Holly Holm Hopes To Fight Again This Year

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Holly Holm revealed that she hopes to be back in the Octagon by the end of the year for another fight. Here are highlights:

On her sponsor obligations and guest appearances: “[My trip to] New York was a thing for Vera Bradley. Canada was a thing for a new sportsplex they are putting together and they had guests there. Florida was for a sponsor. Las Vegas was for a sponsor for the Mr. Olympia show. Los Angeles was for some meetings. It’s kind of a lot of random stuff.”

On those who say she takes fights for money: “It is annoying because a lot of people that do that, I don’t think they ever listen to all these others kind of interviews or articles or anything that come out for me. I like to fight. I don’t know why people think that I’m taking fights for money. It drives me crazy. I wanted to fight because I wanted to get in there and fight, it had nothing to do if I should have waited for this money fight or that money fight. It’s not why I fight. And, so whatever people say I guess is their own opinion that has nothing to do with what I shoot for or what my goals are. I always tell myself I’m never going to fight for money, only for passion. And I want to stay true to that. And that’s what I was doing, is fighting because I wanted to fight. That’s it.”

On wanting to fight this year: “I’m sure we’ll schedule something in the next few weeks. I know [the UFC] probably don’t want to set something 100 percent until I’m 100 percent released to train. I think we’re getting close to figuring that out, but definitely no specific answer right now.”

On if she knows who she wants to fight: “No, I just want to fight, and I want to win. That’s my goal. That’s really as simple as I want to think. What fight it is, it really doesn’t matter to me. I want to win just as badly whether it’s on a big card or not. I want to win even if it’s not on TV. Even in practice, I still want to punch my teammates more than they hit me. That’s the name of the game. I am just focused on a victory, and that’s it.”