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Be honest...HOW EASILY could Ronda Rousey beat you up?

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#1 ·
Do you think it would be a struggle? Or maybe you can take her? Or do you think she would absolutely destroy you?

I ask this because watching UFC 157 was both me and my brothers introduction to women's mma. During the main event I asked this question to my brother. Even though he has a big belly and no mma experience he seems confident that she would not be able to do anything to him.

He even feels his strength would negate anything she could do and he would just punch her in the face and end it. Including jiu jitsu. Obviously my brother doesn't understand the principle that jui jitsu is based on. But I wasn't going to waste my breath trying to explain that to him. He is a pretty strong guy, and I am sure he hits hard.

But come on...fess up....Rousey medaled in Judo in the Olympics and trains mma full time. And I am certain she has above average strength for a woman having been a combat athlete for so long. She can kick my ass and she could probably kick yours too :}
 
#2 ·
I think I'd stand an ok chance of beating her on the feet but as soon as she got hold of me I'd be done. I have next to no ground game and my wrestling isnt great.

It would all depend on if I could land a big enough shot to keep her off me... i bet i couldnt though.

Ronda by 1st round armbar
 
#77 ·
As a guy who rarely gets off his ass for anything. She's kill me too.

Funny, i was having this talk with a friend at work today. He being just as lazy and unfit as me seemed to belive he could get a lucky punch in and knock her out. He said it was 90/10 in her favor. I laughed and explained that neither of us has ever thrown a punch in our lives, this girl spars daily. She'd walk through our "punches" then put our feet in the air and break our arm. He was like "nah, im to big".
 
#19 ·
Fairly confident i could beat her standing.. even if she is technically more sound than me, im wayyyy too long for her. Shed struggle to get me down but im sure she would. Id defend the sub attempts but shed probably get better position and gnp me. Honestly who knows? Ive trained with girls at my gym but ive never actually gone anything more than 50%.
 
#20 ·
I think I'd do all right standing and hold my own the ground. She'd probably sub me a couple times.

She trains at 10th planet HQ and Eddie said she's a beast on the mat.
 
#22 ·
she'd probably demolish everyone on this forum in under a minute. The only person that would even be able to last a round would be guys over 210 that train fighting. Personally I've only ever trained a little kickboxing and I'm 170 pounds so she'd take me out in maybe 8 or 9 seconds. I can hit pretty damn hard too but that doesn't mean anything, the punchers chance swing she'd dodge 99 times out of 99
 
#23 ·
I would Jon Fitch datass. :D

Edit: But seriously, I would either take her down, wrap my arms around her waist, and hold on for dear life, or (if I were smart) I would keep a good distance, fend off as many takedown attempts as possible, and test myself on the stand-up. I took taikwondo when I was young, so I give myself atleast a small chance of winning a striking exchange.
 
#34 ·
I'd batter her. Quite obviously. Id have a hard time going 100 percent though.



I seriously am ashamed that you have such little confidence in yourself that you don't think you can out strike a 5'7, 150lb woman with terrible technique.

She basically hits mits a couple times a week for the last 3 years of life.


In the wise words of Roger Mayweather "Most people don't know shit about boxing!"
 
#24 ·
I'm about 230 pound with K/O power. I've done some judo and boxing when I was younger. But I'm seriously unfit.

If she can dodge my first two punches, I'll probably gas. Then get subbed.

Preferable by triangle choke :thumbsup:
 
#27 ·
I'll give you odds. Ten fights and you have to win all ten. Can you escape her takedowns, throws, and vaunted move.

:bye01:
 
#30 ·
I work 50+ hours a week at desk right now so cardio would be my biggest weakness. But if you give me a full training camp I like my odds. I'm 6'1 and my ideal fighting weight would be like 245lbs. I wrestled in high school and while I have never gone all in and signed up for BJJ lessions, I have rolled with plenty of belted guys for fun and watched a lot of instructional videos as well as read a couple of BJJ instructional books.

