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mixed martial arts, UFC, poj niam lub MMA

Ronda Rousey- Lub ntuj nqus tsev vacuum

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Yees duab Credit: Esther Lin / MMA Sib ntaus

Muab hais tias nws yog se rau lub caij, nws yog ib tug zoo lub sij hawm mus nco ntsoov hais tias yog muaj peb guarantees nyob rau hauv lub neej: tuag, them se thiab Ronda Rousey ib zaug dua qhia yog vim li cas nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws poj niam fighter ntawm cov ntiaj chaw nrog ib tug thawj-round demolition ntawm nws tus nrog sib ntaus.

Rousey txoj kev kawm nyob rau ntawm lub UFC 184 lub hli tas los yog nws finest rau hnub tim. Nws xa ib rab koob Miv, dav kev raws li Rousey tus loj tshaj kev sib tw, nyob rau hauv 14 vib nas this. Thaum lub sij hawm Rousey twb aided los ntawm ib tug kiag li phem zoo los ntawm Zingano, nws virtuoso kawm coj mus rau lwm lub kev sib tham ntawm uas muaj dab tsi nws yuav siv sij hawm rau dethrone Rousey. Nws kuj coj mus rau ib tug tsis zoo sib tham ntawm seb puas los yog tsis Rousey yuav lwv tiv thaiv thiab swb cov txiv neej tua hluav taws nyob rau hauv lub UFC lub bantamweight faib. Lub tsawg lub sij hawm siv rau absurd notion uas accomplishes tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis sim mus discredit cov kuj zoo kawg fighter Rousey yog, zoo.

Ntawm chav kawm, thawj lub npe uas ib txwm los yog Cris "Cyborg" Justino, lub Invicta FC featherweight champion. Nws yuav tsum poob rau 135 phaus rau ib tug sib ntaus nrog Invicta no lub caij ntuj sov ua ntej yuav mus rau ib tug sib ntaus nrog Rousey. Txawm li cas los, Cyborg sim ib tug nco rau bantamweight xyoo tas los thiab tso tseg cov kev npaj. Yog li ntawd kuv yuav tsis tuav kuv ua tsis taus pa rau qhov ntev-awaited grudge match ntawm Rousey thiab Cyborg tshwm sim sij hawm twg los sai.

Rousey nyuam qhuav qhia lub siab xav mus tua Bethe Correia, uas ntaus ob ntawm Rousey lub "Plaub Horsewomen" pawg football koom tes thiab tau hu Rousey tawm puas tau txij li thaum. Jessica qhov muag kuj muab tus yaj khi nws thov nyiaj mus rau ib tug title txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv, tab sis tsis yog tus twg ntawm cov poj niam ua rau ib tug tiag tiag kev hem thawj rau Rousey. Thaum lub sij hawm UFC 184 lub postfight kev pab them nqi, Daniel Cormier floated lub tswv yim ntawm nws colleague Miesha Tate tau ib tug thib peb keej ntawm Rousey.

Dhau li qhov tseeb kuv xav tias trilogies yuav tsum tau tshwj tseg tsuas yog thaum txhua fighter muaj ib tug yeej tshaj qhov lwm, Kuv pom tsis muaj yog vim li cas vim li cas peb lub sij hawm yuav ib lub povhaum rau Tate. Thaum nws yog ib lub xwb poj niam mus ntxiv tshaj thawj round nrog Rousey, Tate tau plateaued raws li ib tug dav hlau tua rog thaum Rousey tau pom zoo. Yog hais tias tus ob tug twb mus tua ib tug thib peb lub sij hawm, Kuv pom tsis muaj yog vim li cas mus ntseeg cov yuav muaj sib txawv.

Yog li ntawd qhov twg no tawm Rousey? Nyob rau hauv kuv lub tswv yim, nws tau ntxuav tawm lub UFC poj niam bantamweight faib. Yog tsis muaj ib tug neeg uas tawm suab ib tug credible kev hem thawj rau nws. Yog hais tias Zingano tom nws lub tswv yim thiab tau txais ib koob tshuaj tom Rousey, nws yuav muaj ib lub caij nyoog ntawm winning. Tshaj uas, yog tias Rousey txiav txim siab los mus tawm rau sab saum toj thiab tsim nyob rau hauv nws cov burgeoning zaj duab xis ua hauj lwm, Kuv tsis xav tias leej twg yuav tuav nws tiv thaiv nws.

