Friday, August 21, 2015

Ronda Rousey is the scariest fighter!

She was already quite fearsome as a marauding armbar-finisher, capable of securing the submission from any position and against any opponent regardless of their preparation in training. With her judo background the grappling aspect was pretty much taken care, you can see what she did against a grappler like Meisha Tate, rag-dolling her in both outings against Rousey. The lingering question was what would she do against a top-quality striker, someone like Holly Holm with her world champion boxing skills or Cat Zingano's formidable attack or the hulkish strength of a Cyborg.

The answer, her striking has caught up to the rest of her already outstanding abilities. We saw it in her latest fight, beating Bethe Correia at her own game with strikes! I don't think there are enough hyperboles for this woman, it's for damn sure that they've all been used up and for go reason, she's that good. Jon Jones is a scary man too and been just as dominant but the thing about Rousey is I'd say she's a more complete fighter than Jones, in all aspects she's heads and shoulders above her peers. Jones proved fallible against Gustafsson (and the specter of drug use) but Rousey is doing it all with gusto, she doesn't spurn the spotlights, the magazine covers, the interviews, the movie roles and still manages to finish fights in spectacular fashion. We're witnessing our MMA GOAT and most won't want to admit it either because she's a woman or because of the so-called inferior quality of opposition in her division but let's face it, she's the best around and no one's gonna ever keep her down.