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New UFC women's bantamweight champion Holly Holm is basking in glory after her unexpected win over Ronda Rousey on Nov. 14 at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.
As the latest golden girl or mixed martial arts, Holm has been travelling across the U.S. to guest on TV talk shows, radio shows and other public events. In a guesting stint with Fox Sports, Holm admits to doing something she does not usually do until Nov. 14.
That is watch her bouts several times over on video. She admits to having watched her match versus Rousey about 30 times. She shares, "My first UFC fight I didn't watch it until after my second UFC fight was over. There's some that I watch right away and if I do watch I usually watch it more than once."
Part of the reason why she watched the video is when she guests on TV shows, the match is shown before her interview.
In her interview on Monday with HuffPost Live, Holm says she has not talked to Ronda after their bout. "I hope she's doing well," Holm says. She stresses, "I know there's a lot of emotion going into a fight, but everything in a fight - - none of it comes out of an evil heart. It's just two people chasing the same dream."
Holm, who had previously told UFC fans not to trash talk Ronda after the fight, says she appreciates Rousey for what she has done for the sport by placing women's boxing on the radar. The new champ says she does not hate her octagon ring opponents, "but I'm there to win."
Meanwhile, Ronda, who told fans not to worry about her despite the injuries she sustained, has been invited by Rafael Dos Anjos, the UFC lightweight champion, to hone her MMA skills further by leaving the Glendale Fighting Club team and joining his Kings MMA team. Anjos says Ronda would benefit from the 28 years of MMA experience of their head coach Rafael Cordeiro, Fox reports.
Former critic Floyd Mayweather has also offered to train Ronda, but she would need rest first because the UFC has given her a six-month medical suspension to recover from her Nov. 14 bout.
