The UFC finally announced an opponent for former women's boxing champ Holly Holm's Octagon debut. The lucky winner of the Holm lottery is Raquel Pennington who is set to face Holm at UFC 181 in December. That card is headlined by a Welterweight championship rematch between Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler.

The card will be co-mained by Lightweight champ Anthony Pettis defending his title against fellow Ultimate Fighter coach Gilbert Melendez.

The 26-year-old Pennington is 4-4 as a pro in MMA and 1-1 in the UFC. The 32-year-old Holm is 7-0 with 6 of her wins by KO or TKO. Holm ran up a 32-2-3 record in an 11 year boxing career that began in 2002.

Apparently the discussions with Milana Dudieva that we reported on last week didn't go well.

If Holm, whose ground game is fairly limited, gets past Pennington she will be at most one or two fights away from a title shot against women's Bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey.