“Psihički” Tom Padgett and “Rabble Rousin '” Rich Bergeron catch up after a three-week hiatus. Tony “The Tornado” Penecale will join us again next week for the broadcast. This week we cover as much as we can jam into the show to make up for lost time. From GSP’s triumphant return to McGregor’s conditions to come back to the cage, we cover it all. Konačno, Tom asks a very important question: Where are the legends of MMA?
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Subota, Februar. 28, is going to be a landmark day for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. All the fighters on the pay-per-view card that day will pass their pre-fight drug…….never mind. That’s too easy.
That day will be the first time a UFC card features women’s bouts in both its co-main event and main event. After middleweight champion Chris Weidman was forced to withdraw from his fight against Vitor Belfort due to injury, the new main event at UFC 184 is Ronda Rousey defending her women’s bantamweight belt against Cat Zingano. U co-main event, much-heralded prospect Holly Holm will make her UFC debut against Raquel Pennington in another women’s bantamweight fight.
As I’ve mentioned before, UFC has come a long way from when Dana White told TMZ that women would “never” fight in his organization. Rousey will main event her third consecutive February PPV and Holm is widely believed to be the next in line for a shot at the title, should she defeat Pennington. Holm is still very raw in mixed martial arts, but trains with the world renowned coaches Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn.
Rousey is carrying the flag for women’s MMA and for women in the UFC. Other female fighters have followed her into the Octagon, including Miesha Tate, Liz Carmouche and Alexis Davis. What do those three have in common? Svi su također pala na Rousey - Tate dva puta u Strikeforce i UFC, i Carmouche i Davis, kako u prvom kolu na UFC PPVs u 2013 i 2014, odnosno.
Rousey i Tate je feud je dobro je opisivao. To je dovelo do dva su trenera na The Ultimate Fighter, koji je uključivao ženski boraca za prvi put, koji u velikoj mjeri outshined svoje muške kolege u emisiji te sezone.
S obzirom da je uspjeh sezone, Najnoviji sezone The Ultimate Fighter istaknuta SVE ženske boraca i debi najnovije podjele na UFC-a, women’s strawweight. Carla Esparza, the former Invicta FC strawweight champion, won the inaugural UFC version of that belt after defeating Rose Namajunas.
So in the span of four years, UFC goes from having no female fighters and White emphatically stating that it never will, to being home to TWO female weight classes and undoubtedly the promotion’s biggest star right now in Rousey. Don’t believe me? Did you see the third Expendables movie? Or do you plan on seeing the film version of Entourage this summer? Možda ćete primijetiti poznato lice.
Pa, gdje ženska MMA otići odavde? Ja sam osobno veliki fan ženskog tuča, kao oni imaju tendenciju da bude među više zabavnih i prepuna akcije borbe na UFC kartici. Kao što sam ranije naveo, ženski borci su više nego sposobni outshining svojih muških savremenicima. Zašto je to tako? Možda žensko borci smatraju da imaju više dokazati unutar Octagon i uvijek ići do kraja. Možda idu u Octagon s više od "ići do kraja" mentalitet i aktivno traže završetak za razliku od "igraju na sigurno."
Borba između Rousey i Zingano on Feb. 28 će ići dug put prema određivanju budućnosti ženskih MMA. Ako Rousey pobjedi Zingano - koje su svi znakovi ukazuju da hoće - ona će u biti očišćena od njene podjele, sa samo nepoznati izazivača kao Holm i Bethe Correia ostalo. Ako je kazaljka vuče uznemireni, onda podjela ima novu turu uzbudljivih Borba čekanja.
But who knows what would have happened if Dana White kept his promise to TMZ?
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