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SAN JOSE, Calif. - The "rock star" is returning.  Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is expected to return in late summer at a currently unannounced card, likely in August. Rousey, who's quickly become on of the sport's biggest stars, is expected to defend her title against former champ Sarah Kaufman at the Showtime-televised event.

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During every media event leading up to UFC on FOX, I watched fans clubbing each other over the heads with their iPhones to meet Ronda Rousey and snap photos with her. No other athlete/celebrity in attendance got as much attention as she did. Ronda Rousey doesn’t have the luxury of hiding now that the entire world wants to hang out with her. We don’t blame people for wanting to chill with her... We chill with Ronda Rousey all the time… She’s cool. If she gives you the chance to hold her luggage or buy her a latte, we suggest you jump on the opportunity immediately. You could then hop on Facebook and tell all your friends you just did something awesome for Ronda Rousey, and in return, she doesn’t hate you like the dude below. Today, we learn that Ronda has some 'old friends' that have suddenly resumed interest in hanging out with her only because you guys have made her famous. Through the power of her Instagram account, we can learn the importance of calling a woman back.

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Before you watch this video, just take note that I found the next submission Ronda Rousey is going to pull. If you want a sneak preview of it, you can check it out here before you witness it live in her next fight. Once it goes down, don't say I didn't warn you. You can still say I didn't warn you, but my God would you be lying. Over a year ago, we wrote an article about someone out of Santa Monica, CA absolutely clowning chicks with her judo skills on the amateur circuit. We finally grabbed video of her third amateur fight which was in the form of a small highlight on HDNet's Inside MMA. She finished the bout in twenty-four seconds with an armbar. After the fight, I sat in my office and engaged in some highly intellectual thinking. Hours later, I concluded that if Ronda Rousey was related to Goro from Mortal Kombat, humanity would be screwed. No one on this planet would have any arms left. Wu-Tang Clan could never tell people to throw their hands in the air like they just didn't care. Everyone would care if they didn't have any arms, and people across the world would be depressed. Ronda Rousey is just as cool as you think she is. If she wasn't, then why else would she rock Anonymous earrings, showing her appreciation for hackers world wide? LayzieTheSavage caught up with Ronda Rousey to ask her if she read MiddleEasy in the past, and this is what she said.

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Strikeforce women's Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey spoke to MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani and they talked about a number of topics, including her increasingly high media profile, being Dana White's favorite female fighter, upcoming challenger Sarah Kaufman, the critics and Marloes Coenen recently calling her out. Here's Ronda talking about Kaufman (transcribed by MMA Mania): "She's like 'Oh, I already had a practice and ran sprints this morning. Ronda, enjoy that belt while you can.' So I was like alright, cool, you wanna play Twitter, bitch? I'm good at this game, I just got a creativity award. BJPenn.com put out Miesha talking about how everything on earth was torn off in her elbow and somebody put with that, 'Don't F- with Ronda Rousey!' So I linked to that and put under it, 'Keep running sprints, that's probably what will help you the most.' She writes back, 'I would rather fight than run,' something really lame and I was like, 'do they give UFC Twitter awards for lamest comeback ever?' She hasn't had a response to that."

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"She's like 'Oh, I already had a practice and ran sprints this morning. Ronda, enjoy that belt while you can.' So I was like alright, cool, you wanna play Twitter, bitch? I'm good at this game, I just got a creativity award. BJPenn.com put out Miesha talking about how everything on earth was torn off in her elbow and somebody put with that, 'Don't F- with Ronda Rousey!' So I linked to that and put under it, 'Keep running sprints, that's probably what will help you the most.' She writes back, 'I would rather fight than run,' something really lame and I was like, 'do they give UFC Twitter awards for lamest comeback ever?' She hasn't had a response to that." Fight or flight? Strikeforce Women's 135-pound Champion Ronda Rousey was not impressed with Sarah Kaufman's recent trash talk on Twitter, advising her to keep those legs in motion as they may be the only thing to save her from the former Olympian's dreaded submission game when they hook 'em up for a championship bout this August at a location to be named. After seeing what happened to Miesha Tate back in March, is anyone giving Kaufman a chance in this late summer title fight?

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There, I said it. Ronda Rousey should headline the next UFC on FOX. It'd obviously take a lot of give and take between Zuffa, Showtime and FOX, but it's certainly not impossible. Given what we know about the sport (it's star-driven), and what FOX needs (bigger names than they got the last time out), there are a lot of good reasons to put Rousey at the top of the card. Let's be clear: Rousey isn't Gina Carano-popular. At least not yet. But her fame is growing by the day as is the intrigue surrounding her career and personal story. Her moving to the UFC for one fight would create all kinds of media buzz and we know she can personally do the promotional heavy lifting. There are other reasons to do it, but we'll discuss that later. Join me at 1 p.m. ET for our weekly live chat to discuss those matters and more. We'll discuss who Urijah Faber should face next, what the abysmal ratings for UFC on FOX 3 mean for MMA and network television, whether UFC and Showtime should work out a deal to let Ronda Rousey headline a UFC on FOX card and whatever you would like to talk about.

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MMA Fighting recently caught up with Strikeforce bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey to discuss all the media attention she's received lately, why Dana White seems to be such a big fan of hers, her upcoming fight against Sarah Kaufman, her response to the critics who said she wasn't ready for all of this and her response to Marloes Coenen recently calling her out.

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According to a report, Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will defend her title against top contender Sarah Kaufman in August.

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Dana White sat down with the media following the UFC on FOX 3 pre-fight press conference to talk about a variety of topics including Ronda Rousey, King Mo, Gilbert Melendez and more. Video via MMA Fighting

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UFC president Dana White met the press after Thursday's UFC on FOX 3 pre-fight press conference, speaking his mind on topics such as Jon Jones going to heavyweight, Ronda Rousey's future, Gilbert Melendez and more.Check out the highlights of the scrum below.

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Miesha Tate did her best to put on a smile and ignore the pain caused by the nasty armbar that Ronda Rousey locked on her during their Strikeforce bantamweight women’s title match earlier this year. While Tate did not suffer any broken bones, she did have severe ligament damage done to her arm. During a [...]

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With the help of our buds over at NeoCell and Throwdown, LayzieTheSavage kidnapped Ronda Rousey and drove her to Stockton, California to train with the Diaz brothers and Gilbert Melendez. Ronda didn't put up much of a fight, since she loves being abducted by guys that have ridiculous three-word names combined into one grammatically incorrect name. Seriously, LayzieTheSavage is a name that should only exist if you were signed to No Limit Records in 1995. LayzieTheSavage creates a cognitive paradox in the sense that it represents two entities that are completely polarized: 'being lazy' and 'being savage.' Perhaps Layzie knew this and wanted to exploit the finer parts of the syntax of grammar, Noam Chomsky style. In reality, Layzie probably thought it was the correct spelling of 'lazy' and just went with it. Either way, he exuded the 'savage' nature of his persona and filmed endless hours of an episodic feature that will be on MiddleEasy appropriately entitled: 'Ronda Rousey's Trip to the 209.' We were going to call 'Road Trippin' with Ronda,' but that's entirely too lame. Check out the teaser for the new show on MiddleEasy and be sure to tune in at some point next week when we release this freshness to the MMA world.

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Number of household items destroyed since I purchased a pair of nunchucks last week: 11. Number of limbs broken since Ronda Rousey has been breaking limbs: 9. Number of fanboy Sherdoggers' hearts broken by Ronda Rousey and Marloes Coenen: 782,096. When we interviewed Marloes Coenen from Amsterdam, our Skype phone ran out of credit. We rushed to throw some money in the account, but we were idiots. Apparently there is a mandatory 15-minute wait before the Skype account is reactivated. We sat there, smacking our foreheads on the verge of a completely failed interview. When the account was reactivated, we called Marloes back and she apologized to us. By some weird, screwed-up universal coincidence, her phone died seconds after our Skype ran out of credit. It was something you would see off a romantic comedy -- except Marloes doesn't like us in that way. When she met us in Chicago prior to her fight against Roxanne Modafferi back in 2009, she actually patted one of our old interviewers on the head, like a Chia pet. In this interview with MMAMania, it's unclear if she there was any head patting involved, but it appears that Marloes Coenen has some choice words for Strikeforce bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey. What it is with Ronda, she's a great judo fighter but what I see with her is the same thing I had in the beginning of my career. I had so much fear in my body that I fought really aggressive and that's the same as with her. Everybody is all "Ohh" and "Ahh" about her and her techniques are really good but I see she's fighting with fear in her heart and she will probably not admit it and won't admit it to herself but I really see the panic. What Ronda does, if I'm correct she has like 50k followers on Twitter and I don't even have 9000 so she has the attention. People want to know stuff about her, want to follow her and that alone will bring a lot of attention to the game. The same goes for Miesha. They have a lot of followers. I'm a different person. They really work with the sexuality and it's not my thing. I know I'm a fighter because the first time I fought Cyborg I didn't give up. The referee stopped it and I really wanted to continue and Cyborg said I was the one that hit the hardest out of all of the girls. Ronda, she dropped and volunteered to go down to 135 because she didn't want to face Cyborg and that says something about your mentality. We're just a couple days away from Marloes Coenen's debut with the all-female promotion, Invicta FC. It's all going to be streamed live on April 28th, so make sure your calendars are cleared and your Palm Pilots are free. Also, if you still have a Palm Pilot then you're definitely on a complex vintage kick that I can't fully comprehend.

