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[SRTtoZ]

https://twitter.com/DuaneFinleyMMA/status/665771946932502528/video/1

Warning: very loud

Lol is that Cerrone?

 

[Obliterator]

I don't feel like you can compare Holm's old fights to this one.

Girl was on fucking fire. Everything from her timing, to her footwork, to her angles were on point. PERFECT gameplan and execution.

 

[ldcommando]

Any link to press conf after event?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsslLixk18

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Remember 3 days ago when Rousey was gonna take over boxing? Good times.

 

[FTF]

Dana interview on ESPN2 right now, he looks like he wants to cry lol

 

[Radec]

 

[vypek]

Any link to press conf after event?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsslLixk18

 

[DeadlyVirus]

Yep, because there is always a new fighter to throw the UFC marketing machine behind.

This kid earns a few wins and he'll be pushed no doubt.

We'll get the ''Karate Kid'' hype non stop. Dude looks like a real life Ken doll.

Looks like that guy from Saved By The Bell

 

[ironcreed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3ScuW5S20

Not sure if posted. Holly interview

She is so much more likable it is like night and day. Clearly has more talent as well.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Ronda said he would win from Floyd in an MMA FIGHT, meaning that she never said she would punch him to ko.

Still think that if she recovers her sense and go full judo Holm will loose.

she couldn't catch and take down Holly Holm without eating shit loads of punches in the process, but she's gonna do that to Floyd fucking Mayweather? Get real. Anybody still parroting that nonsense was delusional to begin with, but to still think that after watching what just happened requires a special kind of brain damage.

 

[ldcommando]

Lol is that Cerrone?

Yes, a very happy (and drunk) Cowboy

 

[Dr.Acula]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3ScuW5S20

Not sure if posted. Holly interview

Heh. If I were her I would have said, "Ya know DC, my teammate Jon Jones told me to not worry about some paper-tiger belt-warming trash. Then he also told me to not worry about Ronda."

 

[SRTtoZ]

I'll side with the person that said it. Just because this is an echo chamber doesn't mean a differing opinion shouldn't be heard. I'm a huge sports fan and I absolutely hate professional fighting for that exact reason.

Then don't watch it. I hate College football, guess what I do? Don't watch it and I don't go into College football threads.

 

[Tubie]

omg this interview with Fox Sports is making me tear up!

Holly is such a nice person.

 

[jabuseika]

40 mins for post-fight press conference?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsslLixk18

We know Rousey won't show up.

 

[Obliterator]

That is truly embarrassing.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I'll side with the person that said it. Just because this is an echo chamber doesn't mean a differing opinion shouldn't be heard. I'm a huge sports fan and I absolutely hate professional fighting for that exact reason.

then see your way out of the thread, partner.

 

[Syphon Filter]

omg this interview with Fox Sports is making me tear up!

Holly is such a nice person.

how come?

 

[ldcommando]

40 mins for post-fight press conference?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsslLixk18

We know Rousey won't show up.

Holly must be giving 6574854 interviews

 

[RE_Player]

You couldn't be more wrong. She was only popular because people believed the dumb myth that she was unbeatable. That she was so powerful she could beat male fighters. She'll never have that aura about her again. Ever. Not as long as videos/gifs of her getting absolutely wrecked exist.

This. No one is doubting she won't still be popular but she will not go higher in terms of popularity and mainstream appeal. She peaked and its downhill from here since her gimmick was what you have stated.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Ronda said he would win from Floyd in an MMA FIGHT, meaning that she never said she would punch him to ko.

Still think that if she recovers her sense and go full judo Holm will loose.

Too bad she didn't get to fight Holly Holm in an MMA fight.

 

[iLLmAtlc]

40 mins for post-fight press conference?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsslLixk18

We know Rousey won't show up.

dana probably legit crying

 

[Plywood]

 

[DJChuy]

Holms did incredibly well! Kind of glad Ronda lost by the way she's been acting recently.

 

[Diprosalic]

she couldn't catch and take down Holly Holm without eating shit loads of punches in the process, but she's gonna do that to Floyd fucking Mayweather? Get real. Anybody still parroting that nonsense was delusional to begin with, but to still think that after watching what just happened requires a special kind of brain damage.

i appreciate your posts.
people believe what they want.
floyd is a human piece of garbage and as much as i'd like seeing him getting beaten up, Ronda would have 0.000% chance.

she just got outclassed by a 1000 times worse and much weaker/slower fighter.

