Edmond Tarverdyan Says ‘It’s All Good’ After Colossal UFC 207 Failure

With the entire MMA world wondering just why people keep paying Edmond Tarverdyan to be their head coach, the Glendale Fighting Club head man surprisingly doesn’t care. In a recent spot with TMZ Sports, Tarverdyan flashed his usual nonchalant attitude about his star pupil Ronda Rousey’s 48-second loss to Amanda Nunes at last weekend’s UFC

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With the entire MMA world wondering just why people keep paying Edmond Tarverdyan to be their head coach, the Glendale Fighting Club head man surprisingly doesn’t care.

In a recent spot with TMZ Sports, Tarverdyan flashed his usual nonchalant attitude about his star pupil Ronda Rousey’s 48-second loss to Amanda Nunes at last weekend’s UFC 207 from Las Vegas. According to Tarverdyan, who was recently hit with identity theft and fraud-related charges and also declared bankruptcy despite driving a Mercedes SUV, things are “all good”:

“It’s all good man, no plans made yet.”

The embattled coach then said he was tuning out all of the massive hate he and Rousey were receiving:

“It doesn’t matter what people say.”

While it may not matter what people say, it does matter what Rousey’s results are in the Octagon, especially if she’s going to continue fighting the best female bantamweight competitors in the world. His response is a direct parallel to the ‘advice’ he gave in Rousey’s corner in between the first and second rounds of her devastating knockout loss to Holly Holm at 2015’s UFC 193, where he said she was “doing great” despite it being clear she was getting severely outclassed in the striking department.

It seems this severe brand of disillusion is a major part of why Rousey has fallen so hard, so fast, but until she’s able to wise up and get with a real MMA team who knows what they’re doing, she probably shouldn’t step back into a MMA cage ever again.

Because even though she’s been knocked out in her last two one-sided fights, things are still “all good” to Coach Edmond.

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Ronda Rousey Finally Speaks After Loss To Amanda Nunes

Ronda Rousey has broken her silence following her TKO loss to Amanda Nunes in the main event of last night’s (Fri., December 30, 2017) UFC 207 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The formerly dominant women’s bantamweight champion released a statement where she thanked her fans and gave some cryptic details about her future to ESPN.com: “I

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Ronda Rousey has broken her silence following her TKO loss to Amanda Nunes in the main event of last night’s (Fri., December 30, 2017) UFC 207 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The formerly dominant women’s bantamweight champion released a statement where she thanked her fans and gave some cryptic details about her future to ESPN.com:

“I want to say thank you to all of my fans who have been there for me in not only the greatest moments but in the most difficult ones. Words cannot convey how much your love and support means to me.

“Returning to not just fighting, but winning, was my entire focus this past year. However, sometimes — even when you prepare and give everything you have and want something so badly — it doesn’t work how you planned. I take pride in seeing how far the women’s division has come in the UFC and commend all the other women who have been part of making this possible, including Amanda.

“I need to take some time to reflect and think about the future. Thank you for believing in me and understanding.”

Rousey didn’t participate in any pre-fight media prior to UFC 207, with her contract for the bout allowing her to do so, and she quickly left the Octagon after her short loss to Nunes last night.

She’s hinted at retirement in the past, telling Ellen DeGeneres her bout versus Nunes was ‘one of the last times’ we would see her fight. That’s never a good statement to hear from a woman heading into a cage to battle the top-ranked fighter in the world, and while it’s easy to pinpoint her mental state now knowing that she lost, it just didn’t appear like she wanted to be fighting all that much at UFC 207.

The belief is that she will retire with nothing left to prove, but many still hold onto the opinion Rousey could bounce back if she would only leave her longtime coach Edmond Tarverdyan for a more successful camp. The Glendale, California-based boxing trainer has fallen under intense scrutiny from many angles, both for supposedly directing Rousey away from the Olympic-level judo which propelled her so many UFC title victories and his oft-criticized style of cornering.

For now, Rousey needs some time to collect her thoughts once again, because few truly know the harsh reality of deciding if you can take on the best fighters in the world any longer.

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Amanda Nunes: Ronda Rousey Will Retire For Sure, She Can’t Take Hits

Mixed martial arts (MMA) may have seen the end of their biggest star in the main event of UFC 207 last night (December 30, 2016) from Las Vegas, where it took only 48 seconds for bulldozing champion Amanda Nunes to send Ronda Rousey’s return packing. After her biggest win, Nunes was all at once celebratory, cautionary,

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Mixed martial arts (MMA) may have seen the end of their biggest star in the main event of UFC 207 last night (December 30, 2016) from Las Vegas, where it took only 48 seconds for bulldozing champion Amanda Nunes to send Ronda Rousey’s return packing.

After her biggest win, Nunes was all at once celebratory, cautionary, and respectful, tweeting out one of many brutal memes, calling out Rousey’s coach Edmond Tarverdyan, and giving thanks for the path Rousey had paved for her and other female fighters.

There’s no doubting Rousey is the most important singular figure in women’s MMA history, and that fact is likely to never change. Nunes acknowledged that in a post-fight interview with FOX Sports, but also agreed the fight was too easy.