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Following the UFC 145 pre-fight press conference, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones took time to answer additional questions from the media including speaking about Ronda Rousey, Greg Jackson and Rashad Evans' ground game.

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Goddamn those Middle Easy bastards. While I'm stuck having to imagine the dirty socks I'm sniffing are Ronda Rousey's, ME's Lazie The Savage is right in the middle of the Rowdy Ronda madness, smelling all sorts of Olympic caliber odors. He accompanied her down to the 209 to train with the Cesar Gracie gang, and we've compiled our favorite pictures from the trip! read more

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Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey takes a turn down the reporter road to interview UFC heavyweight championship contender Alistair Overeem.

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[div class="notice" class2="icon"]The following is from an article on FighterXFashion.com, part of the MiddleEasy Network.[/div] For the guys who love her, and the gals who want to be just like her, here are a few photos to check out from the recent Throwdown Ronda Rousey photoshoot. After watching “Rowdy” Ronda armbar the hell out of Miesha Tate, and take home the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title in the process, Throwdown caught up with the newly crowned champ to snap a few pics. Can’t get enough Ronda Rousey in your life? Check out these three photos featuring the newest face of women’s MMA as she shows off some of the latest styles from the Throwdown fight wear collection, including gloves, compression gear and ladies lifestyle pieces. Ronda.

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More TV show shenanigans where MMA fighters take on totally outclassed competitors. This time it's Jon Jones in Brazil fighting Sensei Nocao's Marinho, who has also taken on Junior Dos Santos and Lyoto Machida in the past. And after the jump, PegsonMMA has dug up Ronda Rousey's appearance on Honoo No Taiikukai, the same show Cris Cyborg and Kyra Gracie were on. Ronda takes on three comedians and tosses them like the trash they are. read more

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A new contest from Gaspari Nutrition could have winners training with the likes of Frankie Edgar, Brian Stann or Ronda Rousey – with a $25,000 prize at the end.

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Last standing Strikeforce Women's 145-pound Champion Cris "Cyborg" Santos, who was suspended following a positive steroid test in December, discusses her time away from the cage, as well as the current state of Women's MMA. Santos also shares her thoughts on newly crowned Women's Bantamweight Champion, Ronda Rousey, and her title winning performance against Miesha Tate.

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The next time Ronda Rousey defends her Strikeforce bantamweight title, she may have developed a new way to mean mug her opponent.

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The Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight division may have a reason to become a little bit more concerned as the champion, Ronda Rousey, is looking to expand her training. The 5-0 Rousey has become known and feared for her brutal armbars, the submission hold she has used to end each of her five professional and three amateur fights, with only one of those fights going past the first minute.  The reason her potential future opponents need to be concerned is the fact that Rousey is going to spend time

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Pat Healy here, checking in once more for the final edition of this chapter of the Bam vs. Wild series. In it I’ll talk a little bit about my fight with Caros Fodor, then update you on where I’ve been and what I’ve been doing since the fight. Caros was a really powerful and strong, compacted puncher, and his ground and pound showed that too. That surprised me, but I probably should have known it after the Justin Wilcox knockout. Still, you never really know what it feels like until you’re in there with an opponent. He was just so compact and stout and could definitely throw some leather. He caught me with a good shot and I got a bit of a head buzz in the first round, but I was never dazed or in danger of the fight getting stopped or close to getting KO’d. Man, that win felt good! I got six stitches after my fight, and I feel like I’m getting to know the doctor pretty well since he stitched me up after the last fight. Feels like we’re building some good rapport. The swelling in my nose has gone down, but it looks pretty crooked, at least a bit more than I’m used to. I took a hard knee in training around five weeks before the fight, and I’m pretty sure I’d broken it then. I had to sit out a lot from sparring, and when I got back into it I had to wear some headgear with a metal bar across the nose to protect it. I don’t know if I did it in training, or if it just got worse in the fight, but it looks pretty crooked and my breathing out of it isn’t very good. The first time I broke my nose was when I was 17, and I’ve never really been able to breathe out of it that well since, but it might be time to get it looked at, so I might go see somebody soon to see what they can tell me. I’ve never had anything done to it. I don’t know what they’ll say. I’m sure I’ve got a deviated septum, as I’ve never been able to breathe out of it properly after that first time it broke. Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate were amazing. They both looked tough, and if there was any question of Ronda being able to go, well, she looked fit and in control enough to go onto the other rounds. She looked very impressive. Miesha impressed me too when she managed to take Ronda’s back in the middle of the round. It was much more than I was expecting, and both of them looked so impressive. You’ve got to think Ronda is right up there with some of the top fighters in the world. I don’t know about “Cyborg” Santos but that fight would be fun. “Cyborg” looks like she’s on a different level, but Ronda is too with her strength and the way she was moving around. I don’t know if that match-up will ever happen, but it’d definitely be cool if it does. However, Sarah Kaufman is next for Ronda. I think Sarah’s hands looked superb, and if she can keep the fight standing I think she’ll do great. That being said, I think Ronda might be a little too much for her on the ground and may get her there if it makes the difference in the fight. Kudos to Alexis Davis too. She definitely won a lot of fans that night on her toughness as far as coming back and giving Kaufman a good beating in the third round. She definitely impressed a lot of people, that’s for sure, myself included. I was thinking about something. You know, I feel I’ve been the underdog every time I’ve gone out there for Strikeforce. From my very first fight, I think Strikeforce brought me in to lose to Bryan Travers because he was a rising star on a good streak. So I’ve felt a bit like they’ve had me against up and comers the whole time, but I’m okay with that you know? I think might make me a “gatekeeper” or whatever you want to call it, but I’m 5-1 in Strikeforce now, and six times I’ve been the underdog. I’ve proved the doubters wrong in every single fight but one. I don’t know what the future holds after this. It’s hard to argue Josh Thomson for the next title shot since he’s already beaten me, but I’d sure like to see what happens. If they feel like I need to fight somebody else I’d be happy to do that again. I’d love a rematch with Josh, especially if they have Gilbert Melendez fight someone else. In that scenario it seems like Josh and I would be the logical fight to make. There have been some rumors of a crossover fight where somebody from the UFC comes and challenges Melendez. I think it would be really good for Strikeforce in general because people still look at us as a “second tier” organization. There is a large segment of “hardcore” fans that still don’t know a lot about us or if we even fight with the same rules as the UFC. It’s something that I get asked quite often actually – “Is Strikeforce the same rules as the UFC?” So I think anything that will bring some star power and eyes on Strikeforce would be good, especially to let people know that we’re legit. A crossover fight would be interesting for sure and I’m excited to see what might come of that. Myself personally, I’m overall a different fighter than I used to be. I’d love if people could look at my career after I went to 155. That was a huge change for me. I think that’s the weight I should’ve been at the whole time. I was lazy and undisciplined with my diet. I would just eat whatever. I didn’t know what to eat or how to eat. I think a lot of it also changed when I moved back to Team Quest. When the IFL crumbled and I moved back to Quest, it really felt like home with coaches and teammates that cared about me. It was there that I really settled in and made some serious choices, like the days I’d start working short days and could get off to practice at 3:00. It was things like making choices not to work long hours and make sure I was in the gym five days a week. It might have been shortly after the first Ryan Ford fight now that I think about it. Back to the present, after my win over Fodor all I was looking forward to after the fight was eating and Chicago, but all I did when I got back to the hotel was have a quick meal and went to bed. I knew I had to get up early to drive to Chicago which I did the next morning with my friend and corner man. However, I definitely ate when I got to Chicago! From the North Side to the South Side to the West Side to everywhere and all different food spots. I definitely became a pig when it came to food. I was in Greek Town, Harold’s Chicken, Giovanni’s, you name it! I hit all the big spots. I wasn’t disappointed on that end of the trip for sure. If they call me for a fight tomorrow, I may definitely be a welterweight again, but hopefully I’ll have plenty of time to get back down before the bout. I also got to see the Chicago Bulls play live and I’ve never sat closer. It was basically front row, but there were a couple of boundaries and a divider in front of that so I guess technically it was the third row? Regardless, it was awesome to be that close. We were right behind the bench, and I was close to give the players some tips if they needed it. Truly, it was good fun. I then drove up to the St. Louis area to visit some of my old friends. It’s actually a town called Collinsville just outside of St. Louis. Anyways, I’ve got some friends from college and one of my regional coaches Steve Berger is still here. I went in and trained and rolled with him. It was great to see how far we’ve both come and to see some of the old guys and see how much they’ve improved. It was great, nearly being five years since the last time we’d gotten together. That’s all from me for this final edition of Bam vs. Wild. Before I go, I’d like to thank A.C.T. Sports Drink and Dr. Steve at Mentaltrainingprogram.com – I worked a lot with him leading up to the fight. He became a good friend and helped me get my mental game ready for the fight, and I look forward to continue working for him in the future. Thanks for Five Ounces of Pain for letting me do this again. I had a lot of fun! Until next time catch up with me on Twitter at @bambamhealy. PHOTO CREDIT – STRIKEFORCE

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Ronda Rousey will soon bare (mostly) all in a new photo shoot. The Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion is expected to be featured in the 2012 edition of ESPN The Magazine's "The Body Issue," multiple sources close to the fighter today told MMAjunkie.com. The issue's release date could not be confirmed, though it could hit stands this fall.