 

[FStop7]

I think those last punches are more about convincing the ref to end the fight than they are about obliterating your opponent.

 

[mreddie]

https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/665780875905265664

Even Amy knows Holly is a buffed up Amy Schumer

 

[Kraftwerk]

made this for this historic occasion;

 

[Obliterator]

The look of defeat

 

[Officerrob]

Rousey/Holm 2 at UFC 200?

 

[SolidSnakex]

Welp... I'm only really interested when there's some alpha just chewing people to bits but no one lasts forever and now Womens fighting in UFC is gonna be back to boring normal.

Rousey really didn't even last that long. She won her belt in 2013. Anderson won his in 2006 and didn't lose it until 2013. Jon won his in 2011 and only lost it this year because of his own stupidity. Her hype was her worst enemy because she seemed to really believe that she was invincible. That also eventually cost Anderson when he started to think that he was Neo.

 

[zewone]

First thing I thought of. There is also another Anderson fight (later in his career) where he pulls off a dodge just like Holly did tonight, I can't remember who it was against though.

Edit: It might be the second Chael Sonnen fight.

This one?

 

[Mezoly]

I don't know if this was posted, Rousey is taken to the hospital
https://twitter.com/BreakingNews/status/665783417028628480

 

[Mory Dunz]

Ronda Rousey kind of reminds me of Brittany Griner. Cause the Mayweather thing.

(pre-draft, epsn and all these people were talking up her playing in the NBA. And as it turns out she's not even close to the best players in her own league, wnba.

Hopefully women's MMA doesn't take a dip in popularity. For all her faults, Rousey was definitely good for the sport.

It will take a dip in popularity. That's unavoidable. I'm already starting to not care.
It was a well done hype machine, I'll give it that.

 

[Gr1mLock]

I'll side with the person that said it. Just because this is an echo chamber doesn't mean a differing opinion shouldn't be heard. I'm a huge sports fan and I absolutely hate professional fighting for that exact reason.

Agreed. This sport caters to the lowest common denominator in society.

 

[No Life King]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3ScuW5S20

Not sure if posted. Holly interview

She seems like a nice person. I'm happy for her.

 

[smurfx]

the hell was she swinging at?

 

[Dug]

It's funny watching this afterwards.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

 

[Vex_]

Wow. She must be so embarrassed.

 

[jabuseika]

made this for this historic occasion;

Dying.

 

[mreddie]

That was some Street Fighter shit.

 

[FStop7]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsslLixk18

The live chat... my eyees

 

[Kusagari]

Ronda would be motionless on the ground before she ever caught Mayweather.

 

[Megatron]

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C'mon, the ref was in there fast. In real-time it was stopped in a second. You need to give fighters a chance to defend themselves after being dropped as well. I've seen fighters go down like Ronda and then get their guard up pretty quick. Ronda just happened to be out. You need a second to see if a fighter is out or not.

What would be so terrible if when someone went to the ground like that the action stopped until they got back up? Give a point to the person who got the knockdown and wait to see if they can get back up? By not having a rule like that you set things up like this where people are pummeling unconscious people in the head.

 

[Limit]

Ronda's next match will be her biggest one yet. People love redemption stories. Career wise she will be perfectly fine for the forseeable future.

And it would be a shame if she stopped smack talking. If anything, there isn't enough smack talking in UFC. I need some good ol wrasslin storylines that will really make me invest in the fighters for each card. Ronda took her opponent's man away that destroyed her marriage AND she punched her opponent's mom in the face? That scoundrel! She deserves a beatdown.

 

[Plywood]

I wonder if Holm's will pop for anything under the new USADA testing. Have any of Greg's people been caught using? I know there was an issue with Jones' T levels way back.

 

[vypek]

I think those last punches are more about convincing the ref to end the fight than they are about obliterating your opponent.

Could be. I mean it does absolutely convince the ref of no responsiveness

 

[MG310]

Dana's clasped hands funeral pose in the background when they are raising Holly's hand is pretty good.

 

[Obliterator]

Bro's this Holly Holm interview on Fox is gonna make me fucking cry dudes. Shit, girls so nice and good hearted.