Holly Holm asserts she beat Stephanie Han in rematch

In January 2025, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holmrequested to be released from the fight promotion to return to boxing. The UFC granted her request and she defeated Yolanda Vega in her return to the ring five moths later.

Before becoming the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, Holm was a world class boxer and multiple-time world champion. Following the win over Vega “The Preacher’s Daughter” was lined up to face WBA lightweight champion Stephanie Han. The bout was stopped in the seventh round due to a cut from an accidental clash of heads.

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The two ran it back last Saturday in El Paso, Texas in the featured fight of the Most Valuable Promotion's MVPW-03: Han vs. Holm II fight card at El Paso County Coliseum. Han retained her belt via majority decision but Holm insists her hand should have been raised instead.

"Honestly, I feel like I won that fight," Holm said in her post-fight interview. "I feel I won the fight."

"There's always things, even in a win, that I want to do better, always. I mean, we want perfection, but I really feel I won that fight," Holm reiterated. "I just feel like that fight was mine."

"I just felt like I was dictating the pace. I felt like I was landing clean shots. It's a fight. I'm not saying she never hit me, but I definitely did more in the fight. I should have had the win."

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During the post-fight press conference, Holm doubled down on her belief that she won. "I feel like I was dictating the pace. I do think she had a few rounds, but not six. You have to win six rounds to win a 10-round fight. I don't give her six rounds. I feel it in my heart I won."