Sep 9, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; FC Women's Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey arrives on the Red Carpet at Lure Nightclub for the premier of The Ultimate Fighter women in the newly formed women in the strawweight class.
Sep 9, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; FC Women's Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey arrives on the Red Carpet at Lure Nightclub for the premier of The Ultimate Fighter women in the newly formed women in the strawweight class. REUTERS

Former professional boxer turned undefeated mixed martial arts contender Holly Holm believes that current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is beatable mainly because she is human. Nevertheless, the Albuquerque, New Mexico native believes she has a long way to go before she can be up to the challenge of dealing the first dent in Rowdy's impressive credentials.

"She's run through everybody and made it look easy," Holm relayed to MMA Junkie. "On the flip side, everybody is beatable. Everybody is human, and everybody is beatable. If you don't feel like you can do it, you shouldn't do it."

The 33-year-old was scheduled to make her debut in the Octagon last Dec. 6 at UFC 181 but was held back due to a neck injury. The former lightweight and welterweight boxing champion was supposed to have her first crack against Raquel Pennington but the ailment she suffered during a training session held her back. Now she gets a second crack at the same opponent as one of the preliminary fights at UFC 184 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Incidentally, Holm will get a chance to see up close and personal how the current queen of the UFC operates. Rousey will go for her eighth title defence against number 2 contender Cat Zingano in what the current champ dubs as a homecoming of sorts. The Rousey-Zingano fight is one of the main events alongside the Vitor Belfort and Chris Weidman middleweight title fight. The former professional boxer hopes to strut her wares at UFC 184 and at the same time learn a thing or two about the competition -- after all she humbly thinks of herself as not seasoned enough to enter the big leagues.

Holm relays that there is a lot of pressure on her to be the woman to finally challenge Rousey. Not that she is backing away from the challenge but the 18-time world champion in several weight classes is holding her horses and saying all the right things. She added that "I feel like I have a lot to prove so I don't like to talk so much about the championship fight right now because Raquel Pennington is first."

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