Saturday, August 1, 2015
Watch Ronda Rousey fight while you can
In a UFC pay-per-view event earlier tonight, women's bantamweight champion and undefeated MMA fighter Ronda Rousey defended her title against undefeated contender Bethe Correia. Rousey is known for her judo--she won a bronze medal in judo, the first American woman to do so, at the 2008 Olympics--and her armbars. Correia's strong suit was supposed to be her striking. Rousey out-struck Correia and knocked her out in 34 seconds.
Rousey is an extraordinary athlete, one so far ahead of her competition--and the current state of the art of women's mixed martial arts--that no one has yet posed any sort of serious challenge to her. It's rare for an athlete to be this completely dominant in any sport--and she continues to improve.
If you're at all interested in MMA, watch Rousey fight before she leaves the sport. It is a privilege to see someone performing at this level.
I'm glad I stayed up to watch it live. Ronda Rousey is indeed amazing. It really does seem that the Cyborg fight is going to eventually happen, somehow. I'm not sure entirely how I feel about that, as the 10 pounds of weight class difference is pretty substantial.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe Rousey will take it unless Cyborg hits 135. I, too, would find that fight--at a fair weight and with Cyborg drug-tested--very interesting.
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