‘The Lioness’ believed she would destroy Rousey, so she didn’t let the promotional focus being on the former champ get to her:

Yeah, I know it’s gonna be like that. I’m gonna capitalize and walk away with my belt; I know that. The whole time, the whole time everything the UFC did with the promoting, I know Ronda Rousey’s going down.”

Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas for USA TODAY Sports
Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas for USA TODAY Sports

More importantly, Nunes gave respect for what Rousey had accomplished for women’s MMA, yet remained steadfast in her belief that Rousey would retire because she doesn’t need to fight and can’t take punches:

Yeah, I hug her and then tell her to keep it up, you know? She did a lot for this sport, and be proud, and go do something else, you know? because she don’t need to, like, go through this thing again. I don’t think she need it. She have money; she can stop and go do something else. Yeah, she’s gonna retire after that for sure. I don’t think she wanna take some hit anymore, because she can’t take it. If I give to her the rematch, I don’t think she’s gonna take it.’

As for the meme, which instantly caught fire online, Nunes said she had been waiting for weeks to use, and thought it was funny despite the brutal nature of what could be Rousey’s final fight

“Somebody send that thing to me like two weeks ago. And then I wait for this moment to put that thing. Right when I walk away, I wanted that picture, to post that. Was funny.”

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Social Media Explodes With Brutal Memes Following Ronda Rousey’s Loss

It’s no surprise that former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is receiving a ton of flack for her 48-second TKO loss to Amanda Nunes in the main event of last night’s (Fri., December 30, 2017) UFC 207 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. After all, Rousey showed up looking like a fighter who didn’t truly

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It’s no surprise that former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is receiving a ton of flack for her 48-second TKO loss to Amanda Nunes in the main event of last night’s (Fri., December 30, 2017) UFC 207 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

After all, Rousey showed up looking like a fighter who didn’t truly want to be in there after more than a year off following her knockout loss to Holly Holm, and it was even more concerning that she hadn’t shored some of the glaring areas of deficiency that lead to that first loss.

But with the defeat to Holm now being proved to be more than a fluke, the Internet critics are heaping vitriol upon Rousey and her choice to retain Edmond Tarverdyan as her head coach despite seemingly endless signs to do otherwise. Naturally, the brutal nature of her loss lead to some equally brutal memes being created. The first, ironically enough, was shared by Nunes herself directly after the fight.

Check them out (via FOX Sports):

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RondaSimpsons

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RondaSouth

RondaPunch-Out

 

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Poll: Should Ronda Rousey Dump Edmond Tarverdyan & Return?

The MMA world is in disarray following Ronda Rousey’s 48-second TKO loss to Amanda Nunes (highlights here) in the main event of (Fri., December 30, 2017) UFC 207 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, her second straight stoppage loss. Immediately after the fight, many speculated we had seen the last of Rousey inside the Octagon

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The MMA world is in disarray following Ronda Rousey’s 48-second TKO loss to Amanda Nunes (highlights here) in the main event of (Fri., December 30, 2017) UFC 207 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, her second straight stoppage loss.

Immediately after the fight, many speculated we had seen the last of Rousey inside the Octagon and many more – including Nunes – suggested she should outright retire.

Most believe Rousey’s recent failures can be mostly attributed to her longtime coach Edmond Tarverdyan, who took an Olympic medalist judoka and tried to make her into a boxer facing the most dangerous female strikers in the world. Tarverdyan has been raked over the coals by nearly everyone, most notably by Rousey’s own mother. ‘Rowdy’ seemed to have fallen in love with her hands when she knocked out Bethe Correia to rousing applause at 2015’s UFC 190, but the tables have clearly turned and it’s tough to decipher if her problems could even be fixed.

However, Rousey’s talent didn’t just disappear, and while she’s got nothing left to prove, the ultra-competitive grappler most likely want to go out like she has after the dust settles. If she does ultimately decide to fighting, there’s little doubt she has to dump Tarverdyan and reinvent herself at a new camp, where she could have a possibility at success. She may just be done fighting, however.

What do you think?

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Amanda Nunes vs. Ronda Rousey Full Fight Video Highlights

Over a year since her self-imposed exile following a devastating head kick loss to Holly Holm at 2015’s UFC 193, former women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was looking to recapture gold when she faced much less promoted champion Amanda Nunes in the main event of last night’s (Fri., December 30, 2017) UFC 207 from the T-Mobile Arena

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Over a year since her self-imposed exile following a devastating head kick loss to Holly Holm at 2015’s UFC 193, former women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was looking to recapture gold when she faced much less promoted champion Amanda Nunes in the main event of last night’s (Fri., December 30, 2017) UFC 207 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Unfortunately, her comeback looked to be over before it started, as “The Lioness” took what she considered disrespect and translated it into a monstrous first-round knockout that made “Rowdy” look like she shouldn’t have stepped into the Octagon for her return fight.

It was the kind of win that solidified Nunes as the clear-cut best 135-pound women’s fighter on the planet, and it also called into question Rousey’s fighting future in a big way. For now, watch the full fight video highlights of Nunes’ one-sided win here:

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