Holly Holm-Raquel Pennington Rematch Set for UFC 243 in Melbourne
Holly Holm will return to the site of her greatest achievement in MMA when she faces Raquel Pennington in a rematch at UFC 243 in Melbourne.
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UFC 243 takes place at Marvel Stadium on Oct. 5 and will feature middleweight title unification fight between reigning champ Robert Whittaker and interim titlist Israel Adesanya.
Holm has gone just 2-5 since her victory over Rousey, earning victories over Bethe Correia and Megan Anderson during that time. Most recently, the Jackson-Wink MMA standout came up short in another bid for bantamweight gold at UFC 239, where she suffered a first-round TKO loss to Amanda Nunes.
Pennington went on a four-bout winning streak following her loss to Holm to earn a title shot of her own. She fell to Nunes in that championship clash at UFC 224 and then dropped a decision to Germaine de Randamie in her next outing at UFC Fight Night 139. “Rocky” returned to the win column with a split verdict over Irene Aldana at UFC on ESPN 4 on July 20.
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