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Gina Carano Doesn’t Think Now Is Time For Rousey-Tate 3

Former MMA fighter Gina Carano was asked her thoughts on the current state of the women’s bantamweight division in the UFC recently on Twitter.

With Miesha Tate holding the title, some wonder if a third encounter with Ronda Rousey is in store should…

Former MMA fighter Gina Carano was asked her thoughts on the current state of the women’s bantamweight division in the UFC recently on Twitter.

With Miesha Tate holding the title, some wonder if a third encounter with Ronda Rousey is in store should the champion successfully defend her title in July at UFC 200 vs. Amanda Nunes.

There is also the Holly Holm card sitting out there, as the former champion has lost just once – to Tate – and holds the only win over Rousey so far.

And Cris “Cyborg” Justino is set to make her UFC debut this Saturday at UFC 198, possibly adding her name to the talk. Cyborg was the last person to face Carano, besting her in Strikeforce.

I think they are all great fights… Just think they could stand to hold off on another Ronda vs Miesha 3 for a bit. https://t.co/HHoQzfXpfa

— Gina Carano (@ginacarano) May 14, 2016

Former UFC Champ: Ronda Rousey Shouldn’t Be So Sensitive

Some buzz erupted last week when UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate revealed on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that her archrival Ronda Rousey had supposedly blown up on women’s strawweight contender Paige VanZant at a Reebok event after hearing that “12 Gauge” had congratulated Holly Holm for beating her last year. Watch “Cupcake’s” recollection

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Some buzz erupted last week when UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate revealed on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that her archrival Ronda Rousey had supposedly blown up on women’s strawweight contender Paige VanZant at a Reebok event after hearing that “12 Gauge” had congratulated Holly Holm for beating her last year.

Watch “Cupcake’s” recollection of what VanZant, who later confirmed Tate’s words, had to say right here:

The alleged cussing out one of MMA’s darlings (VanZant currently sits as the frontrunner of “Dancing With The Stars”) not surprisingly put Rousey at the forefront of a heap of criticism due to her perceivedly harsh lashing out at VanZant.

One former UFC champion believes that Rousey may need to stop being so sensitive about her loss. All-time great MA legend Randy ‘The Natural’ Couture told TMZ Sports that he had heard the story and Rousey is just touchy:

“I read that story, yeah. Who knows if it’s true? Sounds like it came from Paige through Miesha, and they’re not one to fabricate things like that. You know, sometimes people are sensitive when they lose fights.”

Asked if it wasn’t ordinary to congratulate your opponent after a loss in MMA, Couture said that it was, and that’s why Rousey shouldn’t be making such a huge issue out of hers:

“No, it’s commonplace. You shouldn’t take that sort of thing personal. You get when you lose, and you congratulate the guy that just beat you, so why would it even be an issue? That’s the way we roll in MMA.”

That’s a sentiment that many have echoed about Rousey in the wake of her seeming exile following the loss to Holm, but it was taken to an all-new level when “Rowdy” got just that with VanZant without justification. Is that a reflection of Rousey’s current mental state as her MMA return remains uncertain?

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Cris Cyborg Says She Wasn’t Surprised Holly Holm Turned Down UFC 198 Fight

During a recent media scrum ahead of her Octagon debut against Leslie Smith at UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil this Saturday, Invicta FC Featherweight Champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino spoke about former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm’s decision to turn down a fight against her.

“People say what they want in interviews, but when they get a contract they say other things,” Cyborg said of Holm’s decision. “I think it’s business. She wants to fight for the belt first. She’s coming off a loss and wants to get a win back. I guess that’s her team’s plan.”

Cyborg continued, “She had a fight coming up and asked if she could train with me. She went to my gym and we sparred. It was more like boxing with takedowns. It was cool. She said that I helped her get confident for her fight.”

“They are different fighters,” Cyborg said of Holm and Smith. “Holly Holm was a boxer for a long time and Leslie Smith comes from muay thai. It’s different. Holly is more defensive, while Leslie comes forward.”

Regarding her UFC debut against Smith, Cyborg made it clear that she expects to finish her opponent.

“I always train to fight five rounds, and this is a three-round fight. I have three rounds to finish the fight,” said Cyborg. “Leslie is a good fighter with a big heart. When I heard I was going to fight her I knew it would be good, maybe the fight of the night. She won’t run away, and it’s going to be a great fight.”

Headlined by Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the UFC Heavyweight Championship and featuring Cris Cyborg vs. Leslie Smith, UFC 198 takes place on Saturday, May 14, 2016 from Curitiba, Brazil.

Make sure to join us here at MMANews.com this Saturday for the best UFC 198 live results coverage on the web!

H/T to MMAFighting.com for transcribing the above quotes.

Regarding her UFC debut against Smith, Cyborg made it clear that she expects to finish her opponent.

