TORRANCE, Calif. – Holly Holm is clearly expected to win Saturday’s UFC 184 co-headliners – and perhaps overwhelmingly so. It’s one reason, she admitted, the fight might be a bit of a lose-lose situation.

Holm (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), the former pro boxing champion, makes her long-awaited UFC debut against Raquel Pennington (5-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) in this weekend’s pay-per-view co-main event, which takes place at Los Angeles’ Staples Center.

Holm, a 9-1 favorite, said she’s surprised by the lopsided odds. They’re also a reason that, no matter what she does, some fight fans may not be satisfied with her performance if it’s not an absolute bloodbath.

“Yeah, I feel like I’m in a bit of a lose-lose situation,” she told MMAjunkie at Wednesday’s open workouts. “The expectations are so high, how can you meet that?

“You go to a movie that everyone talks about, and you go, and you’re like, ‘Well, it wasn’t that great.’ But if you go to a movie that’s really not that talked about … you don’t have this already perceived perception of how it’s supposed to be. So, that’s probably the hardest thing I’m focusing on – just fighting my fight and not feeling like I have to do this thing that takes me out of my comfort zone.

And ultimately?

“If people like it, they like it,” she said. “If they don’t, well, I’m going to fight no matter what.”

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