Tag: Ronda

MMA: Ronda Rousey Set to Defend Her Title Against Sarah Kaufman This August

Strikeforce champion Ronda Rousey will defend her bantamweight title this summer against former titleholder Sarah Kaufman, and although no official date or venue has been announced, it is being rumored to take place in August. Rousey earned the title b…

Strikeforce champion Ronda Rousey will defend her bantamweight title this summer against former titleholder Sarah Kaufman, and although no official date or venue has been announced, it is being rumored to take place in August. Rousey earned the title back in March with a vicious armbar on (then-champ) Miesha Tate and is now 5-0 in […]

Miesha Tate Details Arm Damage Following Ronda Rousey Fight

Miesha Tate finally detailed the extent of her arm damage by that fight-stopping Ronda Rousey armbar—two months after her unsuccessful defense of her Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title. The following is an excerpt from Mauro Ranallo&#82…

Miesha Tate finally detailed the extent of her arm damage by that fight-stopping Ronda Rousey armbar—two months after her unsuccessful defense of her Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title. The following is an excerpt from Mauro Ranallo’s interview with Tate during the Invicta Fighting Championships on April 28, 2012 (bold letters mine): Ranallo: What was the extent […]

Miesha Tate Finally Confesses Her Arm Got Broken by Ronda Rousey

Miesha Tate finally admitted her arm got damaged by that fight-stopping Ronda Rousey armbar—two months after her unsuccessful defense of her Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title. The following is an excerpt from Mauro Ranallo’s inte…

Miesha Tate finally admitted her arm got damaged by that fight-stopping Ronda Rousey armbar—two months after her unsuccessful defense of her Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title. The following is an excerpt from Mauro Ranallo’s interview with Tate during the Invicta Fighting Championships on April 28, 2012 (bold letters mine): Ranallo: What was the extent of the […]

Ronda Rousey and UFC Stars Take a Swing at Horrible California MMA Legislation

Rob Maysey’s Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Association seems to have been a colossal flop. The organization attempted to bring fighters together to “maximize the influence and earning capacity of its members in the sport of mixed martial arts…

Rob Maysey’s Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Association seems to have been a colossal flop. The organization attempted to bring fighters together to “maximize the influence and earning capacity of its members in the sport of mixed martial arts.” Maysey told me last year that the tyranny of Dana White and Zuffa was holding the fighters […]

Strikeforce’s Ronda Rousey: Loving the Hate and Hating to Love

It certainly feels weird to say this, but I now consider myself a fan of Ronda Rousey. This isn’t the first time I’ve gone from completely loathing a fighter to considering myself a fan, but it’s honestly a very rare occasion for me. …

It certainly feels weird to say this, but I now consider myself a fan of Ronda Rousey. This isn’t the first time I’ve gone from completely loathing a fighter to considering myself a fan, but it’s honestly a very rare occasion for me. The biggest example of this has been my stance on Nick Diaz […]

The Gentle Way Part II: Olympians Ronda Rousey and Rick Hawn Adapt to MMA

Part one of this two part series focusing on Ronda Rousey and the art of judo can be found here. Strikeforce bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey wasn’t the first judo player to make the transition from the mat and the judogi to fingerles…

Part one of this two part series focusing on Ronda Rousey and the art of judo can be found here. Strikeforce bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey wasn’t the first judo player to make the transition from the mat and the judogi to fingerless gloves and the MMA cage. Men like Mitsuyo Maeda and Masahiko Kimura had spent years spreading […]