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Strikeforce 135-pound Women's Champion Ronda Rousey is featured in the April 2012 issue of FitnessRX for Women. The name of the feature? "Barbie Breaks Arms." Seriously. More pics of the bone-crunching judo specialist in next month's magazine right here.

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Strikeforce champion Ronda Rousey stops by MMAWeekly Radio on Tuesday along with a special guest appearance by a certain UFC middleweight contender. BAMMA champion Tom Watson also joins the show.

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I can’t be the only one to see the visual similarities between Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and Julia Stiles? Everyone I’ve asked so far tells me I’m crazy but I’m certain there’s something there. I guess even if they do have a similar look, that’s probably the only thing they have in common. For one, Ronda Rousey reads MiddleEasy and creates fractal art. Ok, so Ronda Rousey and Julia Stiles are different people, that much can be said for certain. What we can’t say for certain is how Rousey would fare in a fight with Miesha Tate’s boyfriend Brian Caraway. Could she beat them both up in the same day as she claimed? I guess we’ll probably never know, unless Brian and Meisha bump into Ronda in a movie theatre, are rude to her, and then challenge her to a fight. That’s not just a hypothetical scenario I’ve created, there’s already precedent for it. Check out the video below where Ronda tells Dan Le Batard about the time that really happened. Turns out an Olympic medal in Judo is pretty useful in real life.

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Ronda Rousey still has plenty of challenges to face including Sarah Kaufman, former champion Cris Cyborg, and fellow Olympian Sara McMann.

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Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate put on possibly the biggest fight in women's MMA history recently, but is there enough talent for Rousey to establish a legacy?

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Ronda Rousey in Fitness RX for Women magazine

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(Miesha Tate provides photo evidence her arm isn't a crippled wet noodle hanging gimpily by her side) The unthinkable has happened: I am suffering from RRF, or Ronda Rousey Fatigue. Since she took the title from around Miesha Tate's waist by breaking her arm backwards twice, I've missed out on two opportunities to talk about Ronda: the time Miesha's boyfriend Bryan Caraway helpfully offered to perform dentistry on Ronda's teeth with his fists, and now the back and forth between Tate and Rousey on a rematch. Here's what Tate said: "I, personally, would love the opportunity to have a rematch," Tate protested. "I think at a high level, it takes one mistake. Anyone can make a mistake at any moment and someone's able to capitalize on that."I don't feel that Ronda proved anything other than what she's already (proved) -- that she has one thing that she's great at. Really phenomenal at. But everything else, I could beat her. Give me another shot. I think it was competitive. I think for the most part I was probably winning. And I think at a competitive high level, one day one person could beat the one person, and the other day the other person would beat the other person." It seems somewhat rude to demand a rematch before learning if your arm is going to need surgery from the mangling it just took, but what were you expecting? Chicks to kiss and make up after a fight like that? Here's Ronda's response: It just kind of makes her sound dumb. Everyone knows that I wanted to armbar her, and there was nothing she could do to stop me, even with months of preparation. I think that proves a lot. It's like she's not even looking at the actual situation. I don't know what match she was watching, to really think that. One of those pieces of advice that my mom tells me all the time is, 'Never listen to your own press.' The second I got out of that cage, my coach was already telling me a million things I did wrong. It just seems tome like she must be surrounded by a bunch of "yes men" all the time, saying stuff like, 'Oh yeah, you were winning. You were totally dominating.' If I was her, I would look at that match, look at what I did wrong, and try to fix it next time, and not be like 'I was totally winning before I lost.' One part of women's MMA I didn't really expect was the estrogen fueled hatred certain competitors would have for eachother. Ronda and Miesha are giving Chael and Anderson a run for their money. And just like Chael and Anderson, I can only take so many months of bitchy back-and-forths before I just cants takes no mores.

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The newly crowned women’s Strikeforce bantamweight champion Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey is fast becoming the female version of Chael. P Sonnen, with regards to intriguing soundbites, overt vocalism and outrageous quotes.

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Former Strikeforce women's bantamweight titleholder Sarah Kaufman plans to return the belt to Canada when she faces champion Ronda Rousey later this year.

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No arm, no foul. Former Strikeforce women's champion (135 pounds) Miesha Tate is getting back to her normal everyday activities less than two weeks after a grisly submission loss to Ronda Rousey under the Strikeforce banner on March 3, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. To see the "before" picture click here. "Takedown" came up short in her bid to defend her hard-earned strap; however, she's already on the road to recovery and hoping to get a chance to avenge her loss somewhere in the very near future. But she may have to get in line behind Sarah Kaufman. More pics of Tate's arm, courtesy of @MieshaTate (follow her by clicking here) after the jump. For a more detailed recap on the fight between Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey click here and for complete Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" results and detailed blow-by-blow commentary of the televised main card fights click here. To see a pic of the Tate arm break click here and to hear Rousey detail how she did it click here.

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Get this: Before having her arm nearly ripped off by Ronda Rousey at Strikeforce this past March 3 in Columbus, Ohio, Miesha Tate thought she was winning the fight. Really. Click here if you don't believe me. After a bitter war of words and a forehead press at the weigh-ins, the two top 135-pound women met up inside the cage to determine who the better fighter really was. And with her first round armbar finish, "Rowdy" Ronda seemingly answered that question. Definitively. "Takedown" Tate doesn't agree. In fact, she believes "for the most part" she was "probably winning." Not only that, but she thinks Rousey didn't really prove anything we didn't already know, which is that she's really good at tearing people's arms off. When informed of all this, the new Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion responded with a shake of her head and these pointed words: "It just kind of makes her sound dumb," Rousey told Bloody Elbow. "Everyone knows that I wanted to armbar her, and there was nothing she could do to stop me, even with months of preparation. I think that proves a lot. It's like she's not even looking at the actual situation. I don't know what match she was watching, to really think that. One of those pieces of advice that my mom tells me all the time is, 'Never listen to your own press.' The second I got out of that cage, my coach was already telling me a million things I did wrong. It just seems tome like she must be surrounded by a bunch of "yes men" all the time, saying stuff like, 'Oh yeah, you were winning. You were totally dominating.' If I was her, I would look at that match, look at what I did wrong, and try to fix it next time, and not be like 'I was totally winning before I lost.'" It is quite amazing, when you think about it. Rousey literally told Tate she was going to finish her in the first round by armbar and she went out and did just that. What does that prove? Quite a bit, actually. And with Tate's assertion that wrestling trumps judo nine times out of 10, it would seem clear she was either way wrong or Rousey caught her on the right day to get that one win. Thankfully, "Rowdy" is open to a rematch saying "If she wants Rousey vs. Tate 2, then I'll be happy to oblige her." Anyone up for watching these two lethal ladies go at it again?

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On any given Sunday, any NFL football team can beat any other squad. And as the iconic John Madden would bark, "it's why they play the game." Mixed martial arts (MMA) is apparently no different, especially at the highest level of the sport. At least that's how former Strikeforce 135-pound champion Miesha Tate now feels after her tendon-tearing armbar submission loss to Ronda Rousey at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this month. With about 10 days to reflect on the jaw-dropping, arm-snapping loss, "Takedown" today (March 12, 2012) talked to MMAFighting.com about her current physical condition (her arm is still not broken, but could require surgery) and her desire to run it back against "Rowdy" in the near future. In fact, Tate felt that she was winning the championship bout before a "mistake" ultimately cost her the belt and nearly her left arm. What's more, it's her belief that Rousey is a one-trick armbar pony and that she just happened to fall victim to that one trick, which Tate described as "phenomenal." "I, personally, would love the opportunity to have a rematch. I think at a high level, it takes one mistake. Anyone can make a mistake at any moment and someone's able to capitalize on that. I don't feel that Ronda proved anything other than what she's already (proved) -- that she has one thing that she's great at. Really phenomenal at. But everything else, I could beat her. Give me another shot. I think it was competitive. I think for the most part I was probably winning. And I think at a competitive high level, one day one person could beat the one person, and the other day the other person would beat the other person." Since making the transition to full-time professional MMA one year ago, Rousey -- an Olympic-level judo practitioner who took home a bronze medal in the 2008 games in Beijing, China -- has competed five times, winning them all via first round armbar submission. However, none were more meaningful or significant than her most recent over Tate. It's a sensational finish that will likely endure forever on highlight reels and MMA forums everywhere. For now, it appears that Sarah Kaufman has the inside track as Rousey's next opponent. The good news is that with Cristiane Santos mired in a steroids scandal and Gina Carano clomping around another Hollywood movie set, the list of viable contenders to challenge Rousey at the moment is short and sweet. Indeed, Tate will likely get her rematch very soon. And the visions of her arm being twisted like a pretzel will be omnipresent and inescapable. Make no mistake, the footage (see it here) will certainly be used as a marketing tool if and when Tate is healthy and fit to step back inside the cage. A gruesome scene that likely plays out all too often from her memory, putting her at a psychological disadvantage if and when the rematch is booked. Rousey would most certainly be the odds-on favorite on fight night for perhaps many reasons, but certainly that one adds the most weight. But, hey, it's why they play the game. Crazy cats. For everything else you need to know about the bout between Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey check out our complete fight archive right here.

