UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey’s next foe is undefeated boxing champion Holly Holm. On Friday morning Rousey announced the UFC 195 match-up on Good Morning America.
Ronda Rousey opens as a 10/1 favorite over Holly Holm
Shortly after the announcement, www.Bodog.ca broke that Rousey had opened as a 10/1 favorite over Holm.
Rousey who has defended her title six times is a -1000 favorite, while Holm comes into the bout as a +600 underdog.
“Rowdy” (12-0) was promoted to the UFC champion after the purchase of Strikeforce and has defeated all of her opponents via either submission or KO. Most recently the 28-year-old knocked out Bethe Correia in Brazil in just 34-seconds.
Holm (9-0) made her UFC debut in February and has gone 2-0 inside the Octagon. Her first outing was a split decision victory against Raquel Pennington, with her most recent outing a decision win over Marion Reneau.
UFC 195 goes down on January 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – AUGUST 01: UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey looks to attack opponent Bethe Correia of Brazil during the UFC 190 event inside HSBC Arena on August 1, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
