Ultimate Fighting Championship matchmakers still see Holly Holm as a box-office commodity, even though well over a year has passed since the former women’s bantamweight titleholder last set foot inside the Octagon.
“The Preacher’s Daughter” will return to active competition for the first time in nearly 20 months when she takes on Ketlen Vieira in the UFC Fight Night 206 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Holm enters the cage on the strength of back-to-back victories. The Jackson-Wink MMA mainstay last fought at UFC on ESPN 16, where she was awarded a five-round unanimous verdict over Irene Aldana on Oct.