Ronda Rousey: Official Discussion Thread

[brooksie]

Originally Posted by myprediliction [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

Not a great interview with Howard. Howard knew very little and thus the questions were no good at all. Her arrogance comes through and i wonder how would she do submission wrestling (no strikes) allowed.

She doesn't seem a bad person, but her comments how she'd rather die then lose, seemed very odd.

So how would she do vs.....

Helen
Josephine
Raquel
Ziggy
Beatrice (in her prime).....

and others?

How would she do in what? None are trained MMA fighters so if that's what you mean, no contest.

As for the comment on what type of person she seems, it seems odd to me that anyone would think they could make that assessment based on an interview, especially when the person being interviewed is a performer and a celebrity.

[mypredilection]

Originally Posted by brooksie [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

How would she do in what? None are trained MMA fighters so if that's what you mean, no contest.

As for the comment on what type of person she seems, it seems odd to me that anyone would think they could make that assessment based on an interview, especially when the person being interviewed is a performer and a celebrity.

I heard the interview, she seems decent, not the most educated person, but came off arrogant and certainly has some ideas/thoughts I didn't agree with. Did you hear it?

As for mma, you train hours upon hours and do grapple, you do submit many times as you make mistakes. That's what I understand.

As for RR in submission wrestling, I expect she'd be very good, but would she be unbeatable and never submit?

[yahooserious]

Originally Posted by nwfan53 [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

Would any of these actually be in the same mma weight bracket except maybe Raquel?

Might be worth noting that fighting weight and walking around weight are too very differnt things. RR walks around at about 150 lbs.

[nwfan53]

Originally Posted by yahooserious [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

Might be worth noting that fighting weight and walking around weight are too very differnt things. RR walks around at about 150 lbs.

Other than Raquel, I think the other women listed are closer to Cristiane Justino size ( 5'8" 160 to 170 street ). Ziggy maybe is a shorter but same wt bracket.

[stymie]

[wrestpet]

Originally Posted by KillerCrushes [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

I loved 'Entourage', but even if I didn't, I'd go see this just to check out Ronda:

Wow Rhonda is hot in there.

[stymie]

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[brooksie]

Originally Posted by myprediliction [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]

I heard the interview, she seems decent, not the most educated person, but came off arrogant and certainly has some ideas/thoughts I didn't agree with. Did you hear it?

As for mma, you train hours upon hours and do grapple, you do submit many times as you make mistakes. That's what I understand.

As for RR in submission wrestling, I expect she'd be very good, but would she be unbeatable and never submit?

Yes heard it. I don't think you understand how much an interview is controlled and shaped by the interviewer and the type of atmosphere they create for the guest. I wouldn't draw any conclusions about a guest's personality based on an interview especially with a provocative host like Stern. He does his thing and does it well but it's still schtick.

What does seem arrogant is a random person on the internet making pronouncements about Rousey's education or her personality or stating they don't agree with everything a guest says to an interviewer. I didn't either but so what? Speaking of education, she's said in several interviews and now in her book, she's a high school dropout. Doesn't make her stupid. She's doing very well for herself and it's not all due to her fighting ability. In many ways she seems like a very smart cookie.

One last thing, she says a lot of stuff in her interviews that is deliberately meant to be provocative. That's one way she is smart. Take just about any Rousey interview and compare to the average interview with an athlete. Most sports interview and deadly dull but Ronda's leave people talking. Same as her fights. Personally, I'd rather watch 14 seconds of Rousey/Zingano than 14 rounds of Mayweather/Paquiao.

[freestylefan]

Certainly she's doing well at promoting herself, but this is not necessarily due to her high-school dropout "smarts." She probably has a better PR firm than, for example, her rival Miesha Tate.
She also has the advantage that her sport, judo, is better related to mma than Miesha's wrestling. If they competed under wrestling rules (which I would like to see), Miesha would pin her without question.
But whether Miesha could turn that into a PR triumph is doubtful.