The fact that Holm was badly rocked by the first cheap shot completely affected her ability to fight. But even if we ignore that, GDR should have had at least a point deducted. The judges scored the fight 48-47 GDR. With a point deduction, it would have been a draw.
I always thought it was out of (weird) principle. Actually not fighting someone with a background in forbidden substances. Kinda the opposite of what Mark Hunt did with Lesnar. And yeah, does not make sense career wise, win* or lose she would have made money out of the fight. But principles are what they are.
People do kind of overstate the late strikes. GDR was already launching the 1 on a 1-2 when the bell rang in round 2. People reacted because the optics of that is that the 2 starts after the bell goes, but loading up on a 1-2 is a single thought or motion. Throwing the left is what makes your right shoulder load up for the followup. The late strike in round 3 is pretty egregious, with GDR just endlessly swinging through the bell. Though GDR was rocked at the time from Holly launching a headkick at her while she was on all fours, which was fully illegal, so it's not like the fight was all sunshine and rainbows on Holly's side either.
Nope, GDR had been rocked by the previous headkick and I don't think she was grounded when the second one landed.
Tbh I honestly blocked that fact out of my head. Yea she might have a shot after all
Was the second kick illegal though?
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Quit disrespecting your elders, you know he was only 75.
She didn't avoid cyborg she tried keeping Dana to his word. Something people should praise. She has integrity but that's frowned upon by a lot of you guys it seems. She deserves some more respect around here. She became champion having a full time job as a police officer. She took vacations from her job to fight in the UFC.I hope not she is a terrible fighter and gave the belt up to avoid fighting Cyborg. She should not have been allowed to return to the UFC
