That would’ve been a totally reasonable take.

There are at least two smilyfaces and a winky O-face...!

“Holly Holm almost certainly can’t win for such and such reasons, but if she does it will probably be off a left head kick” holds up as a reasonable take in retrospect.

Yeah this was just not a good matchup for her. She’s beaten up a lot of tomato cans (and a couple strong fighters) and I agree she started to believe her own hype. Trying to kick box with Holm was nuts.

I think because of the couple wins she did have w/ striking, she started to fall in love with the idea, that she was stronger then her opponent in every facet. She was insane to try to strike with holme, who’s height and reach combined with actual boxing know how just outclassed Rousey in that respect. I will admit…

He seems to be holding it down fairly well.

I’ll take partial credit because although I called how the stand up would turn out and how Ronda’s striking stinks, I really didn’t think Ronda would have to stand with her, and that she’d finish her on the ground. Holm won the way I thought she might (and I was pretty confident she wasn’t winning haha), but did it…

Please show me the boxing match where the guy lands a head kick, gets a takedown, defends an armbar, throws a nasty elbow, and finishes with ground and pound.

Long story short: Rousey is a phenomenal athlete with unbelievable grappling skills and a REALLY mediocre striker. She fought someone tonight who could take advantage of that.

Buddy, did you ever knock that one out of the park.

You look like a genius right about now.

We probably should’ve seen this coming better.

holy sh** balls

Yea that whole strange period of 3 or so months where shitty Internet sports writers entertained the thought will be looked back with such fascination in like 10 years.

so about that article from earlier today....

But your argument is missing the larger purpose of P4P. The reason Weidman would dominate Aldo is because Weidman is larger and stronger, hence the attempt to remove that element by thinking them in the same weight so that it is a comparison of skill and technique. Because, again, P4P is supposed to represent skill…

Yup, totally agree. I think Holm’s head kick is usually something that comes into play later in the fight when their hands start to drop, but still dangerous. And once Ronda gets her hands on her it’s pretty much over; the only woman who countered her judo at all (and also the most qualified to do so on paper) was…

yeah the dating Travis Browne thing is kind of ridiculous and b.s., you’re either an advocate for domestic violence or you aren’t. You can’t straddle the fence because you’re setting a bad example.

Holm’s kick looks legit though and she has so much reach on Rousey. Like I just want the fight to last longer than 30 seconds.

She did it to herself with her countless contridictions...Calls out Mayweather for being a woman beater...she is dating a man that is still married and accused of beating his wife...claims to be able to beat anyone (male or female), but makes excuses to why she can’t fight Cyborg (the only woman in the sport that can…