Headlined by Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the UFC Heavyweight Championship and featuring Cris Cyborg vs. Leslie Smith, UFC 198 takes place on Saturday, May 14, 2016 from Curitiba, Brazil.

Make sure to join us here at MMANews.com this Saturday for the best UFC 198 live results coverage on the web!

H/T to MMAFighting.com for transcribing the above quotes.

Miesha Tate Has Harsh Words For Holly Holm’s Manager

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm continues to deal with what some would call a controversial choice when she decided to trust the word of Lenny Fresquez as her full-time manager when she made the transition from boxing to MMA. In the eyes of some, like UFC President Dana White, Fresquez is vaguely akin to Screech from Saved By The Bell; not

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In the eyes of some, like UFC President Dana White, Fresquez is vaguely akin to Screech from Saved By The Bell; not many people care for him, but he’s always around because he’s friendly with the important people.

Fresquez is no stranger to making headlines, but it’s generally for all the wrong reasons. If you’re wondering why his name is currently ringing a bell, it’s most likely due to his recent verbal tussle with Dana White over his alleged “mismanagement” of Holm’s contract and fight schedule.

Earlier this year, after Holm’s November 2015 decimation of then-champion Ronda Rousey, Fresquez and White experienced some discord over against whom Holm should make her first title defense, Miesha “Cupcake” Tate or a rematch with “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey.

Fresquez, as any competent manager would, wanted what his client wanted; what they thought was best for Holm. They wanted to stay active and take the best, most challenging fight available to keep her sharp for her ‘eventual’ title rematch with “Rowdy.” That, as history shows, happened to be Miesha Tate, which turned out to be a very poor decision.

But as they say, hindsight is always 20/20.

White, on the other hand, wanted what any sane and savvy businessman/promoter would want; for the fighter that dethroned the UFC’s golden queen to await the rematch that would surely turn out to be not only a behemoth moneymaker, but a pre-fight build-up unprecedented by any other blockbuster fight in UFC history. In other words, the company — and both fighters involved — would make a ton of cash.

Unswayed by White’s insistence, Fresquez and Holm opted to stay active and give themselves a good old fashioned warm-up fight against Miesha Tate, a useful practice bout before she “inevitably” stepped back into the cage to defend the title she pried from the ice-cold clutches of Rousey.

Unsurprisingly, “Cupcake” did not take very well to this news, and deservedly so, she aired her frustrations to Joe Rogan while a guest on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, on Thursday (May 5, 2016).

The UFC did not want that fight to happen. Dana flew out to Albuquerque and told them ‘don’t fight Miesha Tate…Ronda’s the money fight.’ They wanted the [Holm vs. Rousey] rematch to be the first [title] defense. And Holly’s manager told him ‘we want Miesha Tate’, Dana said he threw up his hands and was like ‘are you f*cking kidding me, other than Ronda she’s been the baddest for years now and you want to take her lightly? You think you’re just going to walk through her?’ And he [Fresquez] was like ‘yeah we got this, she’s going to be a tune-up fight. He told Dana that I was going to be a tune-up fight…he’s an idiot.”

“Cupcake” was spot on. She submitted “The Preacher’s Daughter” via rear-naked choke late in the fifth round of their co-main event title fight at UFC 196 on March 5, undoubtedly using the motivation provided by Fresquez’s patronizing words to squeeze just a little bit tighter and secure her astonishing victory.

Let this be a lesson to all managers (and fighters) out there, that any fighter skilled and tough enough to make it all the way to the most talent-rich, prestigious organization in the world is not a tune-up fight and should never, ever be taken that lightly.

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The UFC Shouldn’t Be Surprised By Recent Rousey, McGregor Outbursts

It’s no secret that the UFC’s top two undisputed stars may appear to be losing it a bit after two devastating losses in their last two respective bouts. Yet while Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor are currently being heaped with criticism following two different kinds of outbursts, it’s not surprising to understand once one simply

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It’s no secret that the UFC’s top two undisputed stars may appear to be losing it a bit after two devastating losses in their last two respective bouts.

Yet while Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor are currently being heaped with criticism following two different kinds of outbursts, it’s not surprising to understand once one simply takes a look at the insurmountable pressure, media attention, hype, and time-consuming obligations were piled upon their shoulders in mass quantities.

That’s not to make excuses for either one, because as truly polarizing and unique fighters in their own right, they had built a large following of both passionate fans and fervent haters. One side tuned in to see them win emphatically as they always had before, and one side tuned in to for the small chance of hopefully seeing them lose. For a while, that game worked absolutely to perfection as Rousey and McGregor talked themselves up to clearly unattainable levels, and it worked because they backed it up in the Octagon with one seemingly endless stoppage after another.

But occupying that rarified air as a transcendent and one-of-a-kind superstar in the fight game is a tenuous position at best, and all of that came crashing down when Rousey lost to a vicious Holly Holm head kick at UFC 193 and McGregor was submitted by Nate Diaz in a welterweight bout four months later at March 5’s UFC 196.

