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Post by jonas0tt0 on Nov 1, 2016 10:04:06 GMT -5
You know what they say about fighters who start talking retirement... it's pretty much already over at that point. "Rousey, who has a chance to regain her title on Dec. 30 against Amanda Nunes at UFC 207, was a guest on Ellen on Tuesday. She broke her relative silence on the issue of what the future has in store when asked how long she was going to stick around the fight game.
"Not that long, I’m wrapping it up," the 29-year old Rousey said. "This is definitely one of my last fights." - www.mmafighting.com/2016/11/1/13486696/ronda-rousey-on-return-this-is-definitely-one-of-my-last-fights
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Post by Tapout on Nov 1, 2016 10:14:43 GMT -5
I need to find the link, but, there is a thread over on the UG that says that one of the contract points of her coming back to fight, is that no reported is allowed to ask her questions about Cyborg. None.
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Post by jonas0tt0 on Nov 1, 2016 10:17:59 GMT -5
I need to find the link, but, there is a thread over on the UG that says that one of the contract points of her coming back to fight, is that no reported is allowed to ask her questions about Cyborg. None. That's fucking stupid. Ronda may be the most mentally weak fighter we've ever seen.
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Post by Tapout on Nov 1, 2016 10:18:58 GMT -5
They aren't even allowed to bring her name up.
Sounds like she knows Nunes is about to light her up, and shes just in this for the payday.
This could get ugly
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Post by Angelo on Nov 1, 2016 10:40:44 GMT -5
This is old news, she was talking about being at the end of her career before the Holly fight. She said before that, win or lose she only has a few fights left before she wants to get onto the next part of her life. She's been in the competitive fight game longer than most fighters, and she's been developing a life outside of it.
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Post by Premier on Nov 1, 2016 10:40:45 GMT -5
Yeah, She probably talked to a financial planner and that guy gave her a number. I bet more or less that number is going to be her payday. One last money fight.
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Post by adamg01 on Nov 1, 2016 11:24:43 GMT -5
If she comes back crushes Nunes, takes the belt and walks out a champ I don't see how anyone can critique her if she has other opportunities. This isn't like Carano, she is coming back after a much worse defeat. Granted she probably makes a lot more money.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 12:23:54 GMT -5
Once someone starts talking like that imo, the end is near. I hope she gets the W and sticks around a bit.
I can't see that Cyborg thing being true. Can the ufc really censor the press' questions to that extreme?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 12:33:41 GMT -5
Good for her. I hate Ronda but don't blame her for wanting to walk away. 30 years old and set for life, why would you fight anymore if your heart isn't in it? I'm glad she came back and even if she gets decimated, at least she showed a little fortitude by getting back in the cage after being squashed...
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Post by Angelo on Nov 1, 2016 13:06:33 GMT -5
Once someone starts talking like that imo, the end is near. I hope she gets the W and sticks around a bit. I can't see that Cyborg thing being true. Can the ufc really censor the press' questions to that extreme? Clinton does it, and she doesn't hold their purse-strings anywhere to the extent that WME does. They do this all the time with the media and their clients.
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Post by jsporty1 on Nov 1, 2016 14:23:37 GMT -5
This shouldn't surprise anyone. She even wrote in her book about wanting to make sure there's something for her beyond fighting. She's been working to make sure she doesn't HAVE to fight any longer than she truly wants to, and that she never has to do it just to get a paycheck. Good for her.
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Post by jonas0tt0 on Nov 1, 2016 14:51:00 GMT -5
This shouldn't surprise anyone. She even wrote in her book about wanting to make sure there's something for her beyond fighting. She's been working to make sure she doesn't HAVE to fight any longer than she truly wants to, and that she never has to do it just to get a paycheck. Good for her. Oh im not suprised. She was proven to be a mentally weak the moment she started promoting her fight with Holly. Ronda gave up on herself and become a do-nothing-bitch. She's going to get her face punched in at 207 and will probably never be seen again. RIP
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 16:48:21 GMT -5
Weak.
