Ronda Rousey DONE!

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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.

PA-PLAYA good point....I give her respect for what she has done for the sport, she was the main storyline in a male driven sport for a few years....She brought a lot of fans to the sport that would have otherwise never watched

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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.

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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.

Ronda is going to go the way of Gina Carrano. In a year or so no one will know/care who she is.

Hoss7504 except that Gina is actually smokin! And she's done quite a bit of acting since stopping her MMA career.

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I agree. Gina is a smoke show. And yeah she's done some acting, but she doesn't have near the hype now as she had when she was fighting.

Hoss7504 it will be interesting to see what offers come her way after the loss.....I think she needed to risk it for the sake of her legacy and her brand and try to bounce back with a big win.

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I don't think she had any other choice really but to go through with the fight, even if deep down she didn't feel up to the challenge. Otherwise she would've been perceived as an opportunistic money-grabber who was only in it for herself, instead of perhaps trying to continue promoting the women's aspect of the sport.

But now after this loss, I think she'd be wise to bow out gracefully and let others take the reigns and champion the movement. Very few enjoy seeing an athlete/sports figure hang around once their time has come and gone because it seldom ends well. Given the nature of this sport and the extremely abbreviated window of opportunity compared to a lot of other sports, she needs to be thankful of the opportunities she had and just be content that she played a significant role in pioneering the movement for women.

JMO.