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I think people who think money would beat ronda dont really understand the unbelieveable missmatch that exists between a dedicated striker and high level grappler. Of course in a boxing match there would be no question. But in an MMA fight it would be over as soon as rondas hips get within 10 inches of mayweather.

think early UFC days when gracy beat guys who had 30+ lbs on him. Yet Ronda and mayweather are a similar size, Ronda may actually be a bit bigger?
 
I think people who think money would beat ronda dont really understand the unbelieveable missmatch that exists between a dedicated striker and high level grappler. Of course in a boxing match there would be no question. But in an MMA fight it would be over as soon as rondas hips get within 10 inches of mayweather.

think early UFC days when gracy beat guys who had 30+ lbs on him. Yet Ronda and mayweather are a similar size, Ronda may actually be a bit bigger?

As I have said previously and nobody has offered a rebuttal at all, Royce Gracie in the mid 1990's was probably the best BJJ fighter in the world, the blokes he was fighting were pub fighters and some idiot nobody former boxer with one glove lol.
He wasn't competing against Lennox Lewis or the Real deal. If he was he would have had a short night that's for sure. I don't recall any world class wrestlers either and MMA has turned in to a cuddle fest which you can just lay on your opponent after getting your ass beat on the feet and still win a round, wrestlers are dominating far more than BJJ fighters anyway

Ronda Rousey is minimum 6-7kg lighter than Floyd, but even just looking at them you can tell muscle mass difference is far greater and that's without knowing a thing about human sexual dimorphism. Floyd has an insurmountable athletic advantage that skill could not overcome.

Ronda is an excellent female judo practitioner, but she is not really a high level grappler in the male world. She would not be able to take any of the males in her weight class in the UFC she would be destroyed that is just plain silly. Floyd would beat the brakes off most of the 135lbers in the UFC, he would only lose to the best probably top 10 or so, if he trained for a year he might beat them all. Ronda fights soccer mum's and chicks that only trained MMA for fun 3 or so years ago, its a ****en joke. she's like a big gold fish in a tadpole pond, of course she's going to look good. The UFC only has 2 female weight division's to protect her, she wants no part of a 145lbs Cyborg, they are trying to drain Cyborg down to get her an advantage pretty bloody weak if you ask me.

Oly how many kicks has Ron ever thrown in a fight, 1 or 2? that is not going to stop Floyd wrecking her and his arms are probably longer than her legs anyway.


This Ronda propaganda is just so hilarious to me. Joe Rogan calls her a once in "human history" athlete, she wins the greatest female athlete of all time on some US website, (come on she is 12-0? is that all?) she didn't even win the Olympics.
Serena Williams would probably beat her ass if they had open weight classes lol, there would be 1000's of female athletes I'd rate higher. Athlete's that compete in a much deeper talent pool, Ronda couldn't even win in her number 1 sport of judo ffs.

UFC 193 is on today and she will be fighting a feather fisted scrub boxer/kickboxer/soccer mum Holly Holm, if Holly wins I won't stop laughing for a couple of hours it will be gold.

At least there will be a few real fights on the card like Hunt vs Big Foot 2 (hunt via 1st round ko) and Whittaker vs Hall which should be entertaining. Both fights seem like stand a bang affairs to me which should be good.
 
Have the alarm to go off 4 am.

Although I sort of want RR to lose (can't see it happening) just getting fed up with the hype now.
 
Yeah, I really like Rowsey but a bit of competition isn't bad. Also she acted a right dick in the weigh in, and then started slagging off the other fighter on social media even though it was Rowsey causing all the drama.

Not going to bother getting up early to watch, but will watch however much build up/undercard stuff on BT Sport as I can before I head to bed.
 
This Ronda propaganda is just so hilarious to me. Joe Rogan calls her a once in "human history" athlete, she wins the greatest female athlete of all time on some US website, (come on she is 12-0? is that all?) she didn't even win the Olympics.
Serena Williams would probably beat her ass if they had open weight classes lol, there would be 1000's of female athletes I'd rate higher. Athlete's that compete in a much deeper talent pool, Ronda couldn't even win in her number 1 sport of judo ffs.

That is utter complete rot. She's the best out an extremely small field of about 25-30 professional females in the sport in her division, in a new sport that has nowhere near the participation numbers of some other more established sports like tennis.

She not's even the best female athlete right now, let alone all time, she's possibly up there as the strongest and best promoted but that's a different thing. Are Americans ignorant of all the many Olympic gold medallists they have produced and dominated in sports?
 