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To get an armbar, a fighter usually has to bring the fight to the ground. Ronda Rousey excels at this, not only because of her judo background, but because Rousey has trained her athleticism to perhaps being the best in women's mixed martial arts and developed her understanding of leverage to a much higher degree than that of her opponents. With that double blessing already in place, Rousey managed to overcome a severe experience deficiency against Miesha Tate and gave us one of the most compelling finishes combat sports followers have seen in a while. An armbar is a lever. In most cases, the fulcrum is the hips of the fighter applying the armbar. The lever action is used to hyperextend the elbow joint, which usually does not lead to broken bones, but rather damaged ligaments, tendons or muscles. Most fighters make clear their submission by tapping physically or verbally before the armbars actually break the elbow joints. Occasionally, a referee will step in if a fighter is being recklessly stubborn and stop the battle before such breaks occur. On other occasions, the action is too quick, the fighters in awkward positions or the referee hangs back too long and we get a snapped arm. Ronda Rousey is perhaps the MMA queen of applying armbars in lightning quick fashion, so her opponents have at times received damaged arms during their bouts. In this Judo Chop, both armbars that Rousey applied in the Strikeforce championship fight will be examined. Miesha Tate escaped the first one with a great display of smarts and toughness and threatened to turn the tide her way afterwards. The second and final armbar came about after Rousey brought Tate back down to the ground and isolated the left arm in stunningly efficient fashion. Grapplers of all shapes, sizes and experience levels can learn from the performances both women gave us in that cage on March 3, 2012. Hit the jump for the Judo Chop technical breakdown The lengthy wait between fight and this breakdown let me stuff this with enough GIFs to stun some browsers. Grappo's GIFs mostly come from the Fightlinker post he created and he graciously made the Iatskevitch roll one to special order. First, I asked Patrick Tenney, the esteemed leader of the Bloody Elbow Grappling Team, a few questions about the armbars Ronda applied in the one round battle: Ben: A couple questions to bounce at you for the Judo Chop - Why is it okay for Ronda to open her knees and cross her feet with that armbar? Wouldn't that give Tate more opportunity to escape? Patrick: So this came up a few times actually in discussion. That was completely fine. The reasoning behind this is that experienced grapplers typically have the wherewithal to keep their knees squeezed while crossing the ankles. The reason inexperienced grapplers are taught the other mechanic is that by crossing your ankles your knees naturally open out unless you actively keep them together (so for a lower level grappler it helps to have one less thing to worry about). She could also have been crossing her ankles in order to prepare different grip breaks utilizing her lower body if her upper body strength couldn't separate the arms. Ben: What other grip breaks are you thinking of? Patrick: Dipping the shin inside the elbow pit of the opposing arm, the pull in using her ankle cross to bring the opposite elbow in to loosen the strength of the grip etc etc. Ben: So in order to escape that type of armbar, what did Tate want to do? We saw her try and roll away from Ronda for a moment there and then seemingly struggle to get her elbow below Ronda's hips. Patrick: They call the roll away a hitchhikers escape because the person escaping points their thumb out (like a hitchhiker) and then rolls out and around the arm. Ronda stopped this by having correct pressure on the legs and perfect arm control. What Miesha needed to do in order to roll out that way, was to roll out with her wrist not controlled. You can actually SEE Ronda check the thumb position to make sure the elbow is in the correct direction.When Ronda bent the arm past her own hips it was already over, that arm was gone. That was just Miesha being too stubborn for her own good; that was past the degree of bend that normal elbows allow. By the way, Ronda, in spreading her knees initially, was trying to apply a little more pressure on the hips and head of Miesha to prevent the initial roll overs, or at least that's what it appears to look like. A video explanation of the hitchhiker's escape (which has many other names, like the "answering the phone" escape and so on) from Dean Lister, a world-renowned grappler and one-time UFC fighter: Look at how Dean insists that the roll over the shoulder begin as the hand is in a certain position and as arm is going down - NOT as it is fully extended and controlled by the opponent. Alright, now to the armbars: After trying to shake free of Rousey for a beat or two, Tate goes for an inside trip from the clinch. Rousey steps back the right foot to use as a pivot to counter-toss Tate to the mat, while keeping that fierce head/arm clinch. As they land, Tate maintains the half guard by clamping down on the right leg of Rousey. While keeping the clinch, Ronda goes for the guard break. She balances precariously for a moment to bring the left foot up onto Tate's clamping thigh and shoves that down and away. The momentary tipsiness of the position is offset a bit by having a grip on the far side of Miesha and having the shoulders flat. Miesha cannot really get up on her side and toss Ronda over. This combination gives Rousey the space to get drive the right knee down to the mat on the same side as the rest of Ronda's body and then the rest of the leg is brought firmly out. The same far-side grip, near-side knee slide principles apply in gi or no-gi submission grappling with the passes that Rodolfo Vieira and so many others have employed to great success. After working to mount again, Ronda sets up the first armbar. She whips the right leg across the face and hugs that arm to her core. That exteded leg is what will keep Miesha down and the hugging allows her to use her entire body's strength against the arm. The left leg is jammed up against the ribs to help immobilize the arm. Note how Tate's elbow is not quite on top of Rousey's crotch. Miesha has managed to get it down just enough and work onto her side in order to eventually escape the armbar. The arm still bends beyond the normal range of motion, yet the subsequent back take and control Miesha exerted on Ronda showed no visible signs of damage or injury to the arm. The nice escape of the first armbar. Rousey tries to turn this now-failed armbar into an ompolota, by rotating to her side and bringing the left leg over the shoulder, but it is too late. Miesha is already coming around the backside and into a far, far better position. The spin backwards prevents the armbar from being re-applied and essentially eliminates the omoplota or triangle alternatives that most submission grapplers like to go for in that sort of situation. Tate obviously spent quite some time figuring out the usual counters to armbars and related attacks during her training camp. From this scramble, Tate would threaten to take Rousey's back for quite some time and it took some creative maneuvering for Ronda to get out. Tate threatened a rear mount for quite a while before Ronda worked her way out with impressive athleticism. Once, the scramble ended, both fighters regained their feet for a brief moment of stand-up. Tate barged forwards with the intent of rearranging Rousey's face. The problem with that head-on attack is that when you do that to a judoka, you will usually get thrown. Yoshihiro Akiyama did a similar thing to Jake Shields at UFC 144. Ronda uses a plain ol' clinch'n'hip toss. If it ain't broke, don't mess with it. Or go ahead and add onto it your own flourishes like completely leaving your feet as to make your opponent take the impact of both bodies landing on the canvas in full. Nastily delicious piece of work. The fall leaves Ronda in a kesa gatame position, which means that there is a brief opportunity for Tate to scramble out, if Ronda does not bring up that left leg. Ronda makes that possibility academic and then swiftly passes guard into a more typical side control position. The Gracie Breakdown by Ryron and Rener does a great job of explaining the guard pass. As the Gracie Breakdown showed briefly, Ronda attacked Miesha's turtle defense in a manner that swiftly and efficiently broke it wide open. There is much more to the technique than they show though. Some graplers know the technique Ronda used as an Iatskevitch roll (named after the very good Russian judoka, Alexander Iatskevitch) and KJ Gould pointed me towards this brilliant breakdown from The Difficult Way blog. As you can see in the beginning of the GIF, Rousey has decided to skip the usual mount position entirely and shoved her leg across Tate's stomach in a position most people recognize as a precursor to a body triangle. However, Rousey comes from a judo background where pinning the opponent and/or getting the armbar is more prioritized and rewarded than getting BJJ or MMA-style control of the back. The foot of the left leg is clamped onto the thigh initially, as Rousey shifts to the side, while balancing on her left arm and head, and shoots her right arm deep into the crook of Tate's left arm. The left leg of Rousey is correctly on top of Tate's head, preventing any sudden movements upwards or outwards. At this point, Ronda wants to roll Miesha onto her back, so she grabs Tate's left leg behind the knee and rolls over her side, dragging Tate's leg over her head. The direction of the drag is important, as the Difficult Way breakdown of the Iatskevitch roll above shows, because otherwise, brute force is needed to flip the opponent completely over their own head. That method can lead to a strong, smart opponent resisting the flip or straightening out their body. Miesha appears to try straightening out a bit in the GIF, perhaps looking to resist the flip. Rousey is strong, yet doing the Iatskevitch roll by dragging Miesha's leg over her own head is much easier and less risky. As the flip occurs, Ronda's right leg slips into place over Miesha's face and when the flip is done, Ronda is in perfect position to pop upright and work for an armbar. The armbar is not immediately available, as Miesha has a grip upon the trapped arm with her other hand and arm. Ronda has to rip the arm free of the double grip and then recline for the armbar. First she gets a truly solid grip on the wrist by putting it in the crook of her own right arm and using the other hand to clinch even more. Rousey sweeps to the right in her fall backwards, which better isolates the arm, by rotating the direction in which Tate's opposing grip muscles need to pull and resist. Once the sweep to the right gets to a certain point, the arm truly pops free and Ronda pulls her legs in, starts to elevate her hips and continues hugging that wrist to her chest in a near-death grip. Miesha reacts a beat too late to start the hitchhiker escape, as the time to do it was when the arm was not fully extended. Miesha wants that hitchhiker escape, which is not happening with the arm fully extended like that. The GIF exaggerates how much time there is to react, but Tate missed the opportunity to get that escape and shifts back in to try in desperation to free her elbow once more. The GIF shows that the elbow is already bent and damaged though. The fight should have been stopped at this point. Once that elbow pops, the fight is over. Unfortunately, neither Tate - hyped up to the gills with adrenaline and competitive fire - nor the referee - completely disregarding his obligation to maintaining fighter safety - stops the fight. Ronda has no choice but to put the exclamation point on the finish by pushing the arm down towards the legs. In most armbar situations, pushing the arm towards the legs allows the usage of the upper thigh/hip corner as a fulcrum to get some sideways leverage on the elbow joint. Most times, the opponent taps before the arm actually wraps around the leg. Once that arm wraps around the leg, Tate finally taps and only then does Mark Matheny, the referee, move in to stop the fight. Take a look at the fine open leg armbar technique displayed by Rousey: Miesha's upper body is immobilized, the wrist is firmly controlled, the hips are elevated and she does nothing more than what is required to have that fight stopped. Another theoretically possible defense for Miesha would have been to take the Vinny Magalhaes approach to the armbar Fabricio Werdum applied upon him in the 2011 ADCC heavyweight final. Basically, Vinny got up on his side - which allows his larger frame to relieve the pressure somewhat - and then employed mystical grappling magic to allow him to tough out a super-gnarly submission being applied by one of the very best grapplers on the planet for several minutes. This "Vinny defense" is not advised for anyone who does not have the high level grappling background that Magalhaes possesses or has not made peace with the possibility of the arm being broken like what happened to Miesha Tate. Seriously, I have no idea how Vinny stayed in that for so long or eventually got out of it. Werdum did not do anything immediately and obviously wrong. That is Benson Henderson level Gumby stuff. Remember, Ronda gives the Look of Doom to anyone in her way. Think the Vinny defense would successfully work on this new champion?

