<p>American UFC fighter Holly Holm denounced the sexualization of children during her women&#8217;s bantamweight victory speech on Saturday night at UFC on ESPN 43.</p>
<p>Holm, 41, a former women&#8217;s bantamweight champion, defeated Yana Santos via unanimous decision in the co-main event at AT&amp;T Center in San Antonio, marking her first win since 2020. Following her victory, Holm drew attention to the ongoing sexualization of children, calling for her fans to &#8220;protect the children.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Something&#8217;s been on my heart, and I feel like I have the platform to say it,&#8221; Holm told the crowded AT&amp;T Center. &#8220;I just feel it&#8217;s really sad all the sexualization of our children right now, and we need to protect them, whatever that may be.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s protect the children, please!&#8221; she added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Holly Holm talking about protecting our children 💯 <a href="https://t.co/yF0voNuW0X">pic.twitter.com/yF0voNuW0X</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) <a href="https://twitter.com/hodgetwins/status/1639830163000119297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Holm, a southpaw from Sandia Heights in Albuquerque who calls herself &#8220;The Preacher&#8217;s Daughter,&#8221; further explained in a post-fight press conference to reporters that calling to end the sexualization of children should not be a partisan issue.</p>
<p>&#8220;You know, there&#8217;s a lot of things, I don&#8217;t ever want to be — I&#8217;m not even a real political person,&#8221; Holm said. &#8220;But there&#8217;s also just right and wrong. I feel like everybody should be on the same side on that. I don&#8217;t feel like that has anything to do with left side, right side, or anything like that. I feel like everybody should be wanting to protect their children.&#8221;</p>
<p>The mixed-martial artist said she used her platform to speak out against the issue &#8220;to get everybody together to protect children.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of child trafficking,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I mean, that&#8217;s like the extreme part. There&#8217;s a lot of levels to it. You see it almost being more accepted, and I think that&#8217;s really sad. I feel like we should all do what we can. A lot of people don&#8217;t know what to do.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It affects people in their long-term life too. I have friends that are adults, and their biggest – that kinda is a shadow, kind of that dark space for them – is being sexualized when they were young,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I feel like it&#8217;s almost getting accepted.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Holly Holm explains why she used the platform of her <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCSanAntonio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFCSanAntonio</a> post-fight interview to speak out about the sexualization of children.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCSanAntonio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFCSanAntonio</a> | Full video: <a href="https://t.co/f3wyzrR4if">https://t.co/f3wyzrR4if</a> <a href="https://t.co/98tnbG96TL">pic.twitter.com/98tnbG96TL</a></p>
<p>&mdash; MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) <a href="https://twitter.com/MMAJunkie/status/1639851689430712321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/35950282/ufc-fight-night-takeaways-cory-sandhagen-holly-holm-emphatically-keep-their-names-title-picture">ESPN</a>, Holm dominated Santos for all three rounds of the fight, where she landed four takedowns and maintained control in the Octagon. UFC officials called the battle for Holm in a lopsided unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27).</p>
<p>Lenny Fresquez, promoter for Holm, told the <a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2583819/holm-41-commits-to-six-more-ufc-fights.html">Albuquerque Journal</a> that Saturday&#8217;s fight launched the first of six under a renewal contract with the UFC.</p>
<p>&#8220;Her mission is to get that gold,&#8221; Fresquez said. &#8220;She&#8217;s one or two fights away from it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Holm, who last fought in 2022, told the outlet she would continue fighting for another shot at the title.</p>
<p>Holm shocked the MMA world when she first captured the bantamweight title in November 2015 after she knocked out an undefeated Ronda Rousey.</p>

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