there you go calling it a fluke again
Grazie holm for that wonderful fight
maybe if ronda changed coaches she could beat holm but if she stays with the galliani of coaches..then holm is going to beat her again.
whenever she tried to throw her in the fight it didnt work, and ronda can't wrestle.
anyways I don't think ronda is gonna fight holm IF she comes back, probably a straight title shot vs nunes or whoever is holding the belt by that time
I didn't say it's not a wonderful fight and Holms didn't have a great game plan.
With literally any other coaches or camp, Ronda would have came to that fight with a different strategy which is why I considered it a fluke. Not because I think Ronda can best Holly easily but rather her coach put up the DUMBEST possible game plan, and I don't expect that to happen again if they fought again.
"When she tried to throws it didn't work" it was because she had already tried to stand there and strike and was made to look silly. None of her "throw attempts" that fight were very well set-up nor had the angle that she needed. If Ronda fought similar to how Tate did approaching the Holly fight, the result would have been different.
Once again, I am not using "fluke" in a sense of it was BS like a flash knockout, more in a sense that something with extremely small likelihood to happen, happened.
they're all scared of cyborg, she would beat every single one of them pretty easily.
first tate and holm were down to fight cyborg at 145, tate hasn't said anything and now holm's camp is like "yes at 135"
cyborg is too muscular to fight at 135, I would love to see her fight ronda
Not too muscular, she'd have trouble making it period and be effective for the fight. Miesha and Holly's camp both said they'd be willing to take on Cyborg at 145 but they quickly realized how stupid that was after their fighter was exposed.
btw, curupira
Around the time when Holm and Conor both lost on submission, Holm was praised for not tapping. I don't understand that, when you're loosing, why not tap?
Alright if it's a choke, but remember when Nogeira didn't tap vs Mir? He broke his fucking arm. What's the point of that??
With Big Nog, he has always been a tough competitor and is someone that I respect a lot and also come from the old school, so I don't want to crap talk him.
However, that mentality that if you "tap" you are a bitch or whatever (especially on limb cranks and not chokes) is really that new mma fan BS mentality that I hate. Most people do not understand grappling and it's really some savagery mentality, although there are exceptions
If a fighter had a realistic plan to escape, I understand not tapping. In both cases of Holly and Conor, neither had a realistic solution to escape the position. In which case you are only prolonging your suffering and going out "on your own terms" I suppose. It's a pointless display of bravado that basically says, "I didn't surrender".
In the case of Sage Northcutt, he should not have tapped, anybody above blue belt level knows he was not in any danger and could have easily gotten out.
