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Ronda Rousey limbers up before her fight with Sara McMann at UFC 170 Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Rousey won by TKO in the first round with a knee to the McMann’s liver.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has announced she will fight the world's former No. 1-rated female boxer next.
Rousey told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday that she will defend her title against former world-champion boxer Holly Holm in Las Vegas on Jan. 2.
Holm, a 33-year-old Albuquerque boxer turned mixed martial arts fighter, signed with the world's largest mixed martial arts promotion last year after months of negotiations.
Rousey called Holm the sport's "most decorated striker" and said the fight will be her "biggest challenge to date."
Fans had hope Holm's signing and entry into UFC would led to an eventual fight with Rousey, who needed only 34 seconds to beat her last opponent, Bethe Correia, earlier this month.
