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Friday 29 April 2016

Why Have We Forgotten Ronda Rousey?!

Ronda Rousey was and still is the most dominant female fighter in UFC history. Since her loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 in Melbourne the world seemed to turn on Ronda. Holly won and deserved to be in the spotlight but that doesn't mean we should forget about the superstar. I don't think that Holly or Miesha are the best the division has ever seen and this is why.

The reason for Miesha not being the best is clear, she already has 2 loses to Ronda. Ronda Rousey's record is 12 wins 12 finishes and 1 loss. To those that say Holm beat her and she is undefeated so she is better I say no, Holm beat Ronda on that day and utilized her skills and a superbly designed game plan and that deserves it's props. However, Rousey has been fighting at the top level since the very beginning of her professional career. In her first 4 professional fights she finished them all by armbar in under 50 seconds of the first round, that is absolutely astonishing! This lead to her first title shot against Tate which she finished again in the 1st round by armbar, this was the start of an 8 title defence win streak finishing all of them in the first round apart from the second Tate fight which went to the 3rd round. In that run she became the first woman to hold titles in Strikeforce and the UFC, became the first Women's champion in the UFC, made women's fighting entertaining and popular, brought the UFC into the mainstream gaining hundreds of thousands of new followers,became a role model for female athletes and fighters of all ages all around the world and in my opinion the GREATEST and MOST DOMINANT female fighter in UFC history.

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