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LOS ANGELES – Holly Holm heard all the business arguments in the wake of her stunning knockout victory over Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 in November. Conventional wisdom was that the smart route for the new UFC women's bantamweight champion would be to hold out until next July and fight Rousey in a rematch at UFC 200 in Las Vegas, which would bring in a bigger payday than she ever could have imagined when she began her combat sports career. Even UFC president Dana White came out and said he should have his promoter's license revoked if he didn't make the Holm-Rousey rematch.