Things did not go as planned for Holly Holm at UFC 300.
, as she suffered a second-round submission defeat in a preliminary bout on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. While the former boxing champion figured to have an advantage at range against Harrison, a two-time gold medalist in judo, Holm instead elected to clinch with her opponent.
“I went out there and I lost all focus on the game plan. I did nothing that we trained for in this fight. All the respect to Kayla, she was the better fighter tonight.”to capture the 135-pound belt at UFC 193 in November 2015. While there was some question as to how Harrison would respond to cutting to bantamweight for the first time, the American Top Team product looked physically dominant throughout the contest.
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