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I'm so bad at math that I was horrified to write this article. I passed algebra by putting a pencil in my hand and writing as many numbers that would fit in the corner of a page. I made it so complex that my teachers would just give me partial credit as an awkward 'Yeah, you got it wrong, but here's a pat on the back' gesture. It worked. By some grace of mathematical improbability, I passed every math course I've enrolled in. I still can't fully understand it, however I cheated like my permanent record depended on it. Remember those things? Permanent records exists to make you believe the rest of the world is real. Just think about that. If I attended school with Ronda Rousey, my desk would be strategically placed next to hers in order to make my homework life much easier. I would also give her my T1-83 calculator so she can install Asteroids and Drug Wars on my device. Our generation ruled school with an iron fist. Complex Magazine caught up with Ronda Rousey a few days ago to see what she does when she's not collecting human arms. Apparently Ronda Rousey digs math so much that she makes fractals in her spare time. I make fractals. They’re like mathematical pictures. My stepdad is actually a rocket scientist, so in his free time, he gave me a fractal program for fun. He showed me how to use it when I was about nine or 10, and I made thousands of fractals. You know how you make a graph, and you see the line on the graph of an equation? If you take that same equation through every single point, it will make a picture. You’re pretty much seeing pictures of different equations that you mesh into each other. You see fractals in nature all the time like nautical shells and stuff like that. They are those things that people look at when they’re tripping on acid, and they’re like, “Oh my God, it’s infinite,” because you can zoom in forever and you an zoom out forever, because it’s a number. It’s infinite. It’s really cool, you can play with the colors and everything. If you go to fractaldomains.com you can go to the galleries and see Ronda’s galleries. Those are a bunch of the fractals that I made when I was younger. I still make them. It’s different. I’m a closet nerd. If you're wondering what skills Ronda Rosey has in the field of the mathematically infinite, then check out these fractals Ronda Rousey created. Yes, Ronda Rousey created all of that stuff. If you feel like zoning out to more of Ronda Rousey's work, check out her page of Fractal Domains. Props to Arkain2K for the find.

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TUF: Cruz vs FaberFIGHT DAY! Tune into @FXNetworks tonight at 9 to watch 16 explosive fights! #TeamFaber  -Urijah Faber ‏This is a must this season. @ufc #TUFLIVE #TeamFaber pic.twitter.com/cWZtcsBr  -Tito Ortiz ‏ New season of TUF live Friday 9pm on FX, should be good http://t.co/QPO4PYc7  http://t.co/RJqfVRCi  -Forrest Griffin ‏ .@UrijahFaber should try taking one of those goofy sandals he's always wearing n slap himself wit em! lockerz.com/s/190753674   -Dominick Cruz ‏ The old T-shirt under the Tank top look...interesting. Trying to 1 up me already. Doubling up on clothing @TheDomin8r  pic.twitter.com/ywKRoeQF  -Urijah Faber ‏ You’re Milking it, Joe. Okay, That was Cheesy. I love dairy.   -Joseph Benavidez ‏ How it’s Done on the Mean Streets of West LinnYou don't choose if we fight, you just choose if it's in the Octagon. You and me, we can step outside and see, who's the winner. -Chael Sonnen ‏ Barry and Miocic vs. Jorgensen? @smiocic stay outta trouble! Ima take care a @HypeOrDie first then ur my 2nd fight at hvy.  -Scott jorgensen ‏ @Scottjorgensen haha sounds good, you do the same! You think I get in trouble? Haha  -Stipe Miocic ‏ @Scottjorgensen BUT IF @smiocic PICS ME UP YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO REACH ME UNLESS U CRAWL UP HIS LEG LIKE A ROACH!!!  -Pat Barry ‏ New Champ Ronda Rousey Impresses and IntimidatesAgreed...RT @dethrone: If Ronda Rousey ever even glances at my arm I'm going to run...  -Benson Henderson ‏ Both @MieshaTate n @RondaRousey r freakn GANGSTER!  -Duane Ludwig OOOOOOMMMMMGGGGG RONDA ROUSEY IS SSSIIIIIICK......ANOTHER ARM TAKIN  -Stephen ThompsonWow!! Great fight ladies!! @MieshaTate @RondaRousey  -Joseph Benavidez ‏ Wow just watched it well done @RondaRousey really well done  -Michael ‏ BispingCongrats to Ronda Rousey  -Nick Diaz ‏ Ronda is the honorary Diaz sister. Great fight  -Cesar Gracie ‏thank you for all the support everybody, I really appreciate it :)  -Ronda Rousey ‏ Right Again, Dana!Flyweights are F-ING awesome!!!  -Dana White ‏ Thanks to all my fans and @ufc i will be back better and stronger and looking forward to the rematch can't wait to get home to seattle!!  -Demetrious Johnson ‏ What a crazy roller coaster of emotions. Thank you to all the people who helped me I love you all. FOTN bonus helps take the sting off a bit  -Ian McCall ‏

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Sorry for the lack of updates today, my body has decided it can't handle this 'light exercise' thing I'm doing and I spent the day in a fever swinging back and forth between shivering cold and burning hot. Michael J Fox may have mastered the art of comedy while shaking, but alas I am no MJF. Heading back to bed, but before I go here's more pics of Ronda Rousey as a kid, lifted from Showtime's touching 'I am a Fighter' video. The video and more pics after the jump read more

