On Saturday, November 14th, 2015 Holly Holm and Ronda Rousey climbed in to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage and began what would come to be known as one of the greatest “underdog” matches in the twenty-first century. Everyone knew from the second this fight was scheduled that it would be legendary because going into the fight both amazing women were undefeated. That being said, Ronda Rousey had twelve straight wins, compared to Holly Holm’s lowly nine, in mixed martial arts that is. With both women being undefeated, and no chance for a tie, it set the stage for a fight to be remembered.
Ronda Rousey was very heavily favored to win the fight, known as UFC 193, based on her higher win record and her fighting style. Ronda was
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It could be said that Holly Holm used strategy to beat Ronda. Holly used a SouthPaw (left handed) fighting stance compared to Ronda’s Orthodox (right handed) fighting stance (Sherdog.com, n.d.). With Holly being a lefty it gave her an advantage over Ronda. Holly also has a full inch longer reach than Ronda and is an inch taller than her as well. Refer to Figure 1 to see the full statistics of these two incredible women and one can see that the two women are fairly evenly matched with a slight advantage to Holm. Critics talked about Holm’s possible advantages in an article by Sherdog.com: “Holm’s length, size, and striking ability could very well drag (Ronda) into deeper waters than we are used to seeing Rousey in and may even allow her to steal some rounds” (UFC 193 Statistical Matchup, 2015). The main advantage that Holly had over Ronda was her kickboxing history. Holly’s kickboxing record is unmatched, and it was this kickboxing history that went on the win her the fight.
Along with 33 boxing wins and two world championships Holly Holm also holds the only title for the first combatant, male or female to win world titles in both boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts. This just goes to show how versatile of a fighter Holly Holm really is, even at 35 years of
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Holly, the underdog, was definitely not expected to win, and ended up winning the entire match very quickly, just like David. As Malcom Gladwell explained to us in his article, it was not luck that let David win, it was statistics (How David Beats Goliath). Ronda was more experienced in UFC and had a longer history in mixed martial arts but it was no comparison to the versatile skills that Holly had. This is very similar to Goliath, because Goliath and Ronda might have been extremely favored but it will never change the fact that David and Holly had better skills. David with his distance weapon and Holly with her boxing and kickboxing career. Holly had the odds stacked against her, but the statistics on her
A boxer could try to unify the belt, capturing all the titles of the different organizations, but this is not likely. In the UFC, mixed martial arts ' major organization, there is only one champion for each weight class. So the heavyweight champion is just that, the undisputed heavyweight champion. Granted, there are small MMA organizations, but they are like the minor leagues in baseball. This is where most young MMA fighters get their start.
Holly Holm came into UFC 193 as the underdog, but the preacher's daughter shocked the world as she KO'd Ronda Rousey, who previously had a perfect UFC record.
With her most recent accomplishment as being the first and most current UFC Bantamweight Champion, Rousey is a crossover star that brings a mixture of brute force and head turning beauty to the world of women’s sports. She’s been proclaimed as the worlds most dominant athlete due to her undefeated record in mixed martial arts.
"This is a great matchup between two veteran heavyweights who can show a lot of the younger kids how it's done," said Oscar De La Hoya, president and founder of Golden Boy Promotions. "I'm really looking forward to this one and as far as picking a winner, it's a toss-up."
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Kick boxer Risha is as tough in the ring as she is out. It takes a lot to knock her down.
“ It felt great! And I think I was able to make coach Rouse proud, but I know that I can do better,” he assures me. I catch a glimmer in his eyes that I had not noticed before. I think it is hunger, he really wants that title and is willing to work hard for it. But so is everybody else, whether it is as simple as cheering his name as he crosses the finish line, or coaching him through four years of blood, sweat, and tears to get him where he is today.
Ronda Rousey being undefeated in her career so far was the favorite to win and it made her egotistical. The week before the fight Ronda Rousey’s pride overtook her and said that she would for sure beat Holly Holm; however, when it came to fight night she lost in the second round by knockout. You can also see the other end of the spectrum in this fight. Holly Holm even though she was talked down the whole week before the fight didn’t let her pride overtake her. She remained calm with Ronda after the fight even giving her a hug after the fight as if Ronda never got
Ms. De Los Santos and Ms. Johnson were busy because they were practicing for the next UFC fight. It all started when the famous Ronda Rousey, who was the current rank Champion Women's bantamweight, was intimidated by our, beautiful, strong, absolutely amazing teachers, Ms. Johnson and Ms. De Los Santos. Then this overly courageous fighter actually challenged them to fight her at the next UFC game. Crazy right?
Time limits, protective gloves, banned techniques lists, and many more were added in order for society to accept it and this allowed the UFC to advertise more as a sport instead of a blood-sport. The only problem after the UFC and MMA became legal in many states was attracting attention. In the early days the sport was not profitable due to the ban in almost all U.S states so the original owners sold the company. Dana White, Frank, and Lorenzo Fertitta “…spent $2 million to buy the Ultimate Fighting Championship…” (Anderson). White and the Fertitta brothers were millions in the hole trying to make the company profitable and were ready to sell but, than they came up with the idea of the Ultimate Fighter. The Ultimate Fighter was a reality show where a group of athletes were all put in one house where they would only focus on fighting. This show allowed people to view how the fighters trained and learn the various personalities each athlete had. The finale of this show is what resurrected the sport. The contest between Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar was a “three 5-min. rounds of compelling intensity” ( Chua-Eoan et al.). In this fight both contestants put everything on the line which resulted in a brawl than an actual technical fight. This however attracted viewers for as the fight went on, viewers started tuning in. This Fight is regarded as the most important fight in UFC history (Mannion). This led to
In case you were one of the few MMA fans on the planet that didnt catch last nights UFC event, fellow MMA fanatic Michael Hans has provided some guest commentary for The Punch. His thoughts on UFC 84 (FYI, I wholeheartedly agree with points number 1 and 4):
The only thing in question has been the quality of opponents that hes put down. On the other side of the cage is guy who always puts on a show and has no problem taking the fight to the opposition and brawling it out. If your not a believer, just ask Roger Huerta. Guida has good hands and solid wrestling, but most important, he embraces thewarrior spirit. If theres a fight, hes in the middle of it, making a war out of it and letting it all hang out. I see Guida by decision because hell be too much for Danzig. Danzig will have enough skills to go the distance, but Guida will be just too much for the TUF winner.
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Perhaps Johnson’s most famous title defense was against former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries in 1910. Jeffries had been retired for six years and had refused to fight Johnson before Jeffries retirement. The battle was labeled the “Fight of the Century” with a crowd of over 20,000 in attendance. Johnson’s eventual victory in the 15th round led to riots throughout the country as the last of the “Great White Hopes” had failed to salvage the title.
and won all two of his fights by knockouts. In recent years, in American football there have been more