Holm in no rush for Rousey fight
Holly Holm: “…if you told me that’s what I had to do right now, I’d say fine, let’s grind it out and get to work. I just feel like there are some more.”
Holly Holm is 6-0, and has yet to debut in the UFC, but many fans and media alike are looking forward to a showdown with Ronda Rousey. Holm and her management team of course would take the fight whenever the UFC wants it, but they aren’t in a rush either:
The current contract is a five-fight deal, Fresquez says. A doctor’s visit this week to asses the state of Holm’s arm, which she broke en route to a fifth-round TKO victory over Juliana Werner in April at a Legacy FC event, will determine when she can make her debut.
But while Holm’s signing was met with immediate questions as to how soon she might challenge UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, Holm and her manager are in no great hurry there. Fresquez says he’d like Holm to have a couple of fights before she thinks about taking on the champ, and that plan suits Holm just fine.
I know I have a lot to learn, so I do want to have a couple fights before fighting Ronda, Holm says. But if you told me that’s what I had to do right now, I’d say fine, let’s grind it out and get to work. I just feel like there are some more things I want to learn first.
