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Holly Holm Says Its On Her to Turn Things Around at UFC Fight Night 111

June 14, 2017 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Holly Holm spoke with MMAjunkie ahead of her fight with Bethe Correia at UFC Fight Night 111. The highlights are below:

On her recent struggles: “A three-fight losing streak? I’ve never been here in my life. I’ve never had a two-fight losing streak, so it’s one of those things I have to overcome in my own mind. … It’s all me. It’s all on me. Nobody can fight for me. I’m the only one that can do it when I’m in there. I know I’m more capable than what my last three-fight records shows. That’s just something I’m going to have to overcome on my own. Yes, there’s times you battle with doubt in your own mind and things like that, but in the end, it all depends on how you feel about yourself when you get in there. I know I’m capable of beating these girls, and that’s what I need to do.”

On a possible change in division: “If they offered me a fight at 145, I’m open to it. I’m open to fighting at either weight. But the last fight, everybody I know says, ‘Hey, I thought you won that fight. Even with the strikes after the bell we thought you had three rounds to two.’ But at the end of the day I know I could have done more to make that more clear, and it should never be that close anyway. I just took what I learned from it and moved forward because I can’t go back and change the past.”

On Correia: “She’s going to be aggressive, and she’s not going to turn away from you. She faces a challenge, and those are sometimes the toughest opponents because they’re going to take whatever comes at them. With that being said, I know I’m tough too. I know that I have the experience, I know I’m technical, and I know that I’m capable. And I do believe that my skill set is better. That doesn’t mean that it’s in the bag. That does not mean that the victory is easy. I have to take Bethe at her best, and you never know what’s going to happen when you get in there. I want to be adaptable and take the fight where it goes.”

On her motivation for the bout: “I don’t want to let another opportunity go by and not make the best of it. That’s been a sore ache in my side for the past three fights. I hate to lose, and I just want the taste of victory. I don’t want to be there just to experience it. I’m not ever there for a participation ribbon. I’m there for a victory, and that’s all there is to it.”