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Her fighting skills are virtually unmatched, and despite the knockout loss to Holly Holm last year that cost her the UFC women's bantamweight title, she remains one of the elite fighters in the world. She'll headline UFC 207 on Dec. 30 in Las Vegas when she meets champion Amanda Nunes at T-Mobile Arena. It's significant that since Rousey lost to Holm, there have been three women who have held the title, but none of them has made a successful defense of it.