Tag: Ronda

Rousey vs. Tate: Arm Bar on Miesha Tate Makes Rowdy Ronda Deserving Champion

Ronda Rousey silenced her legions of doubters in the world of MMA with a rousing victory over Miesha Tate to secure the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title on Saturday. True, “Rowdy” Ronda came into the fight as the heavy favorite …

Ronda Rousey silenced her legions of doubters in the world of MMA with a rousing victory over Miesha Tate to secure the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title on Saturday. True, “Rowdy” Ronda came into the fight as the heavy favorite to take the belt from Tate, who’d retrieved it from Marloes Coenen in July of 2011. […]

Tate vs. Rousey Results: Ronda Rousey Takes Home Yet Another Arm

Five fights, five first round armbar submissions. In her longest fight to date, Ronda Rousey put Miesha Tate into two armbars, the second of which had her arm bending in a way that arms were never meant to bend. In the process, she has become the new S…

Five fights, five first round armbar submissions. In her longest fight to date, Ronda Rousey put Miesha Tate into two armbars, the second of which had her arm bending in a way that arms were never meant to bend. In the process, she has become the new Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion, dominating a fight that […]

Strikeforce Results: Will Ronda Rousey Fight Gina Carano in the Future?

Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey (5-0) proved her nickname to be true when action began in her main-event meeting with bantamweight champion Miesha Tate (12-3) in Columbus, Ohio last evening. Rousey survived an early storm only to throw Tate on her bac…

Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey (5-0) proved her nickname to be true when action began in her main-event meeting with bantamweight champion Miesha Tate (12-3) in Columbus, Ohio last evening. Rousey survived an early storm only to throw Tate on her back and show the world her exceptional judo skills. Once Rousey was able to place Tate […]

Strikeforce Results: Ronda Rousey vs. Meisha Tate Video Highlights

Go here for video highlights of the Strikeforce main event featuring Meisha Tate and Ronda Rousey. The proceedings came to an excruciating halt at 4:27 of the opening stanza, courtesy of Rousey’s trademark armbar submission which hurt the arm of …

Go here for video highlights of the Strikeforce main event featuring Meisha Tate and Ronda Rousey. The proceedings came to an excruciating halt at 4:27 of the opening stanza, courtesy of Rousey’s trademark armbar submission which hurt the arm of “Takedown” Tate, thus handing the 25-year-old “Rowdy” the women’s bantamweight title. Rousey headed into the […]

Ronda Rousey’s Shining Break at Strikeforce

The most anticipated women’s MMA event just answered many questions about the legitimacy of Ronda Rousey, the new Strikeforce bantamweight champion. In traditional Rousey form, the Olympic judo bronze medalist displayed outstanding hip throws, tr…

The most anticipated women’s MMA event just answered many questions about the legitimacy of Ronda Rousey, the new Strikeforce bantamweight champion. In traditional Rousey form, the Olympic judo bronze medalist displayed outstanding hip throws, trips and her famous armbars to secure the victory over reigning Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate. I wish I was there to […]

Tate vs. Rousey: How Ronda Rousey Can Keep Her Title

Now that we all have borne witness to Ronda Rousey’s Olympic dominance in becoming the new Strikeforce 135lb Women’s Champion tonight, we need to take an in-depth look at her next logical opponent in Sarah Kaufman.  Kaufman, a former c…

Now that we all have borne witness to Ronda Rousey’s Olympic dominance in becoming the new Strikeforce 135lb Women’s Champion tonight, we need to take an in-depth look at her next logical opponent in Sarah Kaufman.  Kaufman, a former champ herself, also fought tonight in a bloody victory over Alexis Davis and frankly has the […]