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Strikeforce promised us big things for its main event on Saturday night – things like thrills and action and the kind of unbridled intensity that melts flat-screen TVs right off of walls – and what we got when Ronda Rousey clashed with Miesha Tate was all that and more.  Beforehand, we wondered if Rousey could work her seemingly-unstoppable mojo on the champ, her wicked ultra-violence, and we debated if Tate could be the one to derail the barreling freight train.  Then there was a mad four-and-a-half minute scramble, an arm so mangled it redefined the word “yikes!” and we had our answers.  Not since Gina Carano versus Cris “Cyborg” Santos did we give as much of a crap about female MMA, and now we have both a budding superstar and life breathed into a flagging area of the sport.  We have Ronda to thank for that. If God created Eve from one of Adam’s ribs, it was a humerus that went into making Ronda, and the judoka isn’t done paying Him back in the arm-bone currency she feels she owes.  Which is just fine.  Because if you’re a scrub and not worthy of being in the same cage as her, she’ll rip your arm off in under a minute, just as she did to all before her championship turn, and if you’re good – elite even, perhaps one of the best 135-pound femme fatales the sport has to offer – then it’s more about how long you can last before the inevitable, painful dislocation.  It’s that payoff that matters, and thus far we’ve gotten it every cringe-inducing time.  So much so, in fact, that it’s now what makes female MMA so morbidly compelling.  Do you think Deadspin would be devoting digital ink to members of the fairer sex fighting in a cage if it weren’t for those endings, those horrific yet amazingly technical things Ronda does to opponents’ limbs?  No freakin’ way.  But she does so they do, and the sport is better for it. And what of the future of woman’s MMA?  If Rousey is indeed the new standard bearer, who out there is left to legitimately challenge her?  When Cyborg beat Carano from the cage, and ultimately from the sport, there was no one else for the Brazilian, no one else to threaten her or unseat her or even force her to break a sweat (which ushered in the “Great Female MMA Dry Spell”, when a women’s bout on a card moved the needle not at all).  Will the same thing happen again now that Queen Ronda has ascended the throne?  It’s possible.  It’s possible that top contender Sarah Kaufman stands not even a snowball’s chance in Hell against the unstoppable grappling and undeniable armbar that surely awaits.  But the beauty of it all is that with Rousey and her Olympic-level combative skills comes something priceless to the sport in general, something so momentous and historic that, years from now, when we look back upon this time, we’ll be calling this the “Ronda Era” – this being the exact point in time when the bar for a female fighter’s necessary skill level was raised to where it was suddenly became conceivable that, yes, that lady could mess other ladies up, and maybe even mess up a lot of guys too (Bryan Caraway, I’m looking at you).  Just as an athlete from UFC 3 couldn’t hang with those in the mix today, Rousey’s skill, and appurtenant success, means that at a minimum, a fighter will have to a be at least fantastic at fighting now, whether it’s for challenging the champ or even just entertaining us. With that said, maybe the next true challenge to Rousey’s reign will take the form of another Olympian, like Sara McMann, who earned a silver medal in freestyle wrestling and has amassed a spotless 5-0 MMA record.  Or maybe the Strikeforce champ’s nemesis is still competing at the highest levels in judo, or jiu-jitsu, or whatever, and has yet to cross over to mixed martial arts.  Regardless, because of one of the best main events on a Showtime card in a long time, the bar is now higher than it’s ever been.  For that – and the attention and rejuvenation she’s brought – we owe Ronda thanks.  And if you want to keep your arm, I suggest you give it to her.

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Going to be? I think considering the state of women's mixed martial arts (MMA), she's already there. But far be it from me to correct the President of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), who had time to reflect on Ronda Rousey's joint-jamming win over Miesha Tate in the main event of Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" last Saturday night (March 3, 2012) in Columbus. Unfortunately, the brightest stars often burn out the quickest. That's not to suggest the "Rowdy" one doesn't have the skills to keep herself atop the 135-pound division for years to come, but with Cristiane Santos serving a steroid suspension, the only thing that stands between her and an empty nest is an eager little beaver named Sarah Kaufman. The Canadian contender (and former champion) is a fierce competitor in her own right, but it could be difficult to generate enough interest in a Rousey vs. Kaufman fight to give it "star" status. White comments on the future of women's MMA at today's UFC on FOX 3 press conference, after the jump. "I've been saying for a long time about the women's division. There aren't enough good women to create an entire division but every once in awhile you're gonna have these one-off fights between two women who are very, very good and that happened last weekend. It was a great fight, it was a big fight for women's mixed martial arts and I think Ronda Rousey's gonna be a big star." Rousey is 5-0 in her professional career, with all five wins coming by way of first-round armbar submission. Her Olympic background, along with her ability to snap elbows, has given combat sports fans plenty to talk about. But for how long? For a more detailed recap on the fight between Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey click here and for complete Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" results and detailed blow-by-blow commentary of the televised main card fights click here. To see a pic of the Tate submission click here and to here Rousey detail how she did it click here. The latest status on "Takedown's" dislocated elbow here.

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Ronda Rousey had not only gotten in Miesha Tate's head heading into their Strikeforce women's title fight this past Saturday, she had gotten in the head of Tate's boyfriend Bryan Caraway. Caraway took to Twitter on Friday night, having a meltdown about beating up Rousey for challenging her and saying that he would break her arm and "knock her teeth down her throat." Caraway ended up deleting the tweet after significant backlash which saw him say he only meant it "in sports" not that he wanted to beat up a woman. Of course, that didn't exactly make sense with him saying earlier in his meltdown that he doesn't hit women, but Rousey isn't a woman. ...get it? After taking Tate's title (along with her arm), Rousey is now doing the press rounds and while on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Ronda addressed Caraway's tweets: "It's a free country, you can say whatever you want," Rousey said. "He's probably not that smart. I mean, what a way to make yourself look like a retard, to say women can't compete with men on the same level in any sport, and to say he wanted to knock my teeth down my throat. I don't think he needs to be reprimanded because I think anyone that saw that has reprimanded him enough. He's done enough harm on his own making himself look like an idiot that I don't think anyone else needs to step in." Asked about the sentiment behind Caraway's tweet, that she could not compete with a man, Rousey laughed. "Of course I can, dude," she said. "Who is he? You never heard of him if it wasn't for Miesha. He's just some dude. He's not even like a legit fighter. He's just some random guy that likes fighting." Video after the jump... SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey MMA Hour video:

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Ronda Rousey at the Strikeforce post-event press conference: "I'm not wearing short shorts again. That crossed my mind in the middle of the match, and I'm like 'Oh my god! These damn shorts!' And I can't have that in my mind." I dunno, I dug them. And their wardrobe malfunction potential.

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While Miesha Tate has been suspended indefinitely by the Ohio Athletic Commission pending confirmation that her arm wasn't trashed, there's at least a little good news already: “I had X-rays last night,” wrote Tate, in a message to MMAFighting. “No bones are broken, which I already knew. Other than that, I have to get an MRI to find out anything further.” There's still a good chance there was ligament damage and who knows what else. It can't be good to have the same arm snapped backwards twice in the span of five minutes, but I bet Miesha would rather rehab the elbow than try to sleep knowing she punked out of a fight with her nemisis in under a minute. She makes her camp at Team Alpha Male proud and may have just dethroned Urijah Faber as the toughest stud out of the group. You don't see those horrific kinds of armbars often, mainly because 99.9% of the fighter population is smart enough to tap out. Behold the insanity womens' hatred of each other can produce.Ronda Rousey has stolen a lot of the oxygen leading up to and following this event, but now would be a good time to tip our hats to Miesha Tate for taking the fight to Ronda and being such a tough bitch through those armbars. Not only didn't she tap to the first one, she shrugged it off like it was no big deal and kept coming forward. Even when the second was locked up, she refused to tap until her arm went past the 270 degree mark.She also revealed some chinks in Ronda's armor, namely her stand-up. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to keep her distance and ended up on the ground, which is to Ronda as blood-tinged water is to sharks. It will be interesting to see if Sarah Kaufman, who's career is largely built around striking from the outside, will be able to do anything with that knowledge. Someone better exploit that hole soon - who knows how long it will remain open? She looks excited to fight Ronda, doesn't she?

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Ronda Rousey won the Strikeforce 135-pound title last Saturday night (March 3, 2012) at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, submitting Miesha Tate with a grisly armbar in the very first round live on Showtime. It was her fifth straight submission victory within the opening frame, although "Takedown" lasted the longest inside the cage with "Rowdy" than anyone else. Now, Rener and Ryron Gracie are ready to show you how it all went down. For what it's worth, prior to the finish, Tate performed admirably, exchanging punches and even momentarily taking Rousey's back and working for a submission of her own. The former Olympian's top-shelf judo and tosses proved to be just too much, however, as Rousey was able to literally flip the momentum in her favor at just about every turn. For a more detailed recap on the fight between Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey click here and for complete Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" results and detailed blow-by-blow commentary of the televised main card fights click here. To see a pic of the Tate submission click here and to here Rousey detail how she did it click here. The latest status on "Takedown's" dislocated elbow here.

