Ex-UFC champion Holm joins Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions

Former UFC bantamweight title holder Holly Holm is set to return to boxing after signing with Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions (MVP).

The American, 43, who is a multiple weight world champion in boxing, left the sport to switch to MMA before joining the UFC in 2015.

She knocked out Ronda Rousey with a head kick to earn the bantamweight belt the same year and won eight of her 16 bouts in the promotion.

Holm’s first fight under MVP management will be against Mexico’s Yolanda Vega on 28 June at the Honda Centre in Anaheim, California.

The bout is set be a 10-round lightweight bout contested over two-minute rounds.

“This new chapter is going to be an exciting journey, and I’m looking forward to the challenge,” said Holm.

“Coming full circle back to boxing… I’ve spent most of my MMA career at 135 pounds (9st 9lb), and now I have the opportunity to make my boxing debut at that weight.

Holm made her professional boxing debut in 2002 and won 33 of her 38 bouts, including world championships in three different weight classes.

After making her MMA debut in 2011, she leaves the sport having won 15 of her 23 professional bouts across a 13-year stint.

United States-based promotion MVP has been securing some of the world’s best female boxers in recent months, signing Chantelle Cameron, Savannah Marshall Ellie Scotney and Ramla Ali.

Holm’s bout with Vega features on the undercard of American Paul’s fight with Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.