Womens' MMA mega-thread

[Ronald_Frump]

UFC 184 Free Fight: Raquel Pennington vs. Ashley Evans-Smith

*Warning* Do not watch, unless you get turned-on by brutal F/F chokeouts! 

[DR]

Tap or nap.

[RBAP]

Interesting view on the next chapters...

http://espn.go.com/blog/MMA/post/_/id/21816/womens-mma-primed-for-major-shakeup

[paul0415]

Cyborg looks beastly in her fight with former kick boxing champion Tweet. And yes, I know Rousey already beat Tweet in 49 seconds with an armbar. The Cyborg Rousey fight has to happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC90-L0dcII

[Fresh P]

Man, that was brutal. If the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight can happen then may be there is hope Cyborg and Rousey will face off at the end of the year. She will need to prove she can make 135 though.

[Ronald_Frump]

Ronda Rousey v Cat Zingano Preview - Takedowns and Striking

Stewie predicts a round 1 victory for Rousey - by whatever she wants.....

[RBAP]

Pennington did well against Holm. Holm would be obliterated by Rousey.
I expected nothing from Zingano. She still managed to disappoint.

[Ronald_Frump]

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[Fresh P]

What a terrible game plan from Zingano, embarrassing.

[RBAP]

[femwars]

I'll admit, i may not know the most about MMA/UFC type fighters. More a passing interest. This Ronda lady...just devastating.

[jiminy]

Feel sorry for Cat.

10 week camp, putting in the grind day after day. All she's been through, all the anticipation and Ronda smokes her in 14 seconds.

Re: Holm/Pennington,

Have to say I was absolutely SHOCKED that one of the judges scored the fight 29-28 for Pennington. I thought Holm won every round, quite comfortably too. Especially 1 & 2. Sure Pennington was no pushover and landed some shots of her own in the third, but it was not nearly enough. Shades of Sanchez/Pearson.

[Ronald_Frump]

Yes. it shouldn't have been a split decision. Wasn't the last judge's score 32-27, or something similarly decisive, in favor of Holm?

[jiminy]

Yes. it shouldn't have been a split decision. Wasn't the last judge's score 32-27, or something similarly decisive, in favor of Holm?

Yeah, I believe one judge was watching the fight.

Thought Holly looked pretty good, and sexy.

She stuffed a good few take downs and showed good grappling defense, good strong clinch work landing knees to the body. With the right game plan, Holly should be able to best implement the game plan many believe would negate Ronda's strengths. Nobody controls the distance better than Holm, nobody has better footwork and movement.

Ronda's not going to be fighting for a while, but she singled out Holm and Correia as potential challengers. I say let them face off in a #1 contender's bout.

[RBAP]

Yes, let's have Holm fight Rousey. Ronda should be given a chance to cut those 14 seconds in half