Saturday, November 19, 2011

Ronda Rousey breaks Julia Budd's arm

So in her last Strikeforce match, Ronda Rousey attempted to avoid breaking Sarah D'Allelio's arm by informing the ref that Sarah tapped. Ronda thought she was doing Sarah a favour. So after the tempest in a teapot controversy, Ronda vowed she would never be nice again. If she breaks her opponent's arm, so be it. And I think it was important that Ronda show that she is willing to break an opponent's arm. She has to have that killer instinct. So that's what happened at last night's Strikeforce show. As a kickboxer, Julia Budd's strategy was to use her striking to keep Ronda away. She said something in her interviews about defending an armbar. I'm not sure what that meant but I didn't think it would work. Ronda is way too quick. I don't know what kind of defense there is against that kind of quickness. Julia threw a couple of punches. Ronda ate them but it didn't stop her from rushing Julia into the fence and then tripping her. She got the arm and by the time Julia tapped, her arm was broken. it was over in 39 seconds. There's no method no Ronda's strategy. It's pure quickness followed by imagination. Afterwards, it was cool to see the legendary Judo Gene LaBell in the cage brandishing a stopwatch. That was funny. LaBell is one of Ronda's mentors and got the OK from Roddy Piper to let Ronda use the "Rowdy" nickname. So earlier this week, Ronda said she wants to drop to 135lb and fight Miesha Tate for that title and then have a title vs title match against Cris Cyborg. I reminded Ronda that Sarah Kaufman is already set for the next title shot. So last night she said she wanted to fight Sarah first for a title shot against Miesha. I can assure you that Sarah won't give up the title shot. Ronda could face the winner of that match. Ronda seems to want to fight Miesha for some reason. I don't know who else Strikeforce can find that might be able to push Ronda. The one fighter that I think might be interesting is submission specialist Hitomi Akano. She is trained by Megumi Fujii and has been Megumi's best friend for 20 years. Other than that, I dunno. Is there anyone who can take Ronda Rousey beyond the first minute of round one? Enjoy the match video.

1 comment:

  1. Well, I guess Ronda Rousey got upset after Sarah D'Allelio's controversy. Btw, she will have to find a way not to break the arms of all her future opponents... :-S

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