White confirms Rousey rematch next for Holm
Until today UFC President Dana White had not confirmed that a Ronda Rousey versus Holly Holm rematch will be the next women’s bantamweight title fight.
Until today UFC President Dana White had not confirmed that a Ronda Rousey versus Holly Holm rematch will be the next women’s bantamweight title fight:
“I think that if we didn’t make the rematch, me and [UFC CEO] Lorenzo [Fertitta] should probably lose our promoters’ license,” White said on the morning ESPN radio show Mike & Mike. “Yeah, that fight’s going to happen. I don’t know when, but that’s the fight that will happen.”
According to White, the decision is an easy one. Despite Holm’s all-around dominating performance when the two met at UFC 193, Rousey’s prior achievements alone warrant the rematch.
“Ronda Rousey has gone undefeated, taken the sport to another level and was beating the best women in the world in 14 seconds or 30 seconds, so she deserves a rematch,” he said. “Holly agrees she deserves a rematch, and we’ll figure it out.”