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With her nasty armbar submission victory over Miesha Tate at this weekend's Strikeforce show, new Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey established herself as the clear dominant force in Women's MMA. And for any fan of WMMA, that's an incredibly good thing. Still in it's infancy, WMMA needs a big name in order to draw in fans - it needs a so called "face of women's MMA." In the past, that role was played by Gina Carano, then Cris Cyborg. Now it's Rousey. And Rousey is a perfect candidate to fill that spot - she's an exciting and dangerous fighter. She is highly skilled. She is a charismatic interview subject. Also she's attractive. And let's be honest here - as much as we want that to not be a factor in selling WMMA, at the moment, it is. So is Rousey about to launch WMMA to new heights? I think she is, but it's not just because of her. Gina Carano had all those same attributes along with an intangible star power and she put WMMA on the map. Cyborg ripped Carano's spot away from her and managed to keep things alive despite the loss of the sport's top star. But both women had a severe shortcoming that was out of their control - no opponents. Fans cared about Carano, but her opponents never mattered until Cyborg. For Cybrog, the same was true - once the Carano fight was done, it was hard to get excited about fights with Jan Finney and Hiroko Yamanaka. Every star needs tough opposition to really pull in the fans, and, with the lone exception of the Carano vs. Cybrog fight, that's never been there for WMMA. Until now. More on Rousey vs. Tate: Why Women's MMA Belongs In The UFC Miesha Tate Vs. Ronda Rousey Full Fight Video Highlights Photo: Ronda Rousey Breaks Miesha Tate's Arm Ronda Rousey as champion is not just exciting because of her win over Tate. It's exciting for the future of her run. Take a look at these posible upcoming Rousey fights: Sarah Kaufman - The former champion is on a 3-0 run since losing the belt and looked good on Saturday. With her heavy hands, she represents a unique and exciting challenge for Rousey. Marloes Coenen - Another former champion, Coenen has not competed since losing the belt to Tate last July. She's currently back at 145 pounds and fighting outside of Strikeforce, but could easily be brought back as a viable challenger. Miesha Tate - After the war of words and the bad feelings still clearly present post-fight, there's no doubt a rematch would again draw fans in. Cris Cyborg - She's out until 2012, but imagine if Rousey runs through the division this year, then moves back up to challenge a returning Cyborg. That's a potential major fight if the cards fall into place. For the first time in the history of the sport, WMMA has a dynamic champion, and a list of exciting possible opponents lined up. And for the first time, I can honestly say I am excited to see what the next year of WMMA may hold with Ronda Rousey at the helm. SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey

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As always, Rener and Ryron Gracie has provided us with an excellent and entertaining breakdown of the nasty submission victory from Ronda Rousey, where she dislocated Miesha Tate's arm during their Strikeforce championship bout: There were two beautiful arm bars in the UFC by TJ Waldburger and Daniel Pineda, and then March 3rd comes along and not only does the Ronda Rousey win by arm bar, but she does it in DEVASTATING fashion -- dislocating Miesha Tate's arm in the first round! Ryron and Rener break down the beautiful throw, mount transition setup and finish that Ronda used to seal the deal. Check out the video below, which has bonus footage on the Gracie's take on the classic Helio Gracie vs. Masahiko Kimura showdown from 1951: SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey More coverage of Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey: - Miesha Tate Vs. Ronda Rousey Fight Video Highlights- Photo: Ronda Rousey Breaks Miesha Tate's Arm- Strikeforce: Tate Vs. Rousey Results And Post-Fight Analysis - Ronda Rousey By Armbar

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Who could have guessed the debut of a new UFC division would be overshadowed by a women's title fight, in Strikeforce, no less. But it was, and at least for now, the landscape of mixed martial arts appears to have evolved dramatically. Ronda Rousey's gruesome victory over Miesha Tate was a performance that captivated the MMA community unlike any women's match since 2009, and now "Rowdy" Ronda has become what Gina Carano was supposed to be. Though lets not overstate the situation. WMMA obviously has a long road ahead of it. But with the help of a bona fide star -- a 25-year-old with Olympic pedigree, unquestionable ferocity, and Sonnen-esque skills on the mic -- the horizon suddenly looks a whole lot brighter. Catch up with the entire Rousey-Tate aftermath, as well as the UFC's flyweight tourney fallout with the Morning Report. 5 MUST-READ STORIES Ronda Rousey calls title win 'big deal' for women's MMA. Ronda Rousey spoke to Ariel Helwani about her championship performance over Miesha Tate, her trademark armbar, and what her sudden rise means for women's MMA. And if you missed out, do yourself a favor and check out all the electrifying Strikeforce video highlights. A short list of the most savage armbars in MMA history. Following Rousey's dramatic victory on Saturday night, Ben Thapa put together a GIF-fest of a feature, asking whether we just witnessed the greatest MMA armbar of all time. Strikeforce fighter Brandon Saling in question for Neo-Nazi tattoos and criminal past. Internet detectives discovered the rather unsavory past of Strikeforce undercard fighter Brandon Saling, including Neo-Nazi tattoos and a police charge "in connection with an alleged rape of a person under 13." Ian McCall vs. Demetrious Johnson a ruled a draw. The UFC's flyweight tournament hit a snag when Australian commission representative Craig Waller incorrectly totaled the scores for Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall. According to Dana White, a rematch is currently in the works. Strikeforce: Josh Barnett vs. Daniel Cormier set for May 19. Over a year after its inception, the end is finally in sight for Strikeforce's heavyweight grand prix. MEDIA STEW On August 6, 2010, at a quiet show in Oxnard, California, Ronda Rousey made her MMA debut fighting against Hayden Munoz. I think you know how the story goes from there. If you were spacing out during Friday's UFC on FX 2 broadcast, you probably missed out on this goosebump-inducing Jon Jones promo that had everyone talking. (HT: Middle Easy) And just as we enter the UFC's upcoming six-week vacation, Bellator graciously steps in to fill our violence void. If you weren't excited for Season 6, I dare you to watch this Michael Chandler teaser and not change your mind. MMA Fighting's own Luke Thomas stopped by MMA Uncensored Live to drop some knowledge on the Dakota Cochrane and Rampage Jackson situations. IAN MCCALL, DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON AND THE WONDERFUL AUSTRALIAN ATHLETIC COMMISSION Mcall loss via having awesome mustache, robbed could at least do a sudden death, way to be screwed, love judges? — Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) March 3, 2012 How was the last round not a 10-8? Mighty mouse was finished if the bell didnt ring — Patrick Healy (@BamBamHealy) March 3, 2012 What a crazy roller coaster of emotions. Thank you to all the people who helped me I love you all. FOTN bonus helps take the sting off a bit — ian mccall (@Unclecreepymma) March 3, 2012 ROY NELSON WILL DROP TO LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT IF YOU FRIEND HIM ON FACEBOOK Bet is I will try to get to 205 if I can add 100k to Facebook.com/RoyNelsonUFC in two weeks. I love to win bets.... fb.me/16yMoPVPm — Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) March 5, 2012 @seanmcc87 45lbs pounds — Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) March 5, 2012 THE WEEKEND WITH SASQUATCH HERMAN Started my new diet today. I had 10 toaster strudels for lunch. — Dave Herman (@davehermanmma) March 3, 2012 FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS Announced over the weekend (Friday, March 2, 2012 - Sunday, March 4, 2012): - Strikeforce: Josh Barnett (31-5) vs. Daniel Cormier (9-0) confirmed for May 19 FANPOST OF THE DAY Today's Fanpost of the Day goes to BE's fightbot: 5 reasons Tate/Rousey was a perfect fight 1. It didn't kill the tension with Tate After the fight you could see Mauro fishing for the 'It was all for marketing' line from Ronda. I'm glad she didn't oblige him. Before the fight I wrote that I didn't want Ronda to kill the tension between her and Miesha should she win, and why that was so important. She didn't disappoint. She has great storytelling instincts. The shortline is that by not saying it was all for show/hype/marketing, it doesn't kill the tension between them. Which is good because Tate is bound to get a rematch one day. And if Ronda had said it was all for show after the first fight, it'd be a tough sell to get us amped for the rematch. But this way there's still unfinished business, there's still a lot of issues between them that can make for a great story in the inevitable rematch. She's gonna catch a lot of flack for it from some people, but I feel those people are shortsighted. It's not like she rubbed Miesha's face in it (well within her right to do), she just refused to apologize for her actions. Own that s***. Found something entertaining, brutal, or bizarre you'd like to see in the Morning Report? Just send it to @shaunalshatti and we'll include it in tomorrow's post.

