Ronda Rousey loses to Holly Holm by second-round knockout

UPDATE: Watch the highlights here.

UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey suffered her first career loss to Holly Holm on Saturday night, losing via knockout after a head kick in the second round of the main event.

Holm, a renowned boxer, had a clear game plan. From the outset, she opted to stick and move, keeping on the defensive and attempting to let Rousey tire herself out. Holm landed a few decent blows in the third round, survived a Rousey takedown and even ended up on top briefly late in the first round before letting Rousey right back up again to keep the standup game working.

In the second round, the action was much of the same before Holm caught Rousey completely unawares with a roundhouse kick to the neck. Rousey went down in a heap and Holm pounced, landing strikes to the jaw before the fight was waved off.

Saturday's fight was only the second time a professional Rousey fight had gone past the first round.

Rousey's career record now stands at 12-1. Holm, now the second UFC bantamweight champion in history, improves to 10-0.

The full results from UFC 193:

Main card
Holly Holm def. Ronda Rousey via second-round TKO 
Joanna Jedrzejczyk def. Valerie Letourneau via unanimous decision
Mark Hunt def. Antonio Silva via first-round TKO (3:34)
Robert Whittaker def. Uriah Hall via unanimous decision
Jared Rosholt def. Stefan Struve via unanimous decision

Undercard
Jake Matthews def. Akbarh Arreola via 2nd-round TKO (doctor) (5:00)
Kyle Noke def. Peter Sobotta via first-round TKO (2:01)
Gian Villante def. Anthony Perosh via first-round KO (2:56)
Danny Martinez def. Richie Vaculik via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Dan Kelly def. Steve Montgomery via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Richard Walsh def. Steve Kennedy via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
James Moontasri def. Anton Zafir via first-round TKO (4:36)
Ben Nguyen def. Ryan Benoit via submission (rear-naked choke) (R1, 2:35)

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