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Holly Holm releases statement after UFC 239 loss

“The Preacher’s Daughter” isn’t moping around following her latest loss.

Fresh off of a first-round knockout loss to bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes this past weekend at UFC 239, Holly Holm shared an Instagram story in which she addressed the disappointing outcome with tongue firmly in cheek.

“I always say I get to live the life of a dream. I never actually dreamed of getting kicked in the face, that’s never part of my dream,” Holm said. “That’s like on the nightmare part, living a little nightmare, wake up every morning like, ‘Yup, that’s real, that just happened.