UFC 190 - ROUSEY vs. CORREIA

Haven't Heard Much Talk about this Matchup, on the Site...

Does Correia Stand a Chance or is this Another Blink-and-you-Missed-It Outing for THE Baddest Women on the Planet???...Did Correia Set Herself Up for FAILURE (& Possibly a BROKEN Arm) by Making "Suicide" References???...

Will Rousey's Talk of Administering a PROLONGED Asswhipping, Come Back to HAUNT Her???...

REED'll Definitely Be at Hooter's Saturday Night, Checking this Out...



REEDopcorn:

 

Ronda should win and make it look easy. Anything can happen in MMA, though. Correia winning would be like Matt Serra beating GSP in his prime.

 

GSP had a loss by that point too. Ronda has looked unbeatable so far. It's not exactly the same, but it would be on the same level in terms of shocking upsets no one would have predicted. +850 / -1400 seem like pretty extreme odds for a championship fight.

 

All it takes is the perfect shot on her chin. Not as unlikely as it seems. Upsets happen.

 

One punch KO's are a Haley's Comet type of rarity in women's MMA. On top of that, despite what the UFC promos would make you believe, Correia is not a big puncher. She has 2 TKO's in her career.

I remember Douglas-Tyson so I know nothing is impossible but Vegas has this one right with Rousey as a -1300 favorite.

Consider these facts:

Until her first MMA bout, Correia had zero competitive athletic experience
Correia only has 3 UFC fights and arguably lost her first one against lightly regarded Julie Kedzie (split decision)
Despite the shallow talent pool, Correia doesn't have a win against a top 15 opponent


The personal animosity and the fight being in Rio makes it interesting, but unless Rousey pulls a Tokyo Tyson, she should school Bethe.

 

Dont you think Ronda will easily control where the fight takes place? I'd be shocked if Bethe can stop Ronda from tossing her around. You can't develop a defense for Ronda's level of judo in the 4 short years Correia has been training MMA.

 

I hope Ronda wins easily a few more times, retires from fighting to make movies, and is remembered as the greatest of all time in women's MMA. It would be nice to see her go out on top as an undefeated fighter. It's possible, just not likely.

 

I don't think she's the one to beat Ronda, at least not in the near future. Cyborg looks like Ronda's toughest test at the moment.

 

Tate WILL NEVER beat Rousey. NEVER!

 

It takes her 1 or 2 rounds to figure out scrubs (everybody is compared to Rousey). So didn't come close to figuring out Rousey in the 5 rounds she had so far. She could prevent the armbar for 2 and a half rounds in one fight, that alone is impressive, but she will be busy doing that in the rounds to come and that will prevent her from winning any of them.

 

They Could Fight 100 Times and Meisha Tate Would NEVER Be Victorious Over Ronda Rousey...




REED:hammert:

 

135 is such a crappy division. Ronda should go to 115 and get murdered by JJ.

 

I hope Tate fucks her up. She's such a cute scrapper.

 

I kind of respect your fight picks so that's why your take on Tate confuses me so much. You and I have debated whether "stunned" was the right description of Meisha's shot to Rousey's chin. For the sake of argument, I'll concede that point.

With that as the backdrop, I am curious what makes you think Tate's power has improved since the Rousey fight. She's had 4 fights since and all ended in decision. She never really hurt Carmouche, McMann or the very unheralded Japanese chick she fought on the Hunt-Nelson undercard.

Additionally, given their respective room for improvement, my guess would be that Rousey has probably improved on the same or higher pace than Tate over the period since their last fight. I think this is especially true when you look at power.

Rousey's power, and striking in general, has improved to the point that she knocked a very durable veteran like Alexis Davis absolutely senseless with a single punch. As I mentioned in a previous post, you rarely see female fighters hurt like that. Davis was wrestling with the ref completely unaware of her surroundings for a full 2 minutes after the punch landed. I'm not sure Rousey isn't the bigger puncher between her and Tate.

Finally, you can't really improve history and heart. The history shows us that Rousey absolutely destroyed Tate in 2 previous fights. That is a huge mental block to get over. And you or she can try to convince people that she was competitive with Rousey because she survived to the 3rd round, but that's false. Rousey beat her down and clearly won every minute of every round. And you absolutely can't deny that Rousey mentally broke Meisha in their second fight. The thing that's worse than a 14 second arm bar loss is a loss in which you get mentally destroyed. Meisha did. All the hype and all the pressure and Meisha broke. Tough to overcome that.

 

Based on their 2 Bouts Together, there's ZERO Evidence to Support This...





REED:hammert:

 

THIS...

Along w/All You've Said, Rousey's a Naturally BIGGER, STRONGER Woman...She Tosses Meisha Around like REED's 16 Year Does to his 11 Year Old...Tate CAN'T Cope w/Ronda on the Ground and LACKS the Strength and Power to Keep Ronda OFF of her Standing...





REED:hammert:

 

Has the UFC ever given someone a 4th fight against an opponent who beat them 3 times convincingly? This is probably Miesha's last chance at Ronda, assuming Ronda wins this weekend.