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***OFFICIAL*** Ronda Rousey vs. Beth Correia Thread

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#1 ·



Woman's Bantamweight bout: 135 pounds
Main event - Five round fight for the UFC Woman's Bantamweight Title


 
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#152 ·
We might be surprised. I was at a local Poker game and the guys started talking about this fight and this mean ass chick that was going to be fighting. None of them watch MMA probably couldn't name a single other MMA fighter but they knew Rousey. They wanted to know who was interested in going in and buying it. I said if they really wanted I would throw in but I really wasn't that interested in paying for it. I knew how this was going to end. We have this game the first Saturday of the month and it started at 1:00PM, it broke up around 9:00 so it didn't happen. My guess is though, there are many men and women like this, Ronda is a phenomenon and this PPV will probably do ok.
 
#120 ·
Here we go. I'm not really a Ronda Rousey fan, but come on lads, don't start the hate trains just because she's John Cena-ing everyone.

She just straight KOed Bethe, that's something Cyborg isn't even doing to people. She KOed a 9-0 fighter (which itself is an alright achievement) in 34 seconds. That's basically what you expect of the calibre of a champion but she keeps proving it time and time again.
 
#121 ·
Bethe entered with the lowest class music that you could imagine, so thanks God she lost.

A powerful punch behind the ear sealed her fate. And she thought Ronda would be scared trading with her, lol.
Well, Ronda will never be the overall GOAT, but among women, hard to ignore she must be already. She is not only miles ahead the pack, she is also evolving way faster than the rest.
 
#144 ·
I can't believe the hate on Rousey from some of you here.
I was never really a fan, appreciated her skills, but didn't care too much. I am a fan now though.
I don't care what some think, top20 talent or whatever, the fact is, she was fighting the current #1 contender and beat her at her own game. Everyone knew she could take her down and rip her arm off, but she fought the fight where Beth had the ONLY chance and flat out KOed her in 30 seconds... a 135 pound woman!! How can you not respect that and appreciate the talent rather than moan about her facing top20 talent?
I would LOVE to see Mighty Mouse, TJ or whatever fight top10-20 guys and RUN THROUGH THEM IN ONE ROUND!
 
#146 ·
Props to Rousey, I lot of hate but she can only fight those put in front of her.

Rogan needs to real his GOAT bullshit in though. Weakest division in the UFC by far.

There are only two fights for Rousey at this point. Tate or Cyborg, anyone else gets finished in under a minute.
 
#147 ·
at this point, they should have her fight dudes

never been a fan of the public persona she puts on (I know nothing about her in real life so, can't comment on that), but skills wise, she's a beast

Tate or cyborg, anyone else would be pointless
I believe she's to be much more dominant than Silva.

now, arguably, WMMA is not on the same level in general, than male MMA, except for a handful of fighters who could be on par with mens in the UFC, skill wise, Rousey, Tate, Cyborg, I like the karate hottie too, been a huge fan for a long time (she's arguably the best looking fighting chick around in my book, and the skills definitely match the looks)

But while tate and consorts may be on UFC level, Rousey is on GSP/Silva level, I believe by now, she's THAT good

Arguably the most efficient ground game in the business (including males, who finishes pretty much all his fight by devastating subs in the 1st?)
She now has the standup to match

so at this stage, freak fights like Rousey vs Dominick Cruz are strangely beginning to make much more sense than Rousey vs 99% of women bantamweight

She should take the 145 fight with cyborg, not even bulking up, just to prove her point furthermore.

Even Jones and Silva were not as devastating. I'm a huge fan of GSP, but she's a different animal.

All she lacks may just be that flashy stand up game, I'm sure when she gets bored to discard her competition so easily, she'll start walking on the cage or start working on her kamehamehas...

She's the female equivalent of Chuck Norris
 
#148 ·
Not Ronda's fault she's facing the quality of competition she is facing. She just runs through whoever they put in front of her, which is all she can do really. Expected win obviously but didn't expect a clean ko.
 
#149 ·
This. She just fights who is in the division. And i still don't get some of the hate. It would be one thing if we were praising her after sneaking out wins. But she is literally beating down people in seconds. Her competition may not be the best, but people should still be able to see that there is clearly something special about her.
 
#156 ·
Their opponents at least some form of well rounded skill and real challenge in ebtween the cans they fought, ronda is great but her opponents are all jokes let's be real. If she had a 135 division full of joana jerzanez or however you spell it, at the top end giving her mad props would be much easier. It's not her fault the division is crap but let's acknowledge that it is.
 
#157 ·
While it's true that Correira and some of the others were like newbies straight off the tutorial going up against the endboss of MMA, I think Tate, Carmouche, and Zingano are all legit, and I think if the belt was trading hands between them and specialists like McMann, we wouldn't be talking about how shallow the division is.

It's bad, but Rousey is making it look much worse than it really is by being so much better than the field.
 
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