Holly Holm
8W · 7L
Southpaw
Women's Bantamweight
Women's Featherweight
25% finish rate70% as favorite20% as underdog
1497
ELO Rating
ELO RatingHow is ELO calculated?18-month recency decay · streak amplification · activity velocity · career-death penalty. Old champions can't hide behind past glory.Understanding our ELO →
1497.3Developing→
Recency-weighted skill · finish-adjusted · streak-amplified
Division ELOHow is ELO calculated?18-month recency decay · streak amplification · activity velocity · career-death penalty. Old champions can't hide behind past glory.Understanding our ELO →
No recent fights — out of active rankings
Age
44
Oct 17, 1981
Height
5'8" (172.72 cm)
Reach
175.26 cm
Win Rate
53.3%
Output & Defense
Rate-normalized career statistics (per 15 minutes, except strike rates which are per-minute)
Strikes landed / min
3.13
SLpM
Strikes absorbed / min
2.92
SApM (lower is better)
Net striking
+0.21
SLpM − SApM
Strike defense
55%
Opponent strikes evaded
Takedowns / 15 min
0.87
TD_Avg
Takedown defense
76%
Opponent TDs stuffed
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.10
Sub_Avg
Elite TD defense
Head-to-Head Comparison
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Career Averages (per fight)
32.7
Sig. Strikes
0.5
Takedowns
0.0
Sub Attempts
How They Win
KO/TKO2 (25%)
Submission0 (0%)
Decision0 (0%)
Loss Vulnerability
KO/TKO1 (14%)
Submission2 (29%)
Decision0 (0%)
Betting Profile
Win rate when fighting as favorite vs underdog
As Favorite
70%
7W – 3L in 10 fights
As Underdog
20%
1W – 4L in 5 fights
ELO Trajectory
Skill rating evolution — hover dots for fight details
Elo Changes
Rating gained or lost in each fight
lost to Kayla Harrison
-4.11497
def. Yana Santos
+1.91501
lost to Ketlen Vieira
-1.01500
def. Irene Aldana
+0.41501
def. Raquel Pennington
+0.21500
lost to Amanda Nunes
-0.21500
def. Megan Anderson
+0.11500
lost to Cris Cyborg
-0.11500
def. Bethe Correia
+0.11500
lost to Germaine de Randamie
0.01500
lost to Valentina Shevchenko
0.01500
lost to Miesha Tate
0.01500
def. Ronda Rousey
0.01500
def. Marion Reneau
0.01500
def. Raquel Pennington
0.01500
Division ELO Rankings
Women's Bantamweight · Active fighters ranked by recency-weighted skill
Ailin Perez
1548
Joselyne Edwards
1548
Bia Mesquita
1540
Luana Santos
1537
Norma Dumont
1531
Kayla Harrison
1528
Yana Santos
1528
Klaudia Sygula
1523
Fight History (15 fights)
UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill · Apr 13, 2024
Loss
View Analysis →vs Yana Santos
UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen · Mar 25, 2023
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira · May 21, 2022
Loss
View Analysis →vs Irene Aldana
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana · Oct 3, 2020
UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy · Jan 18, 2020
vs Amanda Nunes
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos · Jul 6, 2019
Loss
View Analysis →UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 · Jun 9, 2018
vs Cris Cyborg
UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm · Dec 30, 2017
Loss
View Analysis →UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia · Jun 17, 2017
UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie · Feb 11, 2017
Loss
View Analysis →UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko · Jul 23, 2016
Loss
View Analysis →vs Miesha Tate
UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz · Mar 5, 2016
Loss
View Analysis →vs Ronda Rousey
UFC 193: Rousey vs Holm · Nov 14, 2015
UFC Fight Night: Mir vs Duffee · Jul 15, 2015
UFC 184: Rousey vs Zingano · Feb 28, 2015