Ronda Rousey Just Got KTFO

[Darc Requiem]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Mr Puggsly said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:
Rhonda might by an olympic level Judo athlete but she went tow to tow with a champion level boxer.

Eh... there wasn't much of a fight though. She tried to box a hands down better striker and was dominated. Ronda wanted to take it to the ground but she couldn't even do that.

I don't think Ronda underestimated, Holm was just fucking amazing that night and frankly just might be better than Ronda.

How many takedowns did you see Rhonda go for? How many clinches? How many judo trips? Rhonda was in over her head. Next time she'll fight without being so pig headed and underestimating her division. She will look back at the tapes and fix what needs to be fixed. Shes definitely a better boxer than Rhonda and that will not change anytime soon. Perhaps Rhonda needs to go back to the drawing board and be herself which is a mix of Judo and Jiu Jitsu.

You don't seem to be taking in what happened in the fight. Ronda is a pressure fighter. She fights well at close range. Holly never let her close the distance. She's a poor striker at long range. Because Holly was on her bicycle, Ronda couldn't use her Judo. Judo works best when your opponent advances towards you and you can use their momentum against them. Holly is a champion boxer and kickboxer. She's excellent at keeping her opponents at a distance. Styles make fights. Ronda's style was a poor match for Holly's. This is the first time she fought an elite striker. It's also the first time she fought woman that's as big/bigger than she is. Ronda, for the first time of MMA career, couldn't dictate where the fight took place. Even when she got the clinch, Holly was able to use her kickboxing experience to get the fight back at her preferred range. She was also unable to secure a submission the one time she was able to take Holly down.

Frankly Ronda needs to get in a real fight camp. Her coach is terrible. None of the fighters in her camp have had success. Shayna Bazler has been cut. Jessamyn Duke actually has talent but the Glendale Fight Club hasn't been able to maximize it. She's a tall fighter that should be fighting at range. She use the same "phone booth" close range game as Ronda and she isn't Ronda. Marina Shafir has been getting KO'd. None of them have good boxing nor do they display any sort of head movement. That's an indictment on their coach, Edmond. Ronda was getting by on her superior athleticism. Her mother was right about her coach. Hopefully Ronda goes to AKA, Tri-Star, Team Alpha Male, or some other quality fight camp.

Holly is also a great athlete and she is in a great gym. She's been training with Mike Winklejohn since she was a teenager. She fights out of Jackson/Winklejohn. She gets to train with a high caliber coaching staff that has produced three champions. She gets to work on her takedown defense and wrestling with the likes of Jon Jones. Her coach has a history of putting together great gameplans that maximizes his fighters strengths and expose their opponents weaknesses. Ronda has none of that. Honestly it's a testament to her athleticism that she's done so well.