Holly Holm Turns Down Huge Movie Role To Focus On Fighting

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm is set to meet Valentina Shevchenko at UFC on FOX 20. This bout is scheduled to be the main event of that show. Holm is sticking to her guns so to speak as she was recently offered a role in a huge movie but turned it down so she could keep her focus on Shevchenko. Her manager explained this and also took a shot at former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey in the meantime.

“She’s focused on fighting,” manager Lenny Fresquez told TMZ. “We don’t want to make the same mistakes that somebody else made.”

No word yet on what the movie was but Holm has become a popular fighter so it must have been pretty big.

Holm beat Rousey at UFC 193 by second round knockout but lost to Miesha Tate at UFC 196 by fifth-round submission in her next bout and first title defense.

UFC on FOX 20 takes place on July 23, 2016, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The prelims will air on UFC Fight Pass and FOX Sports 1 while the main card will air on FOX.