Tag: Holly Holm

Video: Rousey Offers Heartfelt Message To Holly Holm During SNL Opening Monologue

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While it may have taken a couple of months, UFC star Ronda Rousey finally congratulated Holly Holm on her victory at UFC 193 in November.

During her opening monologue as host of Saturday Night Live this past Saturday …

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While it may have taken a couple of months, UFC star Ronda Rousey finally congratulated Holly Holm on her victory at UFC 193 in November.

During her opening monologue as host of Saturday Night Live this past Saturday evening, Rousey offered a sincere message of congratulations to Holm, claiming she “deserved to win” the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship at the event in Melbourne, Australia.

“This is the first time I’m talking to my fans since I lost to Holly Holm in November — which by the way was a fight Holly deserved to win,” said Rousey during her SNL appearance. “I just wanted to take a minute and sincerely congratulate her.”

Ronda Rousey Reacts To Holly Holm Loss For First Time On Saturday Night Live

Despite her devastating loss to Holly Holm in her latest bout at November’s UFC 193, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey continued to blaze trails for mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters by becoming the first woman fighter to host Saturday Night Live tonight (Jan. 23, 2016) in the midst of a brutal blizzard in

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Despite her devastating loss to Holly Holm in her latest bout at November’s UFC 193, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey continued to blaze trails for mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters by becoming the first woman fighter to host Saturday Night Live tonight (Jan. 23, 2016) in the midst of a brutal blizzard in New York City.

It was Rousey’s first major public appearance since her second round knockout loss to Holm, and the WMMA megastar wasted no time in addressing the massive elephant in the room early in her opening monologue.

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And what she said may not have been what you thought she might say. Head to the next page to find out what ‘Rowdy’ opened the classic comedy show with….

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Destroyed! The Ten Worst Beatdowns In MMA History

Throughout the comparatively short history of mixed martial arts (MMA), there’ve expectedly been a host of fights that stand out as one-sided beatdowns from one man or woman to another. The bout’s referee stopped some of these fights mercifully, a participant’s corner stopped some, and some went to a decision, but ultimately they all featured

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Throughout the comparatively short history of mixed martial arts (MMA), there’ve expectedly been a host of fights that stand out as one-sided beatdowns from one man or woman to another.

The bout’s referee stopped some of these fights mercifully, a participant’s corner stopped some, and some went to a decision, but ultimately they all featured one-sided results

To be clear, we aren’t talking about one-punch or kick knockouts; those are a defined subset of a different sort. These bouts are just the most devastatingly one-sided contests in MMA history regardless of if they ended with a single knockout blow or not, and the magnitude of the fight was taken into account for judging.

They also not surprisingly feature some of the greatest fighters who’ve truly helped shape thee polished MMA picture we enjoy today.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at the 10 worst beatdowns in MMA history.

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Holly Holm Doesn’t Care If Ronda Rousey Returns To MMA

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm attended the UFC 197 press conference on Wednesday to promote her upcoming title defense against Miesha Tate in the co-main event of UFC 197. During that press conference, Holm had to talk about Ronda Rousey, whom she dominated then knocked out in devastating fashion to win the title at

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UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm attended the UFC 197 press conference on Wednesday to promote her upcoming title defense against Miesha Tate in the co-main event of UFC 197. During that press conference, Holm had to talk about Ronda Rousey, whom she dominated then knocked out in devastating fashion to win the title at UFC 193.

Holm explained that if Rousey wants to come back for a rematch then that’s great or if she doesn’t come back to MMA and stays in Hollywood then that’s great. Either way, Holm is happy for her.

“For me I want to keep fighting and if Ronda wants to come back and that’s her passion — great. If she wants to stay in movies — great,” Holm said on Wednesday at the press conference.

“I think that I would rather meet someone in the cage when they’re passionate about it. I don’t want it to be because they feel like they have to, or it’s expected, or other people are curious about it. It’s Ronda’s life, I want her to do what she wants to do.”

