She wasn’t given much of a chance, but Albuquerque, NM’s Holly Holm absolutely worked previously unbeaten Rhonda Rousey at UFC 193 Saturday night. The former boxing star stopped Rousey with a violent exchange that ended with a lethal kick to the neck area that put the MMA superstar down in the second round, defenseless.
Rousey was bloodied by Holm’s dominant attack and there was never a moment where it looked like she had the upper hand. It was thought that Rousey would get the fight to the mat and dominate, but it was Holm who took Rousey down and was in control throughout.
You will cringe when you see slow-mo video of Holm’s elbows landing on Rousey’s face. The boxing skills of Holm were the trump card and Rousey couldn’t do anything about it. The former champion couldn’t get it into a grappling match and she would have lost that had she been able.
Holly Holm took UFC’s biggest star to school. I often criticize MMA for having a product with random outcomes. Everybody has five losses, there are no truly elite fighters and whatever happens in any given fight, if they fought again the next day, the other fighter would probably win.
That wasn’t the case here. Holly Holm owns Rhonda Rousey any day of the week. They fight 10 times, Holly wins all ten, brutally.
The UFC had such a problem with identifiable stars that it elevated Rousey to the top of its PPV roster and did pretty good business while she rolled over no-hope competition.
Now what, DW?
