The idea that arguably the most dominant female fighter in MMA history has terrible stand up is ridiculous to me, nothing will change my opinion on that. Nobody is sitting here claiming she's a world class boxer, her stand up is fine is what I said, not bad but not great (her knees are very good and she's very good in the clinch too). It helps that she has a very good chin on her and that she has shown she can take shots. As for the Bethe mention, I used that as an example that Ronda's stand up clearly isn't terrible considering Bethe's main strength is her striking, sure she bullrushed her and overwhelmed her but she still went in there and did what nobody has come close to doing to date and that's go toe to toe with her and knock her out. She outstruck Tate when they fought too. The only person to properly outstrike Rousey to date is former world boxing champion Holly Holm. Is she a great boxer? Of course not. Is it her main strength? Again, of course not.
When you actually look into it there's nothing to back up the argument that her stand up is terrible. Most of her fights have gone the way of her taking down her opponent and submitting them or KO in quick fashion. The only time they haven't is Tate, McMann, Bethe and Holm. She outstruck the first three before getting knocked out by Holm who was a boxer. She's not at a lesser standard in stand up than hardly any female in this division, Rousey finishing fights in devastating fashion with the hip toss/armbar combination seems to mask that for some.
Like I said, many of those playing down the talent of Rousey will go straight back to the excuse of the division being weak if she comes in and destroys Nunes while Nunes will go from being a terrible match up for her to being a 'can'.
When you actually look into it there's nothing to back up the argument that her stand up is terrible. Most of her fights have gone the way of her taking down her opponent and submitting them or KO in quick fashion. The only time they haven't is Tate, McMann, Bethe and Holm. She outstruck the first three before getting knocked out by Holm who was a boxer. She's not at a lesser standard in stand up than hardly any female in this division, Rousey finishing fights in devastating fashion with the hip toss/armbar combination seems to mask that for some.
Like I said, many of those playing down the talent of Rousey will go straight back to the excuse of the division being weak if she comes in and destroys Nunes while Nunes will go from being a terrible match up for her to being a 'can'.
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