I really feel that she realizes that there's legitimate threats out there for her now and she wants no part of it but I at least give her credit for accepting the Nunes fight, which I think she realizes she may not win (I think she's going to get DESTROYED).
I mean if I were her I wouldn't announce that this might be my last fight now, I'd wait until after the Nunes fight and THEN win or lose, announce my decision.
Sure, it could be considered a smart move financially and of course her legacy is cemented and she deserves respect, but there are fighters who continue regardless of the challenges and those who don't and she's the latter.
She had no problems continuing to fight when she could land armbar after armbar but the second she got knocked out she wants to retire.
I wouldn't take such an issue with it if she hadn't been such a bully the entire time, ESPECIALLY to Tate, and even despite Tate never getting to beat her, I feel Tate's beating Holm was a little bit of revenge, despite it being an indirect form of it.
Tate on the other hand, is IMO deserving of MUCH more respect than Ronda: she has had several very bad losses, but has continued, won the belt, lost it, and she's STILL fighting.
But she never got to be the little media darling that Rousey did, even despite her being the more legit fighter in my eyes.
Ronda is the classic front runner: can dish out a beating both physically, verbally and mentally, but if someone else comes along and dishes it out she wants to leave the scene.
There's been scores of them throughout MMA history and scores of the opposite: fighters who can both take it and dish it out.
Mentally and emotionally, probably even more than physically, she doesn't want to be involved in a fight.
She wants quick armbars and celebrations.
If she thinks she'll be in for anything other than that, she's out.
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Post by Angelo on Nov 1, 2016 17:14:48 GMT -5
Weak. I really feel that she realizes that there's legitimate threats out there for her now and she wants no part of it but I at least give her credit for accepting the Nunes fight, which I think she realizes she may not win (I think she's going to get DESTROYED). I mean if I were her I wouldn't announce that this might be my last fight now, I'd wait until after the Nunes fight and THEN win or lose, announce my decision. Sure, it could be considered a smart move financially and of course her legacy is cemented and she deserves respect, but there are fighters who continue regardless of the challenges and those who don't and she's the latter. She had no problems continuing to fight when she could land armbar after armbar but the second she got knocked out she wants to retire. I wouldn't take such an issue with it if she hadn't been such a bully the entire time, ESPECIALLY to Tate, and even despite Tate never getting to beat her, I feel Tate's beating Holm was a little bit of revenge, despite it being an indirect form of it. Tate on the other hand, is IMO deserving of MUCH more respect than Ronda: she has had several very bad losses, but has continued, won the belt, lost it, and she's STILL fighting.But she never got to be the little media darling that Rousey did, even despite her being the more legit fighter in my eyes. Ronda is the classic front runner: can dish out a beating both physically, verbally and mentally, but if someone else comes along and dishes it out she wants to leave the scene. There's been scores of them throughout MMA history and scores of the opposite: fighters who can both take it and dish it out. Mentally and emotionally, probably even more than physically, she doesn't want to be involved in a fight. She wants quick armbars and celebrations. If she thinks she'll be in for anything other than that, she's out. Couple things. 1. She was talking about how she didn't have many fights left REGARDLESS of win-loss (well before the Holly fight) because she was getting tired of the competition. 23 years in competitive sports, 18 years in combat sports, and when you start that young it takes a different toll on you. 2. Tate is one of the least respectful women fighters in the game. She's high school cliche, egotistical to the sun, everything handed to her. She does train well but that is it. If there is a big named women MMA fighter that deserves attention and respect more than Rousey.. it would be Zingano. 3. The Holly fight is an outlier on paper. Granted her style (counter-striking which no other fighter she's likely to fight is) could be said to be Rousey's weakness, going into the fight Rousey's personal life was thrown to hell, and had only about 1/4 of her normal training time on top of that due to Zuffa obligations. 4. The board only hates her because she's 3/4 minority + a woman.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 18:35:16 GMT -5
