Video: Hardy, Gooden break down Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208

On Saturday, the UFC returns to New York to make a little more promotional history at UFC 208.

In the main event, Holly Holm (10-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) takes on Germaine de Randamie (7-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) to determine the UFC’s first women’s featherweight champion. The promotion announced the introduction of the division late this past year with former women’s bantamweight champ Holm and feared veteran striker de Randamie the contenders for the historic first title.

Holm is best known for her massive upset knockout of Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 in November 2015. But after winning the bantamweight belt, she lost it to Miesha Tate in her first defense. And her next time out after that, she fell to Valentina Shevchenko. Not only would a win snap her two-fight skid, but it would maker her just the fourth fighter in UFC history to hold belts in two different weight classes.

De Randamie’s only loss in the UFC came to current bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes, but she’s won four of her past five overall, including back-to-back knockouts. The Dutch kickboxer known as “The Iron Lady” fought at featherweight earlier in her career for Strikeforce.

Ahead of UFC 208, UFC Fight Pass analyst Dan Hardy and broadcast partner John Gooden break down the headliner. Later this week, they’ll break down the co-main event between Derek Brunson (16-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC) and former middleweight champion Anderson Silva (33-8 MMA, 16-4 UFC).

UFC 208 takes place Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Check out the breakdown video above.

And for more on UFC 208, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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