Top 10 UFC champions who never successfully defended their titles

#2 Holly Holm

Holly's fairytale was cut short

Since her title loss to Miesha Tate at UFC 196, Holly Holm’s run through the women’s bantamweight and featherweight division hasn’t been mighty successful. In fact, her once glorified status as Ronda Rousey’s flawless executioner at UFC 193 has massively faded.

As we all know, Holm claimed the 135-lb crown after knocking out the ever-dominant Rousey in Australia. She decided that a quick turn around would be her most favourable option and she would go on to defend her title for the first time against Miesha Tate.

Unfortunately, that night would be the beginning of her downfall, since she ended up losing her title via a 5th round rear-naked choke and ultimately lost her title.

After yet another attempt at gaining a championship belt, Holm took on Germaine de Randamine at UFC 208 for the inaugural women’s featherweight title and lost that fight via a controversial decision to let yet another title escape her hands.

We can only hope the talented bantamweight will get back on the winning track soon.