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Four Reasons Ronda Rousey Needs To Change Camps

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Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey suffered a harrowing knockout loss against Holly Holm at UFC 193, one that sent her in to a tailspin of depression and negative media for the months following. Having lived the life of the most dominant champion in the division’s history, overnight ‘Rowdy’ fell in to a pit of despair that she would not emerge from until last month. It’s important amidst all the criticism over Rousey’s attitude to remember she is human, just like the rest of us.

The persona we see in UFC promo cuts and media sessions is not necessarily an accurate depiction of the real Ronda Rousey, and I feel the circumstances surrounding UFC 193 go much deeper than it appears. The common MMA fan might tell you that she was simply a hype train that got derailed, beating ‘lesser’ competition in a division devoid of real talent. In reality, the women’s 135 pound division needs a boost, that’s true, but this isn’t a tool to take away a champ’s achievements. The loss to Holm leaves one clear message to consider; Ronda Rousey needs to change camps.

Here’s why:

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Improvement, or the illusion of

Rousey came in to the UFC 193 main event intent on destroying Holly Holm in the stand up department, but for some reason was overlooking the former boxing great’s own striking skills. For a fighter like Rousey, only really focusing on boxing for three years, to take on a thorough bred pugilist like ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ head on like that, there’s really something wrong there. Completely abandoning the bread and butter grappling style that got her to the belt in the first place, Rousey was like a lamb to the slaughter, and it was certainly a rough night down under.

Her stand up was always going to look amateur against a great boxer and kickboxer like Holm, but it wasn’t just down to her opponents skill advantage. Everything about Rousey’s stand up was wrong, her footwork, lack of head movement, inability to cut angles or close off her opponent’s movement, her hand position, her range, her lack of head movement. In reality, she had absolutely zero fundamentals, not even the basics, to show Holly Holm that night in Melbourne, Australia. At some point, you have to look at who is training her to use these techniques, who is telling her that this is how you fight.

Which leads quite nicely to the next point.

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Guess Who’ll Be In Vegas Watching Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate Tonight

There will be someone very familiar with the UFC women’s bantamweight title hanging out at UFC 196 tonight. Does anyone else smell an octagon face-off cooking? With all the drama and havoc surrounding the UFC 196 main event between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, it’s easy to forget there’s a pivotal title fight going down

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There will be someone very familiar with the UFC women’s bantamweight title hanging out at UFC 196 tonight. Does anyone else smell an octagon face-off cooking?

With all the drama and havoc surrounding the UFC 196 main event between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, it’s easy to forget there’s a pivotal title fight going down in the co-main event. UFC women’s bantamweight queen Holly Holm will look to make the first defense of her title against Miesha Tate in the role of second fiddle for the event. ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ bashed the living daylights out of Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 last November, marking her territory at the top of the division in doing so.

In Miesha Tate, Holm faces a gritty ex-title challenger who’s come on leaps and bounds in her last four fights, since losing to Rousey at UFC 168. ‘Cupcake’ has put together an impressive win streak including the scalps of Rin Nakai, Sara McMann, Liz Carmouche and Jessica Eye. Any doubts about Holm’s legitimacy or ‘Cupcake’s’ place in the division will surely be cleared up tonight. But that’s not all, the ex-boss of the bantamweight ladies Ronda Rousey could make an octagon entrance tonight.

After going in to hiding following her colossal loss to Holly Holm in Australia, Ronda Rousey re-emerged but in a very toned down version of her former brash self. It seems as though acting roles were what lay immediately ahead for ‘Rowdy,’ and she’s even been refusing to answer questions about fighting during interviews lately. Now the word is that Rousey will be appearing at UFC 196 to watch Holly Holm and Miesha Tate settle their beef, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Bear in mind that the venue has 50 foot screens where they’ll be showing replays of Holm’s head kick KO against Rousey.

The news comes via Jim Edwards on Twitter:

I understand that @RondaRousey will be in attendance tomorrow night to watch @HollyHolm vs @MieshaTate #UFC196

— Jim Edwards (@MMA_Jim) 5 March 2016

This could be seen as a big step forward for Rousey’s fighting future. Octagon face off with the winner of Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate?

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Ronda Rousey Says She’s Still Undefeated, Here’s Holly Holm’s Reaction

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm reacts to Ronda Rousey’s recent declaration that she’s still undefeated… It wasn’t that long ago that a different undefeated women’s bantamweight champion reigned above the division. Ronda Rousey, credited with being a pioneer of women’s MMA, was described as the most dominant athlete in modern sports. The hype and

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UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm reacts to Ronda Rousey’s recent declaration that she’s still undefeated…

It wasn’t that long ago that a different undefeated women’s bantamweight champion reigned above the division. Ronda Rousey, credited with being a pioneer of women’s MMA, was described as the most dominant athlete in modern sports. The hype and media storm that constantly surrounded ‘Rowdy’ soon came to a crashing halt though, as her crown was toppled by a thudding head kick at UFC 193. The source of the now infamous left boot to Rousey’s nugget was Holly Holm.

The Jackson’s MMA prospect came in to the fight as a sleeper, but left with the most glorious and dominant victory possible. Out striking Rousey throughout, defending the takedowns and throw attempts, and landing one of the greatest highlight reel finishes ever, ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ had arrived.

So much has happened since that time, Rousey has gone in to hiding and come back out, and then most recently she gave a highly emotional and revealing interview to Ellen DeGeneres. Among the hot topics discussed were the feelings of suicide that ‘Rowdy’ experienced after her November 2013 loss in Melbourne, Australia, and also that she still considered herself undefeated. The comments on her status and not counting the loss to Holm seemed to tickle the new champion, not surprisingly.

Skip to page 2 for Holly Holm’s reaction to the comments made by Ronda Rousey…

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