Has Holly Holm ever been knocked out? It’s a question you might have asked since seeing Holm knock out Rousey recently to win the UFC’s Women’s World Bantamweight Championship belt. And the answer? Yes, she has!
In 2011, a French woman called Anne Sophie Mathis was the women’s WBA Boxing Super Lightweight Champion. On December 2nd in Albuquerque, New Mexico, she faced a much-fancied up-and-coming contender called Holly Holm. But Holm was defeated by a seventh round KO.
But it was no ordinary knockout blow. Mathis destruction of Holm in round seven was nothing short of a refereeing disgrace. Holm was up on the ropes, being flattened. She was like a rag doll. And the ref needed to step in. It makes for some pretty brutal viewing…
