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Undefeated bantamweight contender Holly Holm was supposed to make her UFC debut against Raquel Pennington earlier this month at UFC 181, but a neck injury knocked her out of the fight. Now it appears that Holm vs. Pennington has been rescheduled for UFC 184: Weidman vs. Belfort (February 28th, Los Angeles), according to an MMAJunkie report.
The delay turned out to be the best thing for this matchup. Originally, Holm vs. Pennington seemed like a cruel mismatch — and then Pennington damn near murdered Ashlee Evans-Smith, her replacement opponent at UFC 181. Pennington will still be a steep underdog here, but she proved that she’s not to be taken lightly. Also, Holm vs. Pennington will now take place on the same card as the bantamweight title fight between Ronda Rousey and Cat Zingano, which will make any post-fight callouts a little more interesting.
UFC 184 is shaping up to be the best card of the UFC’s loaded January/February schedule. The current lineup is…
Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort
Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Silva
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. Yoel Romero
Holly Holm vs. Raquel Pennington
Roan Carneiro vs. Mark Munoz
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Roman Salazar
Jake Ellenberger vs. Josh Koscheck
Alan Jouban vs. Richard Walsh
Derrick Lewis vs. Ruan Potts