Filed under: News , UFC Germaine de Randamie captured the UFC women’s featherweight championship in the main event of UFC 208. It was the biggest achievement of her combat sports career, but unfortunately, the historic moment was somewhat dampened by controversy. De Randamie (7-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) edged former UFC women’s bantamweight titleholder Holly Holm (10-2 MMA, 3-3 UFC) by unanimous decision in Saturday’s headliner at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Debate over the validity of the scorecards was one issue, but the more prominent one surrounded a pair of late fouls from “The Iron Lady.” On two different occasions – once at the end of the second round and again in the third – de Randamie struck Holm with hard blows that came noticeably after the horn sounded to indicate the end of the round. The first mishap wobbled Holm and potentially altered the course of the fight, but de Randamie was only granted a warning.
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