Weak. I really feel that she realizes that there's legitimate threats out there for her now and she wants no part of it but I at least give her credit for accepting the Nunes fight, which I think she realizes she may not win (I think she's going to get DESTROYED). I mean if I were her I wouldn't announce that this might be my last fight now, I'd wait until after the Nunes fight and THEN win or lose, announce my decision. Sure, it could be considered a smart move financially and of course her legacy is cemented and she deserves respect, but there are fighters who continue regardless of the challenges and those who don't and she's the latter. She had no problems continuing to fight when she could land armbar after armbar but the second she got knocked out she wants to retire. I wouldn't take such an issue with it if she hadn't been such a bully the entire time, ESPECIALLY to Tate, and even despite Tate never getting to beat her, I feel Tate's beating Holm was a little bit of revenge, despite it being an indirect form of it. Tate on the other hand, is IMO deserving of MUCH more respect than Ronda: she has had several very bad losses, but has continued, won the belt, lost it, and she's STILL fighting.But she never got to be the little media darling that Rousey did, even despite her being the more legit fighter in my eyes. Ronda is the classic front runner: can dish out a beating both physically, verbally and mentally, but if someone else comes along and dishes it out she wants to leave the scene. There's been scores of them throughout MMA history and scores of the opposite: fighters who can both take it and dish it out. Mentally and emotionally, probably even more than physically, she doesn't want to be involved in a fight. She wants quick armbars and celebrations. If she thinks she'll be in for anything other than that, she's out. Couple things. 1. She was talking about how she didn't have many fights left REGARDLESS of win-loss (well before the Holly fight) because she was getting tired of the competition. 23 years in competitive sports, 18 years in combat sports, and when you start that young it takes a different toll on you. 2. Tate is one of the least respectful women fighters in the game. She's high school cliche, egotistical to the sun, everything handed to her. She does train well but that is it. If there is a big named women MMA fighter that deserves attention and respect more than Rousey.. it would be Zingano. 3. The Holly fight is an outlier on paper. Granted her style (counter-striking which no other fighter she's likely to fight is) could be said to be Rousey's weakness, going into the fight Rousey's personal life was thrown to hell, and had only about 1/4 of her normal training time on top of that due to Zuffa obligations. 4. The board only hates her because she's 3/4 minority + a woman. 1. Why did she say she was getting tired of the competition? Tired of competing PERIOD? And was this before her loss to Holly? If it was, I'll give her SOME credit there. Of course competing and training that long would take a MASSIVE toll on anyone. I just find it questionable that she didn't REALLY start sounding like she was going to retire till after the loss to Holm. She may have mentioned it before, but we all saw a change in her demeanor after losing to her, which is of course understandable. Couple that with the fact that she was calling out Cyborg (and also being called out by her) for YEARS and now doesn't even want to hear her name at all, and that's also questionable. 2. I can agree that Tate is also disrespectful, and I guess it was probably about 50/50 with her and Rousey bullying/antagonizing eachother. However, Rousey tends to try to bully MOST fighters she fights doesn't' she?? I mean she got in Holm's face, not sure if she got in Zingano or Carmouche's face, but she was always about acting the part of bully regardless. There are champs who don't act that way, in fact, I'd say most don't. But regardless of who she was fighting, in interviews Rousey generally came off as "holier than thou" with the "I can't lose" demeanor, taken to such an extent it didn't seem confidence so much as lack of confidence. Regardless or Tate being disrespectful, it still IS true that Tate can take the punishment and keep going more than Rousey can. She's had losses just as bad as Rousey's and come back again, but one bad loss spelled Rousey's downfall. 3. She may have had her life thrown to hell, but fighters always go threw shit. The point is, others bounce back and she hasnt'. There has been a long list of fighters in history who were great when they could win without much trouble, yet when they really faced top competition and either lost, or got very hurt in the process of winning, decided to quit. The front runners only want easy wins (like Rousey) whereas IMO the truly TOUGH fighters seem to almost relish the battles and like taking some to give some, Matt Brown style. Tate is closer to a Matt Brown style fighter, whereas Rousey is a little more like Carano, or maybe Lesnar after his few bad losses (without mentioning that he DID finally come back and beat Hunt, which regardless of PEDs, graduates him to a higher class of fighters in my eyes than the Rouseys and Caranos). 4. How is she a minority other than being a woman?? What makes her different from other female fighters? I don't care that she's a woman and I like woman's MMA.
