Holly Holm vs Ronda Rousey — Fight recap

Holly Holm knocked out Ronda Rousey via TKO in the second round at 0:59, delivering one of combat sports' most stunning upsets at UFC 193 in Melbourne. Holm's striking superiority was decisive: she landed 38 of 53 significant strikes (71 percent) compared to Rousey's 17 of 65 (26 percent), including 29 head strikes that accumulated damage throughout the fight.

Holm's varied attack—connecting on all four body strikes and all five leg kicks—kept Rousey at distance and prevented her from establishing her dominant grappling. Though Holm secured her lone takedown attempt, the fight was decided in the striking exchanges where Rousey's typically aggressive approach found no answers for Holm's superior footwork and range.

The victory ended Rousey's 12-fight UFC winning streak and fundamentally shifted the women's bantamweight landscape, establishing Holm as a legitimate striking threat in a division previously defined by Rousey's judo-based dominance.