Ding dong the biitch is dead

comment by Maяcо (U1329)
posted 27 minutes ago
Ding dong the biitch is dead
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Damn.... That should have been my article title.

Now it's time for the big one, Aldo vs Mcgregor.

Nah, tactics all wrong, she wanted to do an anderson silva, out box the boxer, out wrestle the wrestler etc, rematch will be within 6 months and Ronda will win within 60 seconds, she might also get her head out of the clouds now

Holly did everything just right to train for Rhonda, and it made all the difference. This Also vs Conor fight is one I would n't bet on, period. Aldo's a dirty scrapper, and his leg kicks are devastating. Conor has the "X-Factor" which you can never rule out. Hell, I thought HH was still a couple of fights away from facing Rhonda, I bet a lot of us did. Surprise! Well -EARNED title, Holly! Best of luck Conor, you WILL need it. I just hope the ref doesn't let Aldo grab the fence and eye-poke/nard-kick his way to victory.

comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
Nah, tactics all wrong, she wanted to do an anderson silva, out box the boxer, out wrestle the wrestler etc, rematch will be within 6 months and Ronda will win within 60 seconds, she might also get her head out of the clouds now
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Did you watch the fight?

Ronda tried to use her Judo, and got out grappled.

And on the feet it was like watching a street fighter against a boxer, she was humiliated.

Ronda always has a threat with her Judo and submission game, but 9/10 times it would end with the same result in a rematch, Ronda's wild reckless style is tailor made for a fighter who is at least as strong, has great footwork and precision striking.

comment by Sjb1888 (U5188)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
Nah, tactics all wrong, she wanted to do an anderson silva, out box the boxer, out wrestle the wrestler etc, rematch will be within 6 months and Ronda will win within 60 seconds, she might also get her head out of the clouds now
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Did you watch the fight?

Ronda tried to use her Judo, and got out grappled.

And on the feet it was like watching a street fighter against a boxer, she was humiliated.

Ronda always has a threat with her Judo and submission game, but 9/10 times it would end with the same result in a rematch, Ronda's wild reckless style is tailor made for a fighter who is at least as strong, has great footwork and precision striking.
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Yes I did, and apart from a few times, she tried to out box holly and lost badly at it. Only went for take downs when holly iniated it rather than all her previous fights when she iniates takes down, which then finish in submission. She got to big for her boots and believed herself good at everything.

comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Sjb1888 (U5188)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
Nah, tactics all wrong, she wanted to do an anderson silva, out box the boxer, out wrestle the wrestler etc, rematch will be within 6 months and Ronda will win within 60 seconds, she might also get her head out of the clouds now
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Did you watch the fight?

Ronda tried to use her Judo, and got out grappled.

And on the feet it was like watching a street fighter against a boxer, she was humiliated.

Ronda always has a threat with her Judo and submission game, but 9/10 times it would end with the same result in a rematch, Ronda's wild reckless style is tailor made for a fighter who is at least as strong, has great footwork and precision striking.
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Yes I did, and apart from a few times, she tried to out box holly and lost badly at it. Only went for take downs when holly iniated it rather than all her previous fights when she iniates takes down, which then finish in submission. She got to big for her boots and believed herself good at everything.
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She basically had no success in the fight, Holly Holm was the reason Ronda couldn't do what she usually does, not because Ronda was trying to win in another way.

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comment by The Guvnor-The Tokyo Guvnor loves sticking his... (U12889)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Thank god rousey lost and the hype train crashed. The UFC were going overboard with the Rousey hype. Holm has some nice stand up and Rousey was exposed as being inept in that department. If you watch her fights with Tate, she always seems to get bettered on the feet but her grappling game settles the score for her. Against Holm her grappling was ineffective and she got lit up on her feet.
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Agreed, Joe Rogan's comments about her where ridiculous.

They were clearly designed to catch the attention of non fans who would not know enough about MMA to know her competition has been made up of soccer mom's who started MMA training to keep fit.

Hopefully MMA can get back to normal without all the bandwagon Ronda fans

She got destroyed, there was no bad game plan or lucky win! Her stand-up was shown to be amateur-ish and quite laughable.

She was dominated in all areas and completely humiliated, she should be thrown in with Cyborg now and get absolutely mauled. She deserves everything she got.

All that needs to happen now is Conor McGregor to KO'd and it will have been a very good few weeks and both hype trains derailed, much to the displeasure of Dana and Joe Rogan.

She was dominated in all areas and completely humiliated, she should be thrown in with Cyborg now and get absolutely mauled. She deserves everything she got.

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Sadly this makes the likelihood of a Rousey v Cyborg fight highly unlikely now. Not that it was very likely to begin with, although if Cyborg can get down to 135 pounds then that would change everything.

Obviously a weight drained 135 Cyborg could be a totally different prospect and significantly weakened fighter before anyone jumps on my back about that. Not to mention the allegations of testorone use blah blah blah.

Either way if Cyborg can drop to 135 then it would make an already exciting division even more exciting with the likes of Miesha Tate and Cat Zingano still knocking about.

There was talk of Miesha Tate squaring off against Cyborg at a catchweight 140 fight but we'll have to see if anything comes of that.

