Holm frustrated with White’s criticism of management
Holly Holm: “I only fight because I’m passionate about it, and so if we didn’t know if she’d be back right away, we thought well, let’s get another fight going.”
Following Holly Holm’s loss to Miesha Tate at UFC 194, Dana White was critical of her management, expressing the thought she missed out on a lot of money not waiting for a rematch with Ronda Rousey. Holm though spoke on the MMA Hour and clarified the story, stating that it was her that wanted to fight:
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“All that is false,” Holm said during an interview on The MMA Hour. “I’ve always said I wanted to fight and there still has been no for sure time that Ronda’s going to be back. So they said there’s all this money coming in for that fight, but what if that fight doesn’t even happen? Then what are you waiting for? Nothing.
“You only make money off that fight if it’s actually going to happen, and I don’t know what’s going to happen. Number one, I don’t fight for money. I only fight because I’m passionate about it, and so if we didn’t know if she’d be back right away, we thought well, let’s get another fight going.”
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