Holm then brought up boxing and how Laila Ali ended her career a lot shorter than people thought she would. Holm believes that Rousey might be in that spot now.

“In my whole boxing career, Laila Ali kind of ended short of what a lot of people thought. They always used to ask me, ‘What do you think about that? I think that she should stick around and prove this and prove that.’ Well, if she doesn’t want to fight, I don’t want to watch her fight,” Holm said. “I don’t want to watch a fighter doing it that’s not passionate about it.

“So if Ronda wants to fight, awesome. If she wants to go onto different avenues of her life, great, whatever.”

Rousey has gone on record by saying that she would be back fighting again, but not until later this year. It’s expected that once Rousey is ready to fight and if Holm is still champion after UFC 197 then the UFC will book the fight.

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VIDEO: Check Out the First Staredowns Between McGregor and Dos Anjos, Holm & Tate


(Like all great artists, McGregor is a man who operates in periods. Picasso had his Blue Period, Dali had his Dada period, and McGregor has clearly entered his “Gay Persian discotheque owner from the 80’s” period.)

And so, it begins.

Following their incredible first round finishes of Jose Aldo and Donald Cerrone, respectfully, featherweight champion Conor McGregor and lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos will do battle at UFC 197 with the latter’s gold on the line. To describe the bout as anything other than “unprecedented” would be an injustice, to say the very least.

In the co-main event of the evening, Holly Holm will get her wish and defend her title against the ever-present top contender Miesha Tate, hoping to become the first female not named Ronda Rousey to defend the bantamweight title in the process. Again, the word “unprecedented” comes to mind.

Earlier today, the first press event for UFC 197 was held, giving both pairs of fighters a chance to lock eyes. Check out the staredowns after the jump.

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(Like all great artists, McGregor is a man who operates in periods. Picasso had his Blue Period, Dali had his Dada period, and McGregor has clearly entered his “Gay Persian discotheque owner from the 80′s” period.)

And so, the wait begins.

Following their incredible first round finishes of Jose Aldo and Donald Cerrone, respectfully, featherweight champion Conor McGregor and lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos will do battle at UFC 197 with the latter’s gold on the line. To describe the bout as anything other than “unprecedented” would be an injustice, to say the very least.

In the co-main event of the evening, Holly Holm will get her wish and defend her title against the ever-present top contender Miesha Tate, hoping to become the first female not named Ronda Rousey to defend the bantamweight title in the process. Again, the word “unprecedented” comes to mind.

Earlier today, the first press event for UFC 197 was held, giving both pairs of fighters a chance to lock eyes. Check out the staredowns after the jump.

As to how both the main eventers see the fight going? Well, Dos Anjos opted for a more straightforward approach, telling MMAFighting that “I will be calm and kick his ass for good. I want to finish him. I want to submit him, actually. Sometimes you knock someone out and the way they go down isn’t nice, but when you submit someone… I want to make him quit, I want him asking me to stop. That’s what I want.”

As for McGregor, well, you might be shocked to learn that he went for the more barbarics approach, stating “I will behead Rafael dos Anjos. I will drag his head through the streets of Rio de Janeiro through a parade of people. It will become a national holiday as well, I would imagine.”

March 5th just got a whooooooole lot longer away.

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UFC 197 Press Conference LIVE At 2 PM EST

With one of the biggest Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events of all-time set to go down when featherweight champ Conor McGregor moves up to meet lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos at March 5’s UFC 197 from Las Vegas, the promotion is ramping up the buzz for the potentially historic with a press conference starting at

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With one of the biggest Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events of all-time set to go down when featherweight champ Conor McGregor moves up to meet lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos at March 5’s UFC 197 from Las Vegas, the promotion is ramping up the buzz for the potentially historic with a press conference starting at 2 p.m. EST today.

Watch the full event featuring McGregor, dos Anjos, women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, her challenger Miesha Tate, and more below:

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