Holly Holm Explains 'Different Feeling' She Has For Kayla Harrison Fight At UFC 300

During a recent appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Holm looked ahead to her clash with Harrison on April 13, which comes nine months on from her submission setback (later overturned to a No Contest) against Mayra Bueno Silva.

With the chance to move closer to the gold she once formerly held against a newcomer like Harrison, Holm isn't short on hunger leading into UFC 300.

"I'm excited for this fight, really excited," Holm said. "I think what it is is being such an underdog gets you like — I don't know, there's just a different feeling with it. And that's just kind of how I feel about this fight. It's kind of intrigued me. It's a different fight.

"Maybe because it's also not anybody that has been in the UFC. Your mind is like, on all these other people, so when this came in, it's just a new journey, a new page, a new fighter... This could be one of those epic fights in history," Holm added.

Holm will likely take to the cage as a sizable underdog come fight night, and that's despite concern over Harrison's first cut down to the 136-pound non-title fight bantamweight limit .

Nevertheless, "The Preacher's Daughter" is no stranger to pulling off major upsets.