Haven't actually seen the Holm v Rousey fight yet but I've seen Holly Holm fight before and not sure why people are seeing this as such a big shock.

Of course it's a surprise but Holm is a good fighter (albeit inexperienced in the UFC) and a hugely experienced former world champion in her own right. It's certainly no Buster Douglas type shock in my opinion. I'd equate it more to when Holyfield beat Tyson.

Its not a shock that she got totally outclassed on the feet, anyone with any knowledge knew Holm would do that. I was expecting RR to go for the clinch straightaway and use her judo and eventually get an arm bar. The way HH used the distance was awesome.

Only the newcomer fans that RR has attracted to the sport believed any of the hype re: her striking, its always looked poor technically.

Watching it unfold was pure gold, I was bouncing around the living room. Even though I'm not that in to women's MMA this was one of the most epic moments in the sport. And it's one that needed to happen.

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Is it just me, or has anyone else saved the fight on their TV planner, just to watch it again next time they need cheering up?

Wonder if Rousey will ever properly come back from this defeat? She looked absolutely shell shocked after the fight and it will inevitability have a huge effect on the air of invincibility and supreme confidence she had before this defeat.

She'll almost certainly fight again but I'm not sure it will ever be the same. I'm not even sure that there is much call for a rematch at this stage which really tells it's own story.

Conditioning played a huge part. RR gased towards the end of the first round and only then realised HH was a seasoned (high altitude) trained world class boxer and kickboxer. They'll fight again July the 16th at UFC 200 and RR had better step up her game and attitude or she'll suffer another humiliating KO.

comment by RS⚽ (U9953)
posted 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
Conditioning played a huge part. RR gased towards the end of the first round and only then realised HH was a seasoned (high altitude) trained world class boxer and kickboxer. They'll fight again July the 16th at UFC 200 and RR had better step up her game and attitude or she'll suffer another humiliating KO.
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Ronda did get tired, but I don't think it would have made much difference, Holly had the perfect gameplan to dominate Ronda.

In the rematch Ronda will need to go all out for the takedown and hope she can get a sub, if she can't she can expect to get butchered on the feet again.

Sjb

You have to remember, Holly is a very powerful woman. Her upper body strength and cardio not to mention her abilities as well accomplished stand-up fighter is all she needs to beat Ronda - fook the game plan. Has Ronda got the mental ability to come back from such a loss? I don't think so. By the looks of things, she's an emotional wreck and that was before the ko. Hate to imagine how much her brain has fried since the HH kick to the side of her jaw.

Imo, she should have the 3rd fight with Tate and then see if she's able to handle Holly again. HH is the real deal, RR was just an 'unbalanced' marketing tool.

RS yeah I agree with you that an immediate rematch with Holm would be a bad move for Ronda.

Ronda wasn't having an off night, she actually looked to be very much on her game but she simply couldn't get the take down and the one time she did Holm got out of it quite easily.

I don't see a rematch going much differently at all unless Ronda is able to change something in her style that would allow her to actually get take downs because on their feet it's a no contest.

It's a tough one for Ronda because her entire action movie star image is based around her exploits in mixed martial arts and in the ring so a rematch with Holly Holm would only jeopardise that even more, especially if Holm doles out another beating like that.

I have a feeling we're not going to see a rematch. Not an immediate one anyway.

Suberb

Rousey fought three times this calander year, so there is a small possibility that she could squeeze in a fight (warm up) between now and the big ufc 200 which in imo would see her and Holly and Conor vs Aldo in a joint headline rematch event. But as Evander had Tyson"s card, I see very much the same in the case for HH vs RR.

As i've already pointed out, Holly doesn't even need a game plan as such. Her abilities and her intelligent way of fighting plus mental strength (something of which Ronda seems to lack) would see her win nine time out of ten.

I wouldn't be overly surprised if Ronda never fights again, she doesn't seem to have the right mindset to take a loss on the chin, a bit like Nas when he lost to Barrera, but who knows.

I think Holly beats Ronda 9/10 times, I knew Ronda would be in trouble on the feet, but I completely underestimated Holly's strength and grappling ability.

Ronda has the submission artists equivalent of a punchers chance next time round.

RS and yup I agree, Holm appears to have Rousey's number and sjb I also wouldn't be surprised if Rousey never fights again.

Has Rousey even made a public appearance since the defeat ? That says a lot. If she does come back her next fight definitely shouldn't be against Holm. She definitely needs a comeback fight before that.

The problem for Rousey is that until Holm retires she's always going to be in the picture and fans are going to demand that rematch even if Holm loses the title to someone like Tate or Zingano.

As for her not fighting again; there was talk of Dana putting a block on her appearing in the WWE where she stood to make a few quid. Not too sure what contract she's on but if it was up soon, who's to say she'd want to go back to the UFC rosta when she could quite easily make a tidy sum without the ko kicks to the head.

Gut feeling is she have one more fight to cage where her heart and mind-set is.

https://youtu.be/Qe-KyKdgHc8

This is not a good sign for her frame of mind.

Most fighters wear their scars with pride...