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erpowers

(9,350 posts) Sun Aug 2, 2015, 08:23 AM Aug 2015

Is Ronda Rousey Really That Good

Is Ronda Rousey really that good, or are the other UFC female fighters just poor fighters? I realize she had to fight the people put in front of her. Are any really good female fighter being put in front of her? I do not want Rousey to fight a male fighter. I am just asking if she is overrated due to the fact that there are no female fighters as well trained as Rousey.

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Is Ronda Rousey Really That Good (Original Post) erpowers Aug 2015 OP

She's that good and nobody else is close. Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #1

She is a special athlete. bluedigger Aug 2015 #2

She's ****ing amazing Recursion Aug 2015 #3

Aaron Rodgers thinks she's all that...... a kennedy Aug 2015 #4

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

1. She's that good and nobody else is close.

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Sun Aug 2, 2015, 08:30 AM

Aug 2015

The combination of superior stand up and grappling skills is what makes a person a world class mma athlete and she has that. Her mom was a world class judo athlete and roussy herself got a bronze medal in the Olympics.

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)

2. She is a special athlete.

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Sun Aug 2, 2015, 09:39 AM

Aug 2015

I don't follow the sport, but she's got my attention. It's not like they are dragging opponents off the street for her - they train hard for years for this. And get destroyed by Rousey in seconds.