Greatest upset in MMA
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Almost no one in the world expected the Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey would lose at UFC 193. Ronda had won her last four fights in the first round, the longest lasting 66 seconds. She was 6-0 in the UFC and 12-0 in MMA overall. Her opponent was Holly Holm, undefeated with a 10-0 MMA record, and had an illustrious boxing career before taking up mixed martial arts. Even with those credentials, the odds reached up to -2000 for Rousey and +900 for Holm at its peak.
It was already a surprise when Holm passed the first round with Rousey, demonstrably outperforming the champ. Fifty-nine seconds into the second round, Holly won by knockout. Holly Holm was the first to win a boxing and a UFC championship.
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.@_HOLLYHOLM beat @RondaRousey in UFC's biggest upset ever (plus-800). Key stats: https://t.co/xakJvCt76I pic.twitter.com/lddJes3niX
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 15, 2015
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I can't even explain how blessed I am and how fortunate that I have such a great team that believes in me. You know, just walking out there... it's us anyway. We're the ones doing it. I'm the one that has to fight and they're the ones that are giving me the advice and that's what it comes down to. It doesn't matter what odds are on paper or what's happened before. It matters what happens that moment.
Holly Holm
