On a night that featured a depressing string of veteran losses, from Rashad Evans to Andrei Arlovski to Alistair Overeem, to Joseph Benavidez, Holly Holm rode to the rescue.
Holm, the 36-year-old former UFC bantamweight and three-weight word boxing champion, put in a smart, veteran performance in defeating young hotshot Megan Anderson at UFC 225 on Saturday night.
Giving up size and reach, Holm overwhelmed her opponent in the first non-title women’s featherweight fight in UFC history. The judges’ scores at Chicago’s United Center were a pair of 30-26s and a 30-27 for a unanimous decision.