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greenmedic88 on 29 August 2015
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goopy20 said:
Aeolus451 said:


I think that you're just not giving the women their women due or that you're making the guys out to be alot better than they are. The guys fight like they're sparring or just try to milk the damn clock by wrestling and staying on top, just holding them there. I think ronda could probably beat most of the guys.

I think Rousey is actually a good fighter but you gotta admit the rest of the female UFC fighters are also pretty crap. Rousey reminds me of Royce Gracie. Nowadays Gracie would got destroyed by most UFC fighters but back in the early days of MMA he made everybody look like amateurs, simply because his opponents weren't as well trained and well rounded as we see today.

But like I said, I do enjoy watching Rousey fight, I just don't like the way the UFC is hyping her to be some unbeatable fighting machine. Because againt any male UFC fighter in her weightclass would outskill her. Just look at her sparring with Mousasi, he makes her look like a kid that is practing her Judo moves on a grown man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7rujK0iOJU

Obviously, Mousasi is much larger, but she actually said she believes she could take out Velasquez on a good day lol. 

I don't know why more people haven't been making this analogy.

The key difference is that no one trained in ground fighting back in the initial days of the UFC except for the Gracies. The BJJ illusion of invincibility was shattered once fighters with wrestling pedigrees entered the sport. 

But yes, woman's MMA, despite having a ten plus year history, is still very much in its adolescence with regards to producing well rounded fighters with comprehensive skill sets who train professionally full time. 

Rousey just happens to be far ahead of the pack today.