The new women’s featherweight title has Holly Holm immediate attention, but she’s got a bigger goal in the back of her mind. That appears to be the new goal for several UFC fighters ever since Conor McGregor accomplished the feat last year by holding both the men’s featherweight and lightweight straps simultaneously. The latest fighter to aim for that goal is former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, who currently holds zero titles, but plans on picking up the newly created women’s featherweight title next month when she faces Germaine de Randamie at UFC 209. “I want both belts,” Holm said in a phone interview on Friday. [Holm has no regrets about not waiting around for Ronda Rousey rematch]Today, Holm says she “feels good” as she trains to end her two-fight skid next month by capturing the inaugural women’s featherweight title.

Source: Washington Post January 28, 2017 21:59 UTC