{"id":263951,"date":"2017-11-16T17:12:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T01:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=263951"},"modified":"2017-11-16T17:20:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T01:20:35","slug":"breaking-ufc-219-gets-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-219\/breaking-ufc-219-gets-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING! UFC 219 gets a title fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 219 gets a title fight!<\/p>\n<p>The octagon will return to T-Mobile Arena next month for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-219\/ufc-219-fight-card-and-rumors\/\">UFC 219 <\/a>on December 30 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The pay-per-view event finally received a title fight just moments ago as the promotion just announced that Cris Cyborg will be defending her women&#8217;s featherweight title against former bantamweight title holder Holly Holm.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: There\u2019s a title on the line at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC219?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC219<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/criscyborg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CrisCyborg<\/a> is set to defend her undisputed featherweight championship against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HollyHolm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HollyHolm<\/a> in Las Vegas on Dec. 30. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zHAGrIQDir\">pic.twitter.com\/zHAGrIQDir<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/931326972893917184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The most feared women\u2019s fighter on the planet, Cris Cyborg, was last seen in action at July\u2019s UFC 214 event where she captured the UFC\u2019s vacant featherweight title by defeating Tonya Evinger via third-round TKO.<\/p>\n<p>The victory improved Cyborg\u2019s current win streak to an amazing eighteen fights in a row and prompted her to call for a match with Holly Holm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Holly-Holm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-221665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Holly-Holm.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Holly-Holm-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Holly-Holm-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Holly-Holm-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As for \u201cThe Preachers Daughter\u201d, Holly Holm was last seen in action this past June where she scored a sensational head kick knockout victory over former bantamweight title challenger Bethe Correia.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think wins this exciting women&#8217;s title fight? 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