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Ronda Rousey will defend her Ufc Women’s Bantamweight Championship against Holly Holm at Ufc 195. The fight will take place on January 2, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Rousey made the announcement during an appearance on Good Morning America, which illustrates just how mainstream she has made the sport.

“January 2 I’m going to be fighting Holly Holm, who is actually the most decorated striker we have in all of mixed martial arts,” Rousey said. “Not the women’s division, not the bantamweight division, like 19-time boxing world champion Holly Holm, was the Ring Magazine pound-for-pound female fighter of the year and definitely my biggest challenge to date so I’m super-excited about it.”

However, Rousey talking up Holm’s boxing credentials isn’t reflective of the challenger’s Mma skills. She’s looked distinctively one dimensional in her two Ufc fights, only earning victory via decisions. She has reach and can box,...