The 5 worst UFC title fights of the decade (2010-2019)

#4 Germaine De Randamie vs. Holly Holm, UFC 208 – 02/12/2017

Germaine De Randamie's fight with Holly Holm was a disaster for all involved

When the UFC announced that they were introducing a Women’s Featherweight division in early 2017, eyebrows were raised when the inaugural title fight didn’t involve the consensus #1 female 145lber in the world, Cris Cyborg. Instead, Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie – both contenders in the 135lbs division – would fight for the new championship.

Unfortunately, the two women failed to start the division with any kind of a bang. Their fight at UFC 208 was a slow, tentative striking battle that saw minimal action across the five rounds, and ended in controversy when De Randamie had her hand raised at the end. ‘The Iron Lady’ probably did enough to outpoint Holm – but post-buzzer strikes in the second and third rounds stunned Holm badly and should’ve seen the Dutchwoman deducted at least one point.

In the end the fight was nothing short of a disaster for the UFC; not only did De Randamie come off like a dirty fighter following her arguably undeserved win – but she didn’t even defend her title after refusing to face Cyborg later in the year.