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Post by Angelo on Nov 1, 2016 19:10:40 GMT -5
1. I don't remember the why, Sporty may know. Probably just tired of the lifestyle it means to stay on top compared to other options she has now. She started competitive sports at 6, she went through the Olympics gauntlet while on top of it all having an abusive mother. She called out Cyborg originally saying if Cyborg could make her weight, she'd love to fight her. It wasn't some OH DROP WEIGHT AND FIGHT ME. It was "she's a good fighter if she could make weight she'd be the competition" and it snowballed from there because of fans/media. As for when she started talking retirement, was in the part of her book that she wrote about a year before the Holly fight. 2. Rousey shit-talked 2 fighters. Correria and Tate. Both of them started it though. She was always more interested in the fight, not surprising given her history. Hell even Tate's mother admitted the shit between them is mostly on Tate's side. 3. Yeah fighters have their life thrown to hell, many of them. Hell many of them it made them train harder. to deal with it. The difference is, and nobody was able to pull this off Pre-Conor, she couldn't say no to the Zuffa media requirements which cut her training time down to 1/4 of normal. So 1/4 of the training when most in her situation at the time would have been training maybe 2x as much.... No it isn't like other fighters. 4. She's like half black, a woman, with some south American and Polish thrown in. This forum don't like women unless porn stars, don't like blacks unless named Cornell West, and not many people like polish.
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Post by peAk on Nov 1, 2016 20:13:38 GMT -5
She's giving up fighting to have Travis's babies.
Who can blame her?
Those will be some cute kids.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 20:21:26 GMT -5
God damn it you are stupid Jackel. Rousey is a disrespectfull cunt, she tries to stir shit with Holly as well and Holly was nothing but respectful. She isn't a fucking minority, she is whiter than your pasty ass (oh no, 1/100th black, my bad) and nobody hates her because she is a woman, they hate her because she is a mouthy bitch that gets off on being a pseudo-alpha until she gets her shit pushed in so she contemplates suicide. That is probaby why you have a soft spot for her....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 20:25:11 GMT -5
Oh ues, what a diverse family you fucking moron.
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Post by Angelo on Nov 1, 2016 20:25:39 GMT -5
God damn it you are stupid Jackel. Rousey is a disrespectfull cunt, she tries to stir shit with Holly as well and Holly was nothing but respectful. She isn't a fucking minority, she is whiter than your pasty ass (oh no, 1/100th black, my bad) and nobody hates her because she is a woman, they hate her because she is a mouthy bitch that gets off on being a pseudo-alpha until she gets her shit pushed in so she contemplates suicide. That is probaby why you have a soft spot for her.... How is she disrespectful? She avoided trashtalking anyone till they did first, one telling her to commit suicide, another just being an asshole. The Holly thing came after that drunken incident or whatever. As for minority, you realize that her grandparents are black? This forum lives off of alpha-ness, she isn't mouthy, at least nowhere near 95% of the other fighters.
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Post by TitoOrtizIsAPunk on Nov 1, 2016 20:49:16 GMT -5
She's a bitch! No one even knew her grandparents were knee grows and no one cares. She's a sore winner and an even worse winner... As a matter of fact she gets away with it because she's a woman... The "oh, women have so much emotion, don't expect them to be like the men" yeah, guess it's hard to be a professional when you're a cunt. Conor gave props to Diaz when he won and when he lost, Ronda is allowed to be a sore winner.
