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Holly Holm Overcame Doubts in Training Camp After ‘Momentary Lapse’ Against Tate
- Updated: July 20, 2016
Just one bout after her historic knockout of Ronda Rousey at UFC 193, Holly Holm saw the bantamweight crown slip through her grasp thanks to a last-gasp submission from Miesha Tate in March. While it was Holm’s first MMA defeat, the Albuquerque, N.M., native has lost bouts as a professional boxer, so the experience wasn’t entirely foreign to her. Although she did not disappear from the public eye as Rousey did, Holm did admit to having to work through some things in camp as she prepared to face Valentina Shevchenko in the UFC on Fox 20 headliner on Saturday in Chicago. “Every camp is different. I don’t really compare them because no fight is the same and no fighter has the same style, no training camp is gonna go exactly the same,” Holm said during a recent conference call. “So yes, It’s its own training camp. There’s definitely some emotions that I’m dealing with coming off a loss, those doubts here and that I’ve overcome through this training camp. I feel like I’ve learned a lot; I’ve improved a lot and my goal is to show those improvements when it’s time for the fight.” Holm was on her way to defending the …
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