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Dana White Says He Hand-Picked Holly Holm To Fight Ronda Because He Knew Holly Could Win

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Now that the Ronda vs Holly Holm fight is over, a lot of people are saying that they knew that Holly was going to win all along, but leading up to the fight the UFC and Dana White were getting a lot of criticism, people were saying that Holly wasn’t ready and that this was going to be another easy win for Ronda.




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Note: We actually did call the outcome months ago.

Dana White has said several times in the past few days that he made this fight himself, and he has talked about Holly’s boxing pedigree and her MMA skills as the reason why. He wasn’t trying to give Rousey another an easy win, he wanted to pick the opponent with the best chance of beating Ronda Rousey.

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“I made this fight because this was the fight to make. Holly Holm is a former world champion in boxing and kickboxing… styles make fights, and this was a great stylistic matchup.” – Dana White

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Ronda and GGG in the gym.


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