Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm has shared her thoughts on UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor’s professional boxing debut.
Last weekend, McGregor looked good early in the fight and even managed to win some of the early rounds. But in round 10, Floyd “Money” Mayweather defeated McGregor by TKO.
Holm appeared on a recent episode of The MMA Hour and said she thought the fight was stopped too early.
“You don’t see McGregor arguing it was stopped, but I thought though the ref jumped in a little early,” Holm said. “It’s not like he was out on his feet or about to get knocked out, or something like that. He wasn’t going in there to counter or anything. It was definitely an early stoppage for sure.”
Holm, who is also a former boxing world champion, went on to share her thoughts on the entire Mayweather vs. McGregor fight.
“How can you not respect it?” Holm said. They both put everything on the line. McGregor walked in and said ‘I believe I can do this going against a boxer, a fighter that’s never been beat.’ He’s got the record now. That’s a big thing to take on…. For Mayweather, anything can happen in a fight, one punch can end it, he’s putting a lot on the line. 50-0 or to lose to an MMA fighter who never boxed before. That’s a lot to put on the line.”
