It’s rare when we’re able to give a complete account of a fight in four sentences, but after Ronda Rousey‘s 14-second demolition of Cat Zingano on Saturday night at UFC 184, here goes nothing:
Zingano came out on the attack from the opening bell. She tried to land a charging knee against the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, but Rousey side-stepped the attack. The champion quickly took Zingano down. The challenger tried to wiggle out of danger, but Rousey locked in her patented armbar and it was over.
In case you think I missed something, MMA Talk captured the entire fight on Instagram. Yes, Instagram.
Rousey‘s brilliance and the swiftness of the match left several members of the MMA community in awe. Check out what Fox Sports’ Damon Martin said after the fight:
Per The Los Angeles Times’ Lance Pugmire, Rousey even seemed to surprise herself:
Zingano was supposed to be Rousey‘s toughest test. Maury Povich would say, “And the test revealed that was a lie.” Instead of being pushed to her limit, Rousey set a record with her quick disposal of Zingano, per the UFC’s official Twitter account:
How do you know you’ve arrived? When Jada Pinkett Smith comes to congratulate you after a sterling performance, you’re big time.
To pretend that there is a formidable opponent on the horizon for Rousey is a joke. Some believe that Cris “Cyborg” Santos could give Rousey a good fight. At this point, that notion even seems far-fetched. Santos is strong, but is she really much stronger than Zingano? Would she be able to resist Rousey‘s impeccable takedown techniques?
It’s hard to imagine she’d have much more success than Rousey‘s previous 11 opponents.
Simply put, Rousey is the most dominant fighter in the UFC today, and quite possibly in the history of the sport. Fedor Emelianenko had an amazing run, but even the Last Emperor didn’t stand as head and shoulders above his peers as Rousey currently does.
Unless Rousey joins the WWE and the sports entertainment company’s writers decide to have her lose to Paige or A.J. Lee, she may never be defeated.
The woman is simply a machine who has to be seen to be believed. Rousey called out newcomers Holly Holm and Bethe Correia, but no one could blame either of them if they didn’t answer Joe Silva and Dana White‘s calls for the next few months.
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