Holm vs Anderson

Who won Holm vs Anderson?

Holly Holm beat Megan Anderson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 225, on Saturday 9th June 2018 at United Center in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Holly Holm.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Holm vs Anderson stats

Holly Holm stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Megan Anderson made her way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Holly Holm's 16th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015.

Holly Holm's UFC record stood at 8-7-0, while Megan Anderson's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Holm had a large advantage in power over Anderson, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Anderson's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Anderson had a large advantage over Holm, boasting a 25% submission rate over Holm's 0%.

Holly Holm was the older woman by 8 years, at 43 years old.

Anderson had a height advantage of 4 inches over Holm. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Holm was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made her debut in 2011, 2 years and 8 months earlier than Anderson, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought 45 more professional rounds, 74 to Anderson's 29.

Holm vs Anderson form

Holm had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Raquel Pennington at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Megan Anderson at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Before that, she had been beaten by Cris Cyborg at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

She had defeated Bethe Correia at UFC Fight Night 111 on 17th June 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

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Holm's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 10 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 9 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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