Holly Holm deltog nyligen i en intervju med New York Times, där hon svarade på frågor om matchen mot Ronda Rousey och vilka taktiker hon använde utav.
Hon svarade då att hon tror hon skulle vinna mot Rousey 10 av 10 gånger:
Ten. Because if I tell myself that there is one that I might not get, then I’ll be vulnerable.
I also know that I’m beatable, so I’m going to train twice as hard. She’s going to come back. She’s mad that it’s not her title anymore. I’ve got to be twice as ready as last time.
Här berättar Holm om hur hon minns matchen mot Rousey:
As soon as I landed the first couple of straight lefts, I knew that I could have her timing as long as I didn’t get sloppy and get countered. I knew that she would probably try to go to her game of the clinch and the judo and the trips and push me on the cage, what she’s best at.
In the second round, she came out, and I had her timing at that point. I knew I could pick my shots. She went for either a leg hook or to grab at me. It was almost in slow motion. I just dipped under it and that’s when she kind of went down into the cage. At that time I knew that if I imposed my will a little bit I could finish. There was a shot that kind of dazed her and then a little bit of a scramble. And I pushed her off and she dropped. And when she got back up that was perfect timing for the kick, and the kick put her down.
She was getting a little frustrated. She tried to put me on the cage, and tried for an arm bar, and tried for a hip toss. That can be really frustrating when you’re in a fight and you’re used to these things working for you.
Every fight is different. Yes, I had her timing as long as I didn’t get sloppy.
A lot of times fighters get not only physically tired, but mentally exhausted. It’s like a chess match — you’re thinking of offense and defense at the same time. It’s almost exhausting to think about it. After a while you just go, I’ll move my pawn. A lot of times in fights people get exhausted and they’re just sick of trying to focus on it.
How many fights have you seen in the last round they’re just standing in front of each other and throwing big wide shots? They’ve lost all focus and are just going forward with no game plan or technique. That’s the hardest thing about fighting, staying focused and not just saying forget it and going at it.
Många har kallat Rousey för en endimensionell fighter efter den senaste matchen. Holm håller dock inte med om detta:
Ronda’s not a one-dimensional fighter. She has the clinch game, she goes for a lot of hip tosses, she goes for trips, she pushes you on the cage, she’s very aggressive on the ground, she goes for arm bars, not just from one position but from many positions. So our entire training camp every day was about it.
But we also wanted to excel at the things I do well. Could I go out and survive? Yes. But if I just survive, if I defend everything she comes with, I’m not going to get a victory. For a victory against someone so dominant, you have to make it very decisive. Our whole thing was to be careful of what she does but not to be afraid of doing what we want to do.
Holm segrade mot Rousey via knockout i andra ronden under UFC 193 i Australien och blen då den nye bantamviktsmästarinnan.
