Back in February, Holly Holm battled Germaine de Randamie for the inaugural UFC women’s bantamweight title. On August 29, in co-main event of UFC 214, Megan Anderson will battle Cris “Cyborg” Justino for that same title.<\/p>\n
Speaking exclusively to BJPenn.com on Monday, Anderson weighed in on Holm’s recent head-kick knockout defeat of Bethe Correia, and the three-fight losing streak that preceded it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was an impressive win \u2013 in the third round,\u201d Anderson said of Holm’s knockout of Correia. \u201cI felt like neither lady really did anything in the first two rounds. But I\u2019m a big Holly fan, so I\u2019m really happy to see her get that win, and she really needed that win to kind of boost her confidence after losing three in a row. So I was really happy for her.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nAnderson then touched on the possibility of Holm’s returning to the featherweight division, where she recently fought for gold. Apparently, she has a hard time imaging Holm as a featherweight title challenger any time soon.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ve seen that she said she would come back up to \u201945 for the right fight, but I feel like if she wants a title shot at \u201945, she\u2019d have to fight featherweights and win to be able to get there. In her last four fights, she hasn\u2019t really got the best record, so you can\u2019t really demand a title shot at a weight class you fought once at and lost.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWith her knockout of Correia, Holm rebounded from back-to-back-to-back losses to Miesha Tate, Valentina Shevchenko and Germaine de Randamie.<\/p>\n
Anderson, meanwhile, last competed in the Invicta cage, where she defeated Charmaine Tweet to win the interim featherweight title. She was then promoted to undisputed Invicta featherweight champ, and was signed by the UFC promptly thereafter. She’s 8-2 overall.<\/p>\n
Do you think Holly Holm should return to featherweight?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 6\/20\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back in February, Holly Holm battled Germaine de Randamie for the inaugural UFC women’s bantamweight title. On August 29, in co-main event of UFC 214, Megan Anderson will battle Cris “Cyborg” Justino for that same title. Speaking exclusively to BJPenn.com on Monday, Anderson weighed in on Holm’s recent head-kick knockout defeat of Bethe Correia, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":242494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2674,20398],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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