What a decision I made to ensure that I watched this live. Otherwise won't be able to witness one of the greatest upsets in mma.
I had watched the other two largely unimpressive performance by Holly holms and was pretty sure that she is no match for the ultra aggressive rousey except for one point that I knew Ronda never had - DEFENCE
Even in the bethe fight ronda got hurt by a couple of straight jabs but still she just bulldozed the much smaller bethe.
Here Holly had a clear game plan and executed it well. The more I recollect the fight I could see how similar it was too Jon Jones fighting style. I have always wondered how Jon was able to neutralize all his opponents strengths by maintaining distance and using his legs. Holly was using her side kicks esp the oblique kick as illustrated beautifully here by Jon Jones himself
https://youtu.be/6Lpf1vwr658
Rondas skills as a striker was exposed here. If she isn't able to close the space with her opponent then it's going to be difficult for to fight smarter fighters. Even legendary submission artists like Frank mir and Fabrizio got way better in their stand-up to stay relevant otherwise any decent fighter could figure out a way to neutralize a one trick pony.
Holly is actually a boring mma fighter but Ronda kindof forced this into a knockout. Im not sure how holly would react if Ronda adopts a defensive strategy like her previous two opponents. But it highly unlikely that Ronda would be defensive cause of a single defeat.
Overall a good match and kudos to holly holms for staying classy even after such a big win.
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