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1. Is she really that great or does she just look great because there is really no competition in the women's circuit? Obviously she's the best in her class. So are the other fighters she goes up against also really good and she's just phenomenal or are they not that great and it makes her look much better than she really is?
A. She IS that great. Take her out of it and you see Cat Zingano with the strap defending against Meisha Tate and others for the title. Those would be contested fights.
2. Could she compete with men of a similar or slightly smaller weight class? DNA dictates that guys are inherently stronger than females, so the thought is that men of a similar weight class would destroy her...though I don't know many guys that are in the 130 or so weight class.
A. I like to think of it as admiring what our American women can do, and appreciate them for their talents. Let's stay out of the women's sports as participants.
3. Could she kick your ass? I weigh in at around 200 and am reasonably fit, so I have 70 lbs on her and I'm pretty sure she would annihilate me in about the same amount of time it takes her to dispatch of her fighting competition. I'm not MMA trained or anything tho, so that could make a difference I suppose.
A. She would kick your ass and mine at the same time probably. I'm 6-3 and 225. I'm tappin' before she dislocates my elbow. F that noise.
I like to think of Ronda Rousey as a Matt Hughes type when he was dominating in the mid UFCs (PPVs). He was the man, and very very dominant. He was fighting guys like Joe Riggs and Sean Sherk. Good in certain areas, not great anywhere. With her striking developing, maybe a first champion run Georges St. Pierre.
Skill wise, I don't think she's more skilled anywhere other than judo than most guys. Her striking looks wild, chin up in the air, robotic at times. Kind of like the heavyweight division where strength and athletic ability can go far.
I've rolled and been dominated by 135 lb guys. Rousey's judo slams me, and she breaks my arm.