So much talk about women's mma. People have been believing the hype machine Dana White has put in to motion. Women's mma is at it's baby stages and quite frankly sucks. But I'm sure it will grow and become quite good in time. Just like it has for the men.
Styles make fights, unless you are Ronda Rousey, who you could bank on to be exciting. I believe you aren't grasping what I am saying. That fight last night was freak awesome, but it was awesome for one reason: Rowdy made it that way because she was aggressive to the point of being reckless. Going forward, I don't see Holly Holms taking it to fighters to make sure her fights are electric as that fight last night. Most of her opponents aren't going to be of the hyper-aggressive variety as the one with Ronda Rousey. So what I am saying is: Holly Holms will need to make sure that she doesn't get into Boxer mode with her other fights going forward and just try to win by decision or by the fact that her opponents make mistakes. She is going to have to come out like Ronda did and does and look to end fights early, that's the nature of the beast.
I agree. It's unfortunate that in order to remain relevant in MMA you have to be an enteraining fighter. I'd prefer if Holly didn't change her style and played it safe ala GSP. But we all know how GSP fell out off favor with Uncle Dana because of this.
Personally I found a lot of the UFC matches in the infancy of the sport to be some of the most exciting. It was when fighters were learning the hard lessons that they all have to know today to stand a chance. Sure the matches are more technically impressive today, but there's still something that I found enjoyable about the naive ruthless aggression of the early UFC and you find that in the woman's game right now. Women's MMA will develop into something more technically sound eventually, but I'm enjoying it's infancy now.
You say Ronda made the fight by being aggressive - I see that as her showing she has only fought poor fighters and immediately got exposed. It was such a one sided fight I'm not sure if she will even take a rematch. Holly made the match with the textbook ass kicking and knockout. Highly entertaining. Also for styles make fights - Ronda's previous opponents were so poor they didn't really have any style - Ronda was a crazy hyped, attractive marketable blonde with judo skills in a division that's growing and just getting talent in. She'll have to quit Hollywood and train for real if she wants to beat Holly for sure. And for Holly, since the division is low on talent - I'd much rather have her technically knocking fools out then 10-15 seconds of judo.
I see parallels between Rousy and Brock Lesnar honestly. Both are super skilled at one dimension of MMA, both are physical freaks for their respective weight classes, both bought into their own BS and started thinking they could do things outside of their actual skillset and both paid for it by getting KTFO. Now Rousey is younger and won't have to deal with diverticulitis so maybe she gets humbled and fights back from this, but she's going to have to learn that she's just not good enough with her stand up game to go toe to toe with world class strikers. That's nothing but hubris.
I know it's popular to clown on Lesnar, but he was a legitimate UFC champion and if he went into MMA at 24 instead of at 31 then people would look at him as one of the greatest UFC fighters to ever step into the octagon. He was THAT talented despite never being a well rounded fighter.
I don't agree with your last sentence, it's too harsh. She's arrogant, but I don't think she's a bad person. That said, getting defeated is a good thing for both Rousey and women's UFC. She needed to be knocked down a peg and humbled.
The best butt won! btw: anyone have an animated gif of Hohm ducking the wild left hand by Rousey that sent her to the ground?
Rousey defended the title 6 freaking times she more than deserves a rematch. Not to mention she pit women's fighting on the map.
Said it in the heat of the moment, but still would rather see a ton of other people have success before she does. Absolutely hated her marketing and what she did for attention, while never having faced any competition. The Mayweather thing was the most desperate attempt, he'd beat her to a pulp in seconds. This is great for UFC, hope this opens up competition and more diversion.
Just rewatched. Rousey intentionally punched Holm after the bell. She hadn't winded up yet until she heard the bell.
