Just two years ago, Holm marched out to a record-breaking crowd in Melbourne and accomplished a feat few in the sport thought possible, dismantling former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey to forever silence the queen of the UFC and enshrine “The Preacher’s Daughter” among the fight game’s list of all-time applecart upsetters. Now, Holm is looking to one-up her own reputation on Saturday when she challenges the other side of the WMMA coin, UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg, in the main event of UFC 219.
This time around, Holm enters fight week with the world acutely aware of her abilities as an ender of legends.