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Strikeforce returned to Showtime this past Saturday night (March 3, 2012) from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, featuring Ronda Rousey breaking out another armbar to win the women's 135-pound championship, much to the dismay of her opponent, Miesha Tate, who walked away with a mangled arm. Not broken, as it turns out, but mangled nonetheless. Josh Thomson scored a unanimous decision victory over K.J. Noons in the co-main event of the evening. He'll likely move on to a championship bout against Gilbert Melendez to complete their trilogy. Other action on the card saw Kazuo Misaki beat Paul Daley at his own game, Lumumba Sayers easily dispose of Scott Smith, and Ronaldo Souza blow by Bristol Marunde. In case you missed any of the bone crunching action -- or just want to relive it -- below are links to all the major storylines borne from Saturday night's event. Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" Results and live fight coverage Recap and morning after discussion Post-fight press conference Event photos gallery Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey full fight video highlights "Prelims" results and recap Fight recap: Ronaldo Souza taps out Bristol Marunde Fight recap: Lumumba Sayers destroys Scott Smith in short order Fight recap: Kazuo Misaki squeaks past Paul Daley Fight recap: Josh Thomson wins "shit" decision over K.J. Noons Fight recap: Ronda Rousey wrecks Miesha Tate's arm to win bantamweight title Fight review and analysis: Paul Daley vs. Kazuo Misaki Fight review and analysis: Josh Thomson vs. K.J. Noons Fight review and analysis: Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey Strikeforce post-fight fallout Big winners and lowly losers An open love letter to Ronda Rousey Ronda Rousey details how she submitted Miesha Tate Watch a gif of Ronda Rousey destroying Miesha Tate's arm Look at a pic of Miesha Tate's arm and elbow bent at an angle it wasn't meant to Luckily for Miesha Tate, she didn't get her arm broken by Ronda Rousey Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate's brawl was a big win for women's MMA What's next for Ronda Rousey? Ronda Rousey has the title but Sarah Kaufman is going to beat it back from her Miesha Tate lost her bantamweight belt but won a Mania sexiness battle What's the difference between a good game plan and being boring? Josh Thomson won the fight but was disappointed to here the fans boo If Josh Thomson fights Gilbert Melendez, it should be "El Nino's" last with Strikeforce Ronaldo Souza suffered a broken hand against Bristol Marunde Scott Smith is the Arturo Gatti of MMA Brandon Saling's ugly criminal past comes to light, along with his neo-nazi tattoos Hey Strikeforce, how about no more Nazi sex offenders, huh? Dana White no longer involved with Strikeforce And there you have it, my friends. What was the biggest story coming out of the Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" event?

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The sport of women's MMA has been looking for their Jordan, their Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Did the sport just find it in new Strikeforce champion Ronda Rousey?

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Good news for Team "Takedown." Although Miesha Tate lost the women's bantamweight championship to Ronda Rousey by way of submission (armbar) at last night's (March 3, 2012) Strikeforce event in Ohio, the damage done to her arm isn't as bad as originally thought. Initially, it appeared as though her arm was broken thanks to the nasty angle Rousey had it bent (evidence here) and the fact that she was unable to move it immediately following the contest. However, she tells MMAFighting.com x-rays came back negative for a fracture: "I had X-Rays last night. No bones are broken, which I already knew. Other than that, I have to get an MRI to find out anything further." At the very least it looked as though she may have suffered a dislocated elbow but now it seems entirely possible she will have escaped her encounter with the "Rowdy" arm wrangler with all her limbs intact and operational. Ligament damage is possible, which would, of course, be bad, but all told, this is good news for the former champion. Mostly because the road to recovery won't be as long as it could have been. For her arm at least. No word on her ego. Check out complete coverage of the Tate vs. Rousey match-up after the jump. Complete Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" results Ronda Rousey breaks Miesha Tate's arm to win title (We thought she did at the time) Picture of Miesha Tate's mangled arm GIF of Miesha Tate getting her arm all mangled Ronda Rousey details how she armbarred Miesha Tate An open love letter to Ronda Rousey Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey fight review and analysis Rousey and Tate score big win for women's MMA with Showtime brawl Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey full fight video highlights Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey event photos gallery Miesha Tate wins the sexiness battle but loses the war For everything else you need to know about the bout between Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey check out our complete fight archive right here.

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After her big win over Miesha Tate on Saturday, Rowdy Ronda Rousey could be the one to propel women's MMA into mainstream popularity.

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After her big win over Miesha Tate on Saturday, Rowdy Ronda Rousey could be the one to propel women's MMA into mainstream popularity.

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During the post-fight press conference, Ronda Rousey, Josh Thomson, and Sarah Kaufman talk about their victories at last night's Strikeforce event. Here are the highlights brought to us by E. Casey Leydon, of MMA Fighting: Quick quotes after the jump. SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey Ronda Rousey:I didn't feel in danger at any time. I knew that if Miesha got in any position like on top or the back, that she would just stall out. I didn't feel in danger from any of her submissions at all. ...I'm not wearing short shorts again. That crossed my mind in the middle of the match, and I'm like "Oh my god! These damn shorts!". And I can't have that in my mind. Josh Thomson:I can tell you now, you guys will never see me fight like that again... I wasn't happy with my performance. I was very emotional after. Disturbed. I don't like being booed. People don't pay hard earned money to watch that. I felt like I dominated the fight, won every round. But to me, that's not what people spend their hard earned money for. This is the entertainment business, not the boring business. I was almost in tears in the back, cause I don't like being booed. Sarah Kaufman:Clearly I like to strike. Based on my face, I also like to get hit. But Ronda hasn't been challenged by someone who can strike the way I strike. But uhm, I trained a lot of ground. I'm working towards my yellow belt in Judo, so look out Ronda, that Judo is coming for you.

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On March 2, 2012, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) kicked off their flyweight tournament as UFC on FX 2 made the journey to the Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia, for an evening of mixed martial arts (MMA) fireworks. Though the 125-pounders were main attraction, they weren't the headlining act. That distinction went to a welterweight match up between Thiago Alves and Martin Kampmann that ended up in a result that left everyone a little surprised. The following night (March 3, 2012) Strikeforce invaded the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, with a smashing night of fights in the form of Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey." It was a pretty decent fight card, top to bottom, and finished the night with a women's championship bout that will have the MMA community buzzing for weeks to come. Come with me after the jump where we'll examine what's next for the big weekend winners, Martin Kampmann and Ronda Rousey: Martin Kampmann has a had a career marked by lots of ups and downs. One second, he's a top contender that everyone needs to look out for. The next? He's coming up just short to other fighters who end up passing him by to get title shots or main event headline gigs. He's a tough guy. No one would argue that. But it just seems like he can never quite get it together enough to climb over that last hump that stands between him and a title shot. With all that considered, Kampmann's victory on Friday night over Thiago Alves was entirely fitting. For over two rounds, Kampmann was getting outstruck. Though he was not getting manhandled, by any stretch, he was losing the fight. When the fight ended, he was probably 48 seconds away from losing a decision to his opponent. None of that matters anymore and was all for naught, when Alves incorrectly dove in for a takedown, thinking he had hurt Kampmann with a combination and could possibly finish him off. He might have been right. Kampmann may have been legitimately shook up, but Alves should have been nowhere near Kampmann's ground game, especially at that juncture of the fight. Kudos to "The Hitman" for keeping himself composed and taking advantage of the opportunity in front of him by choking out Alves and notching a great comeback victory. So, what's next for Kampmann? There are a ton of options. Several welterweights who are currently without dance partners are Jake Shields, Rick Story and Diego Sanchez. The problem is that Kampmann's already fought all three of them. I'm not a big fan of rematches unless they're for a good reason. I'm not sure that's the case here. Jake Ellenberger is without an opponent, and that would be an interesting match up, but it's likely that "The Juggernaut" is going to get a more high-profile adversary for his next bout. That leaves me with two names: Dong Hyun Kim and and Stephen Thompson. "The Stung Gun" brings it every time. We'd see fireworks, for sure. This is the pairing (of the two) that probably makes more sense. The "fantasy match up" here is Martin Kampmann vs. Stephen Thompson. I know, "Wonderboy" has only fought once inside the Octagon. But it was a really impressive debut and Kampmann hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire. Make Kampmann play gatekeeper. If he wins, give him a top five guy. If he loses, it's re-evaluation time. I also don't believe it would be devastating for Thompson or his career if he were to lose. Kampmann is a reputable name. If Thompson loses but is able to hang in there with him, it's a victory. Time will tell. The build up to the fight between Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey was downright mean-spirited. These ladies did not like each other and they were willing to make this known to anyone with a camera and a microphone. The fight itself did not disappoint, unless you're a Tate fan, that is. The first few minutes of the championship bout saw some decent striking, good transitioning and, finally, a nasty armbar submission from the new Women's Bantamweight Champion, Ronda Rousey. What's next for "Rowdy?" Right now, she's pretty much ruling the world, at least from a women's fighting perspective. She looks fairly unbeatable. The real tragedy is that "Cyborg" Cristiane Santos is out of action and will be for awhile due to her getting popped for steroid use. That fight can't happen, so in the interim, it looks like we're going to see Rousey defend her belt against Sarah Kaufman, the former Bantamweight Champion before Marloes Coenen took her belt on Oct. 9, 2010, in San Jose, Calif. It's