Ronda Rousey: Official Discussion Thread

[Naji]

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

I know it was several years ago but I just watched Ronda/ Meisha's Strikeforce fight again. I remember after the fight hearing comments about Ronda being a bitch because she didn't have to break Meisha's arm. What do you think? Did she do it on purpose? To me it seems like Ronda gave her more than enough time to tap. I think Meisha was to proud to tap and actually thought she could outlast Ronda and paid the price.

I don't think this deserves its own topic. Merging with the main thread about Ronda.

[stymie]

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

I know it was several years ago but I just watched Ronda/ Meisha's Strikeforce fight again. I remember after the fight hearing comments about Ronda being a bitch because she didn't have to break Meisha's arm. What do you think? Did she do it on purpose? To me it seems like Ronda gave her more than enough time to tap. I think Meisha was to proud to tap and actually thought she could outlast Ronda and paid the price.

Ronda didn't break Miesha's arm.

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Amazingly, Miesha Tate didn't suffer any broken bones in her left arm following Saturday night's gruesome loss via armbar to Ronda Rousey.

"I had X-Rays last night," Tate told MMAFighting.com via text message. "No bones are broken, which I already knew. Other than that, I have to get an MRI to find out anything further."

Tate, the now former Strikeforce bantamweight champion, wouldn't elaborate on when she'll find out what kind of shape her arm is in and when she'll back to 100 percent. According to a Strikeforce official Saturday night, the early thought was that she had at least damaged ligaments in her arm.

Rousey submitted Tate via armbar at 4:27 of the first round but only after Tate refused to tap for several seconds, which led to her arm seemingly bending backwards. A similar scenario played out in the first minute of the fight, but Tate was able to escape that submission attempt.

Following the tapout, Tate remained on the canvas for several seconds and was unable to move her left arm in the cage after the fight.

The win improved Rousey's professional record to 5-0, with all five wins coming via first-round armbar. Tate's record dropped to 12-3.

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

Ronda didn't break Miesha's arm.

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Amazingly, Miesha Tate didn't suffer any broken bones in her left arm following Saturday night's gruesome loss via armbar to Ronda Rousey.

"I had X-Rays last night," Tate told MMAFighting.com via text message. "No bones are broken, which I already knew. Other than that, I have to get an MRI to find out anything further."

Tate, the now former Strikeforce bantamweight champion, wouldn't elaborate on when she'll find out what kind of shape her arm is in and when she'll back to 100 percent. According to a Strikeforce official Saturday night, the early thought was that she had at least damaged ligaments in her arm.

Rousey submitted Tate via armbar at 4:27 of the first round but only after Tate refused to tap for several seconds, which led to her arm seemingly bending backwards. A similar scenario played out in the first minute of the fight, but Tate was able to escape that submission attempt.

Following the tapout, Tate remained on the canvas for several seconds and was unable to move her left arm in the cage after the fight.

The win improved Rousey's professional record to 5-0, with all five wins coming via first-round armbar. Tate's record dropped to 12-3.

Okay. I mean dislocated her arm.

[stymie]

A rather awkward interview...still hasn't done a regular interview on camera since her loss AFAIK. She does say this will be one of her last fights.

[Naji]

"Domesticated", "knitting", "one of my last fights". From the looks of it, Nunes is going to have an easy time.

For the first time I'm somehow less hyped for a fight after watching an interview with one of the fighters.

[stymie]

Explanation as to why people dislike Ronda Rousey

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[KillerCrushes]

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

Ronda didn't break Miesha's arm.

Yeah, she did. When they left the octagon, Miesha did not have full use of that arm. The arm was broken. Silly semantics argument, but bone fractures are not the only way an arm can be "broken".

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A rather awkward interview...still hasn't done a regular interview on camera since her loss AFAIK. She does say this will be one of her last fights.

What an agonizingly boring interview.

[jiminy]

Apparently she's being very fussy about what people can ask her. No questions about Cyborg during UFC media calls. The Ellen interview seems very generic/fluffy and doesn't give much to take away apart from Ronda claiming she's now in the twilight of her MMA career.

I'd like to think Ronda has many years of fighting ahead of her, but her demeanor seems tired. The light that burns twice as bright burns for only half as long and Ronda has burned so very, very brightly. Perhaps the signs were there even before the loss to Holly. She was grumpy after beating Correia and didn't seem to be enjoying it as much as she did in the past. She was talking about retiring more often, albeit retiring undefeated - a goal that has been taken away from her and can never be rekindled. I just hope the driving reason is her being content in her relationship with Travis Browne and other projects and not because her mental health issues are starting to consume her.

[thebrozac]

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Explanation as to why people dislike Ronda Rousey

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I think that sums it up rather nicely. I have been an MMA fan for a long time (way before she came long) and I have never seen anyone as disliked as her. Amongst MMA fan web sites that is.

I suspect her fight against Nunes will be her last (if she even makes it) and she might win but she will never erase the beating she got from Holm and the myth being exposed.

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Starting @1:17, Rousey talks about how when she was young she would street-fight random guys for $10. From an interview with Sports Illustrated:

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Transcript:
“I was around fourteen years old. And I thought I was hot shit, badass, right? And I felt like this secret, blonde, Beverly Hills Ninja. And I loved Frappuccinos. Me and my friend Jackie, after school, we would walk over to the Promenade, and Jackie was like my Paul Heyman. She would be like, ‘I bet my girl right here could beat you up for $10, or $5, or whatever.’ And then some guy would be like, ‘Ehh, whatever. I’ll take that bet.’ It would just start, and whatever the guy was, I would throw him to the ground, either give him a choke or an arm bar. We would get him to say he gave up, then take his money and go buy Frappuccinos. Those were my first pro fights. Will fight for Frappuccinos.”

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