Ronda Rousey DONE!

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If you remember the look on her face when she got knocked out by the head kick from Holm that told the story right there. The fact she basically went into hiding after the loss says a great deal about her mental outlook at the time. She was like a kid who had her favorite toy taken away from her by the neighborhood bully. All the confidence she showed after each win and all the bravado was quenched right there. When I saw the end of that fight I never thought she would get back in the ring again. I guess $3 million was too much to pass up. As the saying goes she was a one trick pony. A darn good one, but against a great striker she turns out to be just ordinary.

letthebigdogshunt I guess $3 million was too much to pass up.

Exactly.
and (unlike the other mutts) she has another career on the horizon that requires her face to be in tact.

She's filming Goonies II

Spuzz not like she's a beauty queen...Even when she's all dolled up and airbrushed in the magazines she looks just OK....Her body is like a stump...And her personality is just meh, pouty and look at me. Gina Carano puts her to shame.

Weirfan lol

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She has some acting aspirations which she alluded to on the talk shows.
I wasn't inferring she was a beauty, just the less ugly mutt of the bunch.

ode Gimme Paige any day.

Please??

Par4QC she is pretty! And a nice figure.

Spuzz I'll treat that as an admission

Hey, I give her credit. If for nothing else than convincing Dana White to take a chance on her. Her courage pretty much set her up for life financially, and however flash-in-the-pan-ish her career was - she certainly played a huge role in driving interest toward the women's side of things in the UFC.

Not sure how far this goes from here as far as the women, but one thing's certain - there are a lot of people who'll pay good money to watch two women to beat each other's brains out.

I just don't happen to be one of 'em.

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No disrespect for Rousey as she helped bring women's MMA to the forefront. She was exceptional against all comers until the strikers got into her weight class. She whooped everyone that was in that weight class and was doing it in minutes instead of rounds. But as others MMA fighters have found out you need to have more than one style of fighting to continue to stay on top.

letthebigdogshunt yep....I always think about Royce Gracie....He dominated for nearly a decade....No one even knew what BJJ was back then and he was getting guys in holds they never saw....They didn't know what to do. Back then he could wear a GI, so no slippage, could pull hair, which Royce did. He was dominant, people were scared sh1tless of this guy, he was beating heavyweights and he was 170ish. Put him in with today's MMA fighters and he would be middle of the pack, no GI, today's rules, and his sucky striking, with nearly everyone being versed in BJJ....Everyone else caught up, sorta like what's happening to Rousey....Both pioneers and influential, paving the way for something big.

ode Royce Gracie....He dominated for nearly a decade.

That dude was fun to watch.

Any you guys remember Tank Abbott? I'll never forget that dude... big, fat, and the appearance of an utter sociopath. I remember one of the first UFC fights I ever watched, Tank hits this guy and the guy just collapses and looks like he's having a seizure. Thought he killed him.

Tank hung around for a few months, but it didn't take long for him to realize that there's more to MMA than street brawling.

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Gracie still lives in MMA many of the fighters today have black belts in BJJ.

That was not MMA that was street fighting no holds bared.