Both ‘Rowdy’ and ‘Notorious’ stayed the undisputed top two stars in MMA, a backing sentiment to their true drawing power and overall scope, but it would obviously be impossible to say at least one coat of shine hadn’t been stripped away from their sleek sports cars on those nights. They’re still human, after all.

This week, however, it seems as if their somewhat troubling reactions to the losses have the once-confident superstars in the strangest spots of their otherwise spotless careers in the UFC.

Rousey made headlines for supposedly blowing up with a profanity-laced tirade on strawweight Paige VanZant at a Reebok event because she had congratulated on Holm for beating her, something PVZ soon confirmed. McGregor has obviously been embroiled in his drawn-out ‘retirement’ saga that found him pulled out of his UFC 200 main event rematch with Diaz for refusing to attend a press conference.

The drama has been poured on thick by both sides; however, at this point it’s a legitimate question as to whether McGregor should just keep his mouth shut and stay off of social media for now. Case in point, he showed up with an Instagram post of him throwing an uppercut at the UFC 196 open workouts with a caption touting its effectiveness in his bout with Diaz, a true point.

Yet it’s also a bit of clutching at straws, as it was a fight he was later battered and gassed before tapping out to a brutal finishing hold. Diaz walked through his punches that night, and now, it’s starting to appear he also walked through his once-indestructible psyche. McGregor had absolutely no problem doing each and every conference with gusto when he was knocking out much smaller fighters in every bout.

Again, not to take away from his accomplishments, because he’s been nothing but dominant at 145 pounds. But he and his employers may have built him up to an unachievable level that includes the rigorous and eventually exhausting promotional whirlwind it subjected he and Rousey to.

Rousey’s side of the story is a bit different. Read on to the next page to find out why.

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Paige VanZant Confirms Ronda Rousey Blew Up On Her

You know the famous sayings, “girls will be girls” and “adults never really leave high school”? Well, Ronda Rousey single handedly proved those two statements to be true this past month, not including the callow, juvenile manner with which she’s handled her nearly six month old loss at the hands of Holly Holm at UFC 193 in November

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You know the famous sayings, “girls will be girls” and “adults never really leave high school”? Well, Ronda Rousey single handedly proved those two statements to be true this past month, not including the callow, juvenile manner with which she’s handled her nearly six month old loss at the hands of Holly Holm at UFC 193 in November last year.

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate was a guest on Joe Rogan’s podcast today (May 5, 2016), and she revealed a few details from an encounter between Rousey and UFC women’s strawweight contender Paige VanZant that occurred at a Reebok promotional event held by the UFC last week on April 27, 2016.

Here is Tate’s account of the incident, as she explained it to Rogan:

“So Paige was also at that [Reebok] VIP party, and Paige and I have spoke, we’re friendly. Anyway, she came up to me like ‘Miesha Miesha Miesha, I have to tell you this experience I had with Ronda.’ I said ‘Oh, what?’ And she’s [Paige] like ‘Well, we were at a Reebok event just recently, and I was trying to find her [Ronda] so we could get a picture, and the Reebok people were like ‘Don’t ask Ronda for a picture.’ I was like ‘Why?’ They were like ‘Don’t, just stay away from Ronda, don’t ask her for a picture.’ I was like ‘Okay…’.

Tate then described exactly what it was that rubbed the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion the wrong way:

“And I guess Ronda came later that day and seeked her [Paige] out, and just cussed her out. They’ve never really had a conversation either. Paige said ‘I don’t know Ronda other than ‘hi, bye.’ That’s it.’ I guess Ronda came up and was like ‘F*ck you, you fair weathered bitch. How dare you cross me.’ She [Paige] was like ‘Cross you? What are you talking about?’ And she [Rousey] said ‘You congratulated Holly Holm for beating me, so f*ck you, you f*cking fair weathered 115-pound…”. She just went off on Paige.”

Yikes. There may only be one person in the history of the UFC to handle a loss worse than Conor McGregor has right now, and you guessed it, that person is one Ronda Rousey.

Aside from all but falling off the face of the earth, the only inklings we’ve heard from “Rowdy” have been news of her signing multi-picture movie deals with the Lifetime Entertainment network and posting a shadowboxing Instagram video here and there. Other than that, we haven’t been given any information that would lead anyone to believe that she still has that same competitive fire in her that set her on the dominant path she so abruptly left.

Unless, of course, you count this unwarranted outburst that was seemingly triggered by a person simply congratulating Holly Holm, the only woman to defeat and dethrone Rousey, on her flawless performance.

If Ronda can’t handle the absence of all the love and adoration that was thrust upon her while she was on top of the sport, it’s difficult to believe that she’ll be able to handle the long and bumpy road back to the top of the mountain where her lost reverence lives.

It looks like we’ll just have to wait and see, whenever that may be.

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