Holm Debuts at UFC 181 vs. Pennington
The highly anticipated UFC debut of former multiple time Boxing World champion and Legacy FC title holder Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (7-0) will come on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas against TUF 18 alum Raquel “Rocky” Pennington (4-4).
Undefeated in MMA, Holm a Jackson/Winkeljon’s team member has 6 of 7 wins by (T)KO and last fought in April scoring a 5th round TKO of Juliana Werner to become the 1st ever Legacy Women’s Bantamweight champion. Holm in her UFC debut will also be coming off healing a broken forearm that came via blocking a Werner Kick at Legacy 30. Holm thus far in her MMA career has showed of some of the most diverse striking in all of women’s MMA and her grappling is improving each time out.
Altitude MMA’s, “Rocky” who also fancies the sweet scinence, was a member of Meisha Tates team on TUF 18, ended a 2 fight skid at the TUF 18 Finale with a unanimous decision win over Roxanne Modafferi. Pennington will now be looking to rebound from a UFC 171 split decision loss to Jessica Andrade.
UFC 181 on Dec. 6 at the Mandalay Bat Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada; is headlined by a pair of title bout with Gilbert Meldndez challenging Anthony Pettis for the UFC Lightweight title and Robbie Lawler challenging Johny Hendrickds for the UFC Welterweight title.
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