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Holly Holm left UFC 219 wearing the damage of ‘Fight of the Night’ vs. Cris Cyborg
Holly Holm didn’t capture the UFC women’s featherweight title from Cris Cyborg at UFC 219, nor did she leave the octagon unscathed.
Holm (11-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Cyborg (19-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) in Saturday’s pay-per-view headliner at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. She absorbed 118 significant strikes in the five-round bout, which will understandable result in some damage.
By the championship rounds, “The Preacher’s Daughter” had serious swelling around her left eye due to Cyborg’s hard punches. By the time she got backstage, her eye was essentially shut.
Holm’s manager, Lenny Fresquez, told ESPN’s Brett Okamoto that his client was checked out at the hospital post-fight and did not sustain any serious injuries. The superficial damage is almost certainly unpleasant, but that didn’t stop the former UFC women’s bantamweight champ from smiling for a photo with ring announcer Bruce Buffer (via Instagram):
With her defeat at UFC 219, Holm fell to 1-4 since her legendary knockout of Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 in November 2015. She did not speak to the media post-fight.
For complete coverage of UFC 219, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
The Blue Corner is MMAjunkie‘s official blog and is edited by Mike Bohn.
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