in March, where she was choked out cold in the 5th round.<\/p>\n

\"Best<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 2\/11\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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