Rousey yog tam sim no nyob ib tug khiav akin rau Anderson Silva lub khiav atop lub UFC lub Middleweight faib. Nws yeej txhua leej txhua tus nyob rau hauv nws txoj kev thiab tsuas yog rau nws thawj sib ntaus nrog Chael Sonnen, ua rau nws zoo ib qho yooj yim. Rousey lub hardest sib ntaus rau hnub tim yog tawm tsam Liz Carmouche, thaum nws muaj Rousey nyob rau hauv ib rear liab qab caj pas nyob rau hauv thawj round ntawm lawv cov sib ntaus nyob rau hauv 2013 ua ntej Rousey tau khiav thiab ruaj ntseg lwm armbar yeej.

Silva lub reign atop lub Middleweight faib tuaj mus rau qhov kawg thaum lub yav tas los tsis paub Chris Weidman tuaj nrog thiab pom tsis muaj kev ntshai thiab coj lub sib ntaus rau Silva. Tej zaum tus ntawd yog dab tsi yuav tsum tshwm sim nrog Rousey. Nws yuav tsum tau nrhiav ib tug nrog sib ntaus uas yuav tau txais txoj cai nyob rau hauv nws lub ntsej muag, muab nws tsis muaj quarter thiab coj lub sib ntaus rau nws. Rab koob uas sim ntawm UFC 184, tab sis nws overzealousness thiaj yuav ploj mus costing nws dearly.

Kom txog rau thaum Rousey pom nws tus kheej Chris Weidman, peb yuav tau ntxiv lwm superlative rau lub ntau yam uas twb txuas mus rau cov poj niam txoj kev bantamweight champion: nqus tsev vacuum. Rousey yog tshiab tawm ntawm tsim nyog challengers rau nws yas, ib txoj hauj lwm nws ua los ntawm ntxuav tawm nws faib.

Chris Huntemann sau txog tov martial arts nyob rau hauv lub xeev ntawm Maryland. Nws kuj Shares nws kev xav nyob rau hauv lub UFC, Bellator, thiab lub ntiaj teb no Series ntawm Sib ntaus. Mus saib nws blog, los yog ua raws li nws on Twitter: mmamaryland.

mixed martial arts, UFC, poj niam lub MMA

Dana White and the Women

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Yees duab Credit: Esther Lin / MMA Sib ntaus

Saturday, Feb. 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. Nyob rau hauv lub co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim, 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? They all also fell to Rousey – Tate twice in Strikeforce and the UFC, and Carmouche and Davis both in the first round at UFC PPVs in 2013 thiab 2014, feem.

Rousey and Tate’s feud is well-chronicled. It led to the two being coaches on The Ultimate Fighter, which included female fighters for the very first time who greatly outshined their male counterparts on the show that season.

Given that season’s success, the most recent season of The Ultimate Fighter featured ALL female fighters and the debut of the UFC’s newest division, 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? You might notice a familiar face.

So where does women’s MMA go from here? I am personally a big fan of female fights, as they tend to be among the more entertaining and action-packed fights on a UFC card. As I previously stated, female fighters are more than capable of outshining their male contemporaries. Why is that? Maybe female fighters feel they have more to prove inside the Octagon and always go for broke. Maybe they go into the Octagon with more of a “go for broke” mentality and actively seek a finish as opposed to “playing it safe.”

The fight between Rousey and Zingano on Feb. 28 will also go a long way toward determining the future of women’s MMA. Should Rousey defeat Zingano – which all signs indicate she will – she will have essentially cleaned out her division, with only unknown challengers like Holm and Bethe Correia left. If Zingano pulls the upset, then the division has a fresh batch of exciting matchups waiting.

But who knows what would have happened if Dana White kept his promise to TMZ?

Chris Huntemann sau txog tov martial arts nyob rau hauv lub xeev ntawm Maryland. He also contributes his thoughts to our site on the UFC, Bellator, thiab lub ntiaj teb no Series ntawm Sib ntaus. Mus saib nws blog, los yog ua raws li nws on Twitter: mmamaryland.