I have a very strong core and wide explosive hips so I think I could even beat her in the clinch. I don't think I could actually punch her in the face, but I might throw a few leg kicks close the distance and use my size and length to get her belly to belly and then just use my strength to suplex her into side control where I could probably end it with one elbow or possibly submit her with something like a kimura, key lock, or possibly a straight armbar like the one Matt Hughes tried on Royce. But once I was on top, I'd just use the same strategy Brock used against Mir in the second fight. Chest to chest (boobies!) and wait for an opening.
 
#31 ·
Im pretty sure i would end her in less than 15 seconds.. I am far too fast and powerful, she would be lucky to dodge one or two punches before i connected and that's all it would take. seriously though even if she got me down i could probably break ribs with simple arm punches.. women just aren't built like men regardless of what they train and how much they work out...
 
#32 ·
Some of you are severely underestimating man strength compared to woman strength. She would have a hard time getting most men down and it would be hard for her to keep you there. If she locks up an arm then you can slam her until she lets go. All this is assuming the guy is 200 plus pounds. Not that anyone lighter couldn't do it but no man over 200 pounds should lose a fight to a 135 woman no matter what kind of training she has.
 
#35 ·
I'm roughly around the same size as Mousasi, so she may not have the physical prowess to power her way into getting a takedown/submission. But watching her grapple with Mousasi, shes an absolute fireball of energy. She will work the hell out of you until she gets the position she wants.

The shape Im in now, I'd give myself one minute against Ronda simply because after that amount of time, I'd be too tired to do anything.

I'd batter her. Quite obviously. Id have a hard time going 100 percent though.



I seriously am ashamed that you have such little confidence in yourself that you don't think you can out strike a 5'7, 150lb woman with terrible technique.

She basically hits mits a couple times a week for the last 3 years of life.


In the wise words of Roger Mayweather "Most people don't know shit about boxing!"
Trust me, I'm a competitive person and I don't like to admit defeat. But realistically, Rousy is an Olympic level Judoka.

I was all-state in wrestling back in high school, so that should take me far enough to not get taken down for a little bit. But frankly, the shape Im in now, I would probably last a minute and a half tops, before tiring out and getting subbed.

Like I said, my best chance of winning is to literally take her down, hug her abdomin, lock my hands, put my head in her chest, repeat that process for 3 rounds, and Jon Fitch my way to a victory. But as good as she is on the ground, and my lack of BJJ training, Im probably as good as toast if I tried that.
:thumb01:
 
#36 ·
Being serious now, I think I have a decent shot. Judo is the first martial art I studied and I've been doing it for well over 20 years. Am I as good as her? Of course not, but it means I'm familiar with the throws, trips, and counters and can do them in my sleep. Combined with my size & strength advantage I should be able to stay standing long enough to put my striking advantage to good use.

If I play a smart striking game by attacking hard right off the bell and controlling the center of the cage, I can put her on her back foot and force her to back off. I'm safe as long as I can keep the range open by slamming her with power strikes every time she tries to close in. She's going to be eating a bunch of liver shots and left high kicks if I have my way.
 
#37 ·
Mousasi is also a terrible wrestler, and he was sparring wrestling with her. If he wanted to he easily could've broken away from and proceeded to pummel her standing. Which practically any guy who can fight should be able to do.



All this technical shit is asinine as well . There's no way a woman should be able to take your punches. Just look what sloppy ass Cyborg does to ladies. She smokes them in a minute or two because they can withstand that type of physicality combined with the fact that 90 percent of them have abysmal technique and defense, including Ronda.

Also it is pretty obvious Ronda doesn't like to get hit.
 
#38 ·
Meh, I'm long with good reflexes, try to keep her away with jabs and teeps and leg kick when I could.

No idea about the grappling aspect. If BJJ is about technique vs strength no reason why technique wouldnt beat my strength advantage.

Cyborg would be a different issue...
 
#41 ·
Meh, I'm long with good reflexes, try to keep her away with jabs and teeps and leg kick when I could.
That is actually the worst thing you can do. Unless you're GSP or Anderson Silva, that's just asking for her to grab your limb and clinch you or walk right through your strikes and clinch you.

If you have good punching power & speed, just blitz her Vitor Belfort style. I don't have that hand speed so I'd start from southpaw and go left head kick, right straight, liver shot, uppercut, and go from there depending on what openings I have.
 
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