Gotta agree with Floyd... You're an idiot
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Post by boboplata on Nov 1, 2016 20:56:58 GMT -5
She's a bitch! No one even knew her grandparents were knee grows and no one cares. She's a sore winner and an even worse winner... As a matter of fact she gets away with it because she's a woman... The "oh, women have so much emotion, don't expect them to be like the men" yeah, guess it's hard to be a professional when you're a cunt. Conor gave props to Diaz when he won and when he lost, Ronda is allowed to be a sore winner. Gotta agree with Floyd... You're an idiot I still think Pena takes the cake. www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/ufc-julianna-pena-women-deserve-to-get-paid-10-times-more-than-the-men-ronda-rousey-100215
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 22:22:27 GMT -5
God damn it you are stupid Jackel. Rousey is a disrespectfull cunt, she tries to stir shit with Holly as well and Holly was nothing but respectful. She isn't a fucking minority, she is whiter than your pasty ass (oh no, 1/100th black, my bad) and nobody hates her because she is a woman, they hate her because she is a mouthy bitch that gets off on being a pseudo-alpha until she gets her shit pushed in so she contemplates suicide. That is probaby why you have a soft spot for her.... How is she disrespectful? She avoided trashtalking anyone till they did first, one telling her to commit suicide, another just being an asshole. The Holly thing came after that drunken incident or whatever. As for minority, you realize that her grandparents are black? This forum lives off of alpha-ness, she isn't mouthy, at least nowhere near 95% of the other fighters. Uh, she tried to disrespect Holly at the weigh in and then called her a fake. Unless you are saying she was drunk at the weigh in. I don't care if her parents are purple, the bitch isn't black or a minority, that is just you talking out of your ass as usual. My great grandparents twice removed were Native American but I don't go around claiming to be a victim of the white man, shit I am darker than she is and have been mistaken for Hispanic several times She has always been a mouthy bitch, she claimed she could beat Cain Valesquez for god's sake, you dumb fuck. I
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Post by daywork on Nov 1, 2016 22:31:33 GMT -5
1. I don't remember the why, Sporty may know. Probably just tired of the lifestyle it means to stay on top compared to other options she has now. She started competitive sports at 6, she went through the Olympics gauntlet while on top of it all having an abusive mother. She called out Cyborg originally saying if Cyborg could make her weight, she'd love to fight her. It wasn't some OH DROP WEIGHT AND FIGHT ME. It was "she's a good fighter if she could make weight she'd be the competition" and it snowballed from there because of fans/media. As for when she started talking retirement, was in the part of her book that she wrote about a year before the Holly fight. 2. Rousey shit-talked 2 fighters. Correria and Tate. Both of them started it though. She was always more interested in the fight, not surprising given her history. Hell even Tate's mother admitted the shit between them is mostly on Tate's side. 3. Yeah fighters have their life thrown to hell, many of them. Hell many of them it made them train harder. to deal with it. The difference is, and nobody was able to pull this off Pre-Conor, she couldn't say no to the Zuffa media requirements which cut her training time down to 1/4 of normal. So 1/4 of the training when most in her situation at the time would have been training maybe 2x as much.... No it isn't like other fighters. 4. She's like half black, a woman, with some south American and Polish thrown in. This forum don't like women unless porn stars, don't like blacks unless named Cornell West, and not many people like polish. 1. Stop trying to make excuses for her. All top athletes have been competing since they were 6. Many had hard upbringing. She absolutely called out Cyborg and said cyborg had to drop the weight. She didn't give Cyborg any respect. She has never said Cyborg was a good fighter. Yes, she started talking about retirement before the Holly fight. But she "wasn't done making history yet". She also said she would like to fight Cyborg as her last fight. I'll bet you $100 she will NEVER fight Cyborg.
2. Ronda shit talks everyone who isn't in her little circle or kissing her ass. She is as fake as a person as her mean mug look.
