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When Ronda Rousey was the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, she refused to fight Cris Cyborg at any weight except the bantamweight limit. But for new champion, Holly Holm, she is more than welcome to fight Cyborg or anyone else for that matter at a different weight class. Holm recently spoke to MMA Weekly about fighting out of her weight class and a potential fight with Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino:

Soon after Rousey lost, Cyborg released a statement saying that she and her camp had determined, after months of trying, that she could not safely get down to 135 pounds, so she was ending her pursuit of a UFC bantamweight title fight.

That doesn’t mean that all hopes of a marquee cross-promotional match-up are off the table. Holm, the new UFC bantamweight champion, is open to the idea of fighting outside of her weight class. She doesn’t seem so sure the UFC would ever go for it, but she’d consider fighting outside of her current weight class.

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ABOUT HOLLY HOLM

Holly Holm (born October 17, 1981) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight division. She is the current UFC Bantamweight Champion. Holm is also a former professional boxer and kickboxer. She was a multiple-time world champion in boxing, defending her titles 18 times in three weight classes, and was a two-time Ring magazine fighter of the year (2005, 2006).

Her most notable win in mixed martial arts (MMA) occurred at UFC 193, in front of a record-breaking crowd for a UFC event (56,214 people) in Melbourne, when she captured the bantamweight title and gave Ronda Rousey her first loss in the sport. The fight is considered one of the biggest upsets in the history of sports.

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