Biography
Holly Hill is a unique athlete who managed to become the owner of the championship titles both in boxing and mixed martial arts. A colleague of the girl John Jones called her the greatest woman-fighter, and looking at the hill achievements, he had to recognize his right point.Childhood and youth
Holly Rene Hill Kirkpatrick (in Maiden - Holly Rene Hill) was born on October 17, 1981 in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, but grew up in a nearby village of Bique Farms. The girl is obliged to the profession of the father who served as a preacher in the Church of Christ's nicknamed daughter. Holly mother, Tammy, worked as a massage therapist. Family roots go to Ireland and Sweden.
The girl was the youngest of 3 children - she has 2 senior brothers, Brian and Weston. In adolescence, Holly was fascinated by sports: she played football, gymnastics, swimming and diving.
Shortly before the hill graduated from school, her parents divorced. Having received secondary education, the girl entered the University of New Mexico, where he studied for 1 year.
Martial arts
The first combat art that has mastered Holly, became kickboxing. They began to practice the girl thanks to a cardio-kickboxing instructor who saw fighter potential in the hill. In September 2001, she took part in the Amateur Championship of the International Kickboxing Federation, which was held in Kansas City. There, after two fires in a welterweight weight, she won her first champion title.
The next step of combat biography was boxing, in which an athlete also achieved significant success. In addition to official titles, it was called one of the best women boxers for the entire existence of this sport. In 2008, Holly became a welterweight champion, defeating the previous owner of Titula Mary Joe Sanders. The followed Match Revenge ended in a draw.
On December 2, 2011, the hill came to the ring against the Frenchwoman Ann Sophie Mathis. Good luck turned away from the girl, and Mathis beat her very much, and despite the cruelty of the rival Holly, the referee did not intervene in what was happening. The match was called the disappointment of the year, however, in 2012, the hill took revenge and restored the status quo, having won a unconditional victory over the opponent.
The debut fight in MMA took place on March 4, 2011, the rival of Holly became Christina Zadk. The battle ended the victory of the hill with technical knockout in the 2nd round. In the fall, the girl continued to fight in mixed martial arts and again won, this time on an experienced athlete Jan Finni.
In 2013, Holly performed at BELLATOR MMA competitions, where he fought with Katie Merrill. The victory was again obsessed with the help of technical knockout in the 2nd round. After that, the hill stated that after the match with Mary McGee leaves boxing and continue to engage exclusively MMA. Boxing career ended with a victorious fight, and Mary became the last athlete, which Holly overwhelmed in this sport.
On July 13, 2013, Holmes on the "Legacy Fighting Championship 21" fought with Alanna Jones, which knocked out in the 1st round. The next victory was the technical knockout of Nikki Knudsen, and at the end of the year in Fresquez Production: Havoc, the Holly, by decision of the judges, defeated Angela Hayce in the ring.
In the spring of 2014, Juliana Werner became a rival athlete - both of them fought for the title of Legacy FC champion in welterweight. Victory remained for Holmes, although it was not easy - in the 1st round she broke his left hand.
On July 10, 2014, Holly signed a contract for 5 fights with UFC. It was expected that the first battle in the new capacity would hold in November against Raquel Pennington, but the fight had to be transferred due to the Holmes injury. The fight took place in February 2015, and even though the opinions of the judges were divided, the victory still moved Holly. The next opponent became Marion Reno, and on July 15, 2015, the fight ended in favor of Holmes.
The huge achievement of athletes in the lightest weight was the victory over the Robe Rauzi. In the 2nd round, Holly, the Holly sent a rival in the knockout, interrupting her a 3-year-old worm of victories and sending it to a hospital bed. Having filmed the title from the rival, the hill became the first person in the history of martial arts, which won the championships and boxing, and MMA.
However, the first title defense failed - Misha Tate won the hill on March 5, 2016 in the 5th round. The next fight with a native of the Kyrgyz Republic Valentina Shevchenko also ended not in favor of Holly - after the 5th round, the judge unanimously declared the winner of the currency.
In 2017, the athlete decided to try himself half easier and took part in the UFC 2008. Germainene de Randa was fought against her, which behaved very hard. At the end of the 2nd and 3rd rounds, the opponent continued to beat the Holly even after the end of the end of a 5-minute end. The referee never stopped it, which ultimately led to the hill defeat.
After that, she returned to the lightest category (with 172 cm height, the weight of the athlete - 61 kg) and fought with Brazilian Beth Correy. This battle was held much better - the Holly knocked out the opponent in the 3rd round. After that, again experienced forces in a featherweight weight. December 30, 2017, she fought Christine Zhustino, as in the first experiment, was defeated. The victory of the new weight category Holly won only on June 9, 2018, defeated by the decision of the judges of Debutant Megan Anderson.
Personal life
Holly is very close to the family and often communicates with brothers and parents. Father athlete supports all its undertakings and for many years during the fighting is waiting for daughter in the corner of the ring. Mother belongs to martial arts is not so calm, and in the fights of the hill it is most often not to see.
By religion, the daughter of the preacher, of course, the parishioner of the Church of Christ. In 2012, change in the personal life of athletes: Holly was combined with a marriage with Jeff Kirkpatrick. Like the Hill itself, her husband is from Albuquerque. There are no children from the pair yet.
In 2016, the athlete tried herself as an actress - performed a major role in the film "Fight Valley", but the success of the picture did not argue and the IMDB website has an extremely low rating.
Holly Hill now
The network has information that Holly received the first injury in his career - damaged the knee. Because of this, according to information from open sources, the athlete had to go to the operation, which was deprived of its ability to fight until the end of 2018.
To please the fans, the woman leads an account in "Instagram". Now there are regular photos of Holly regularly. Fans can see it both in the process of workout and during the rest, and even with opponents of octave outside the perimeter, these pictures carry exclusively peaceful character.
Awards and titles
- 2010 - WBAN Fighter
- 2011 - WBAN Year Boy
- 2012 - WBF Women's Fighters
- 2012 - Return of the Year WBAN
- 2013 - WMMA Bleacher Report Year
- 2015 - night battle UFC
- 2015 - New UFC Year
- 2015 - NOCAUT YFC
- 2015 - Knockout of the year Mmafighting.com