3. More excuses..
4. LMAO. I don't even know what to say. Ok then
You guys know I can't stand Ronda, never liked her. She'll always be that one trick wonder to me.
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Post by boboplata on Nov 1, 2016 22:44:13 GMT -5
New Ronda on Ellen.
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Post by adamg01 on Nov 2, 2016 5:05:48 GMT -5
Blah blah blah blah! A fighter trash talks her opponents who she is getting ready to fight. Oh the huge manatee, what an awful human being.
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Post by TitoOrtizIsAPunk on Nov 2, 2016 9:30:47 GMT -5
Blah blah blah blah! A fighter trash talks her opponents who she is getting ready to fight. Oh the huge manatee, what an awful human being. It's not the shit talking leading up to the fight... It's the behavior after the fight is over.
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Post by jonas0tt0 on Nov 2, 2016 9:36:55 GMT -5
Blah blah blah blah! A fighter trash talks her opponents who she is getting ready to fight. Oh the huge manatee, what an awful human being. It's not the shit talking leading up to the fight... It's the behavior after the fight is over. Ronda's true colors came out during TUF. She's a cunt /thread
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Post by ocmmafan on Nov 2, 2016 10:54:39 GMT -5
I read her book. She's been a very sore loser here entire life and admits it - she has a similar view as a Diaz where they will convince themselves they won even when they lose. That's off putting and you come off as an asshole. Funny to see dudes applaud a Diaz for doing it but hating on Ronda. As for her "personality"? I would say 95% of it is promotional BS. She went from being a dirt poor, hardcore athlete scraping by to carrying woman's MMA. She fought a LOT and destroyed everyone, did TUF, did movies and sold cards when no one thought a female fighter could become this popular. That's a lot of pressure for a young fighter and she took it all, did it all and carried female MMA. Yeah, she lost like every fighter loses and a year later people are still jumping for joy that she lost. But she's coming back to fight the champion, someone people think is a dominant, monster striker, yet she still gets shit for fighting the #1 in her first fight back? And when she wins, the same haters will talk shit. The haters are irrelevant though in how she will be viewed as a MMA hall of famer.
I do think fight fans are insanely irrational when discussing Ronda. She's supposed to drop her belt to fight a superfight in a higher weight class against a non UFC fighter - it's the dumbest thing ever talked about in fight sports history but carries thread after thread on every MMA board. And after she beats Amanda, those same people will revise history and claim Amanda is not that great. You can count on it. But, just know I will make each of you pussies make your prediction before the Amanda fight.
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Post by jonas0tt0 on Nov 2, 2016 11:03:01 GMT -5
I read her book. She's been a very sore loser here entire life and admits it - she has a similar view as a Diaz where they will convince themselves they won even when they lose. That's off putting and you come off as an asshole. Funny to see dudes applaud a Diaz for doing it but hating on Ronda. As for her "personality"? I would say 95% of it is promotional BS. She went from being a dirt poor, hardcore athlete scraping by to carrying woman's MMA. She fought a LOT and destroyed everyone, did TUF, did movies and sold cards when no one thought a female fighter could become this popular. That's a lot of pressure for a young fighter and she took it all, did it all and carried female MMA. Yeah, she lost like every fighter loses and a year later people are still jumping for joy that she lost. But she's coming back to fight the champion, someone people think is a dominant, monster striker, yet she still gets shit for fighting the #1 in her first fight back? And when she wins, the same haters will talk shit. The haters are irrelevant though in how she will be viewed as a MMA hall of famer. I do think fight fans are insanely irrational when discussing Ronda. She's supposed to drop her belt to fight a superfight in a higher weight class against a non UFC fighter - it's the dumbest thing ever talked about in fight sports history but carries thread after thread on every MMA board. And after she beats Amanda, those same people will revise history and claim Amanda is not that great. You can count on it. But, just know I will make each of you pussies make your prediction before the Amanda fight. ocmmafan and Ronda... sittin' in a tree... K.I.S.S.I.N.G... first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Travis with a baseball bat.
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