Holly Holm vill hämnas sin titelmatchförlust mot Miesha Tate från UFC 296.
Holly Holm hoppas gå rematch mot Miesha Tate
Holm försvarade sin bantamviktstitel för första gången år 2016 i en böljande match men i den femte ronden såg det ut som att den regerande mästarinnan skulle komma undan med segern. Trots detta lyckades Tate få grepp om Holms rygg och submittade henne.
När Tate nu till slut gjort sin comeback med en seger över Marion Reneau anser Holm att en rematch är fullt logisk. Holm sade följande till MMA Junkie:
For me, I think the Miesha fight makes the most sense because that’s a loss that I want to avenge. Even in the fight, it wasn’t one of those fights I was getting dominated in. I was winning and doing very well up until the end of the fight, and it leaves kind of a sour taste in your mouth and I want to make it right. I know Miesha is always down for a challenge, so I’m not sure why we shouldn’t make the fight happen.
Tror att segraren får gå titelmatch
Holm säger sig nu vara helt redo att fightas igen och hoppas återvända snart. Hon tror nu att segraren mellan henne och Tate i en rematch skulle få nästa titelmatch och hon säger sig ha stort självförtroende att besegra denna:
Now my MMA game is a lot more well-rounded than it was when I fought her. I know there was a lot of talk about waiting for the rematch with Ronda, but the rematch with Ronda would’ve gone the same as the first. I’m not one of those who wants to try to make my entire career around one person. I wanted to keep challenging myself as a fighter, so it made sense to me to take whatever challenge was next at the time. I can’t ever go back and say, ‘Oh, I regret doing that.
Maybe that helped me learn even more after that fight to be the better fighter that I am today. Rather than look back and say, ‘Woulda, coulda, shoulda,’ I want to do something about it and keep training and learning and getting better. I’m a completely different fighter than I was back then.
Miesha Tate har sagt sig vara villig att möta Holly Holm härnäst.