That is utter complete rot. She's the best out an extremely small field of about 25-30 professional females in the sport in her division, in a new sport that has nowhere near the participation numbers of some other more established sports like tennis.

She not's even the best female athlete right now, let alone all time, she's possibly up there as the strongest and best promoted but that's a different thing. Are Americans ignorant of all the many Olympic gold medallists they have produced and dominated in sports?

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I like her but she is way too hyped.

For all the talk she makes about fighting Mayweather and how she could whoop him and other male fighters, but she doesn't want to fight Fallon Fox due to it being unfair.
 
Well, she's literally dismantled everyone she's faced. Her longest fight, a third round victory, was complete dominance. All the other ones were 1st round victories.

And regarding her skills, for me the biggest tell is not her figures (undefeated, 99% 1st round wins, all knock outs/subs) but what people in the grappling (wrestling, judo, bjj, etc) say about her.
Listen to what some of the Gracies say about her.

Disclosure, i don't particularly like her. Think she talks too much crap, but credit where credit is due, she can back it up.

And regarding FF, i have mixed feelings about it. On one hand I'd like RR to go out and fight FF. But on the other hand, as far as i understand, this is how it went down (please correct me if i'm wrong):
-FF is born with male genitalia.
-She feels female
-Undergoes surgery
-wants to fight female athletes

The above is nothing short of ludicrous in my book. The difference categories for males and females are there for a reason and those are related to your sex assignment and not your gender identity. I have nothing against transgenders, but this particular example is not about discrimination but just common sense.

Where i DO think RR is acting weird is when she talks about Cyborg. That is a fight she's been dodging. She says Cyborg should come down to her weight (which i understand is very unlikely) and that "the champs doesn't have to adjust to what the challenger wants".
Well, if you are so bloody good, find a middle ground and get the fight going.
 
Some decent fights on so far.
I've decided to try and power through the night and watch the RR fight.

No idea how well that'll go, haha.
 
Noke kick feking hell.
When I heard the scream I was expecting a leg break or something.

Can you hit the liver from the front? I know liver shots are supposed to be one of the most painful things that can happen in the octagon.
 
Well, she's literally dismantled everyone she's faced. Her longest fight, a third round victory, was complete dominance. All the other ones were 1st round victories.

And regarding her skills, for me the biggest tell is not her figures (undefeated, 99% 1st round wins, all knock outs/subs) but what people in the grappling (wrestling, judo, bjj, etc) say about her.
Listen to what some of the Gracies say about her.

Disclosure, i don't particularly like her. Think she talks too much crap, but credit where credit is due, she can back it up.

And regarding FF, i have mixed feelings about it. On one hand I'd like RR to go out and fight FF. But on the other hand, as far as i understand, this is how it went down (please correct me if i'm wrong):
-FF is born with male genitalia.
-She feels female
-Undergoes surgery
-wants to fight female athletes

The above is nothing short of ludicrous in my book. The difference categories for males and females are there for a reason and those are related to your sex assignment and not your gender identity. I have nothing against transgenders, but this particular example is not about discrimination but just common sense.

Where i DO think RR is acting weird is when she talks about Cyborg. That is a fight she's been dodging. She says Cyborg should come down to her weight (which i understand is very unlikely) and that "the champs doesn't have to adjust to what the challenger wants".
Well, if you are so bloody good, find a middle ground and get the fight going.

She's only had 12 fights vs 11 woman, its a terribly small sample size, so its not that impressive. Deontay Wilder went 30-0 with 30 ko's and no one called him the greatest athlete of all times in the history of all sports.

I didn't think Tate 2 was that much of a domination tbf, Tate was in the fight the whole way.

Ronda is a one trick pony and one trick ponies always eventually get found out. If Ronda continues fighting she will eventually find her match, WMMA has developed a bit of a following (Ronda is the highest paid fighter in the UFC), the talent level will surely improve and there will be much more well rounded fighters then her that will appear.

The only reason the UFC doesn't have a 145lbs division is so that they can claim Ron is the champ and make the Cyborg fight on her terms. Cyborg will be a corpse at 135lbs, she will have no chance.
 
(Ronda is the highest paid fighter in the UFC)
I thought that was Conor McGregor?
Or is that after his next fight?


Letourneau's face is an absolute mess after that one! Fair play for going the distance, most people expected her to get knocked out early on.

Main even time!
 
Yeah, I am not a Rowsey fan right now.
Refused to touch gloves, cheap shot after the hooter.
I hope Holly knocks her the eff out.
 
hahhahahahahaha

Greatest athlete of all times, will beat floyd in 20 sec lol


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