Holly Holm admits that she is heartbroken following her first MMA loss.
Holm dropped the UFC female bantamweight title Saturday night to Miesha Tate, suffering a submission defeat in the fifth round of a bout she was likely to win.
The former multi-time boxing champion talked with FOX Sports 1 after the contest.
“I’ve got to go back to the drawing board and get better,” she said, during a post-fight interview on FOX Sports 1. “I’ve got to keep improving. I thought I had rounds 1, 3, 4 and 5. I made a big mistake and let my guard down.
I know the biggest mistake: I wasn’t fighting the hands and shouldn’t have let her get under me. I knew that going into the fight. I’m fine. My heart hurts. I just want to get back in there and get it back.”
For Holm, the defeat also cost her a rematch with Ronda Rousey that was expected to set records in terms of pay-per-view buys and money brought in.
