Holly Holm Targets Next Opponent
Former UFC Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm has not competed since May when she lost a widely debated split decision to Ketlen Vieira. However, what many fans may have forgotten is that prior to this, Holm was supposed to have fought Julianna Peña in a title eliminator last year.
Unfortunately, Holm had to withdraw from the fight due to health issues, and Peña went on to upset Amanda Nunes to become the bantamweight champion.
Now that Nunes has reclaimed the title, Holm told reporters during a Thursday media scrum that she’d like to rebook her fight with Peña for her return (h/t MMA Junkie).
“It does interest me,” Holm told reporters at a Thursday news conference in New York. “(The) last year’s been definitely a challenging year for me. It’s been a great year. Life’s still a big blessing. But I wound up having to have my kidney surgery, and so that’s why that fight didn’t go through. I had to pull out, and maybe that’s unfinished business we need to take care of now. So who knows.”