UFC 193: November 14, 2015

[thiste]

Not really a betting man, just have one of those feelings about Holly Holm.

I like fighters that mix up their striking and Holm mixes in kicks much more than 90 % of the woman in the UFC.

If Holm was finishing opponents in 30 seconds (like cyborg does), I might agree with your prediction, or at least I'd recognize that she might have a shot. Problem is, Ronda only needs to survive 30 seconds of Holm"s treatment to finish her (most likely).

So unless Holly runs for 5 rounds, or lands an extremely lucky shot, I don't see her taking this.

[ace3g]

[txstr1986]

Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm for women's bantamweight le - I think Holm is a great fighter, but we all know that Rousey is 10 years ahead of every other female fighter. I think Holm makes it past round 1 based off of her movement alone, but she can't run all night.

Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Valerie Letourneau for strawweight le - I don't know anything about Valerie, but Joanna has a very entertaining style, and I love her style of trash-talking. She's just really easy to root for.

Uriah Hall vs. Robert Whittaker - Whittaker is legit, but Hall is finally living up to the hype.

Jared Rosholt vs. Stefan Struve - IF Struve is healthy he wins by TKO - Rosholt has a glass chin.

Anthony Perosh vs. Gian Villante - It'd be nice if Villante would finally get his but in gear, but I don't think Perosh poses any real threat to him.

[Chingo Bling]

I haven't been this excited about two shicks fighting since I had a couple of mañosas wrestling with my chile.

[ace3g]

[ace3g]

[benefactor]

UWWEFC

[ace3g]

Was supposed to watch this fight up in the Austin area, then happened...just going to wait till tomorrow to see the highlights...

[thiste]

Let me officially eat my crow. I must be stupid.


This was just superb.

[01Snake]

That was EPIC!

[siraulo23]

Dominated

rousey looked like a scrub

[ace3g]

Whether it helps or not, and I don't care if others see it or not, but Holm is basically the female jon jones (yes I know she doesn't have the wrestling background) but she uses kicks the most of any female fighter in the division by a long shot.

She can end fights with her side kick to the body. Hopefully Jon is giving her as many tips as possible to keep the distance and fight from the outside; because everyone 135 either doesn't have the ability or their main skill set requires getting close to Ronda which plays into the hands of her Judo skills.

Plus I have confidence in the game plan Jackson comes up with.

MMAFighting.com @MMAFighting
Coach: Holly Holm working with Jon Jones to prep for Ronda Rousey fight (@marc_raimondi) mmafighting.com/2015/9/3/92586… pic.twitter.com/A7qFklwMON

hmmm

[benefactor]

Perhaps it would be in Dana's best interest to have Rhonda take a dive on this one. Seems like the next logical step. Would be easy to do too as Holm is a boxer.

tbh

[thiste]

Ronda was exposed. She had no defense against Holm's boxing/kicking clinic. She took every punch head on and kept coming forward. Not good.

[spurraider21]

[benefactor]

^that's what you do when you are taking a dive

[ace3g]

main CARD
Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET
Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm
for women's bantamweight le

-- Lets see if my Bones Jones theory holds true.

Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Valerie Letourneau
for strawweight le
Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva
Uriah Hall vs. Robert Whittaker
Jared Rosholt vs. Stefan Struve

hmmm + 2

[ace3g]

Not really a betting man, just have one of those feelings about Holly Holm.

I like fighters that mix up their striking and Holm mixes in kicks much more than 90 % of the woman in the UFC.

hmmm +3

[Stevie Johnson]

Ronda threw the fight

[Kawhitstorm]

Rondo threw the fight

Warriors fans will say Curry threw the series away when they get KOTFO in the postseason.

[Stevie Johnson]

Warriors fans will say Curry threw the series away when they get KOTFO in the postseason.

Shut up pussy

[benefactor]

Sorry ace...I know you want to believe Dana hasn't gone full WWE, but that's exactly what has happened. If Rhonda destroys her in the rematch, you'll know I'm right.

[Kawhitstorm]

thought she could handle Mayweather & couldn't even handle Holm's standup

[Righaya]

Ronda totally gassed and looked out of sorts even at the end of the first round. In addition to her stand up game, she needs to work on her endurance too. Perhaps fighting 4 times (is that right?) in a year took a toll on her (which includes all the incessant press she gets and has to do). She's pretty stocky too I wonder how much her cut to 135 affects her stamina since she did fight, probably more naturally, at 145 in Invicta. I read somewhere that she walks around pretty heavy around 160 or 165. That's a load to lose (and indeed a lot of muscle to gas you). Holm looks really naturally lanky and probably doesn't cut nearly as much. Overall, fantastic performance from Holm. Sets up nicely, too, that now Cyborg can come fight Holm and then build up Ronda's comeback. Good stories all around. Good fight.

[ace3g]

Sadly, Holm is the first fighter that could really cause problems for Rousey because of her ability mix in a variety of kicks in her attack (uses a lot of the same techniques that Bones Jones uses). Plus being part of Jackson/Winklejohn camp you know they will have a great game plan for this fight. I just didn't want this fight to happen so soon so Holm had more time to develop her MMA skills (only 2 fights in the UFC).

hmmm +4