Uh, no she isn't beating men her size. Why is it people feel a need to make these idiotic statements. Rousey competes in her gender and weight class and until last night she was the best women's MMC fighter and maybe still is. Apparently that isn't enough for some people.
A head kick like that could end a career. The rematch will make a ton of $$ if it happens, especially at UFC 200 in July, but she was outclassed so badly on the feet and Holm was physically strong enough to withstand her grappling, that it is hard to see how this goes any other way no matter how many times they fight.
Your right about the rematch making tons of money, but the outcome will be the same. Like Fishy said......ten out of ten times.
LOL.......Business decision.......LOL
Respectfully disagree.
Dude - I did not write that - reread my post.
As someone who doesn't follow women's boxing, barely follows MMA and knew nothing of Holm prior to ESPN showing the weigh-in, seeing the height advantage and obvious boxer's physique Holm had, I felt if nothing else Holm had the reach to keep Rousey away from for a while. As someone who boxed as a kid, after seeing highlights of the fight, Rousey needs two to three years training as a boxer before she would stand a chance in a rematch (not even considering the superb kickboxing skills that Holm demonstrated as that head kick would have leveled most men that size).
Rousey took her down once and tried to work for an armbar. Holm shook her off and punched her 3 times in the face on the way up. Rousey rocked Holm once with a leaping hook, Holm got a body lock and took Rousey down with a pseudo suplex. Translation... I don't think Rousey is physically strong enough to force that type of fight. Plus Holm had far far superior footwork if you ever wanted to see what a superior boxer who invests serious time working on mma skills would look like that was sort of a sneak peak. Holm looked like a pure boxer counter striker and her defense ducking under Rousey's punches and moving her feet to set up Rousey were real pretty. Holm has become a well rounded MMA fighter but it was her pure boxing skill that made Rousey look so bad. Can't see how a rematch goes any different. I have doubts Rousey beats Cyborg off that performance.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...nda-rousey-wouldnt-last-long-in-womens-boxing This article contains a lot of the reasons there is so much hate for Rousey. She is absolutely blinded by the nonsensical hype and she is extremely disrespectful. Hopefully after being brutally exposed she is now humbled and will disappear for a while. Being the best female MMA fighter in her class clearly wasn't enough for her.
Agree. Rowdy still may lose, but she fought incredibly foolishly. Charging face first. She can definitely do better with an actual game plan. Maybe even win. If there was a plan last night she didn't follow it.
Disagree. She got beat by someone who was simply better and didnt allow her to do what she normally does. When RR got HH down and HH defended the armbar and managed to get up i thought she might be in trouble. Thats the question i always had about RR. What happens when someone takes away what she does best? The true greats find other ways to win while the good simply dont have the tools to overcome. If RR is a one trick pony she will lose in a rematch. Her striking has always been a ? so she needs to work on it but more importantly she needs to impose her will on HH and make her fight RR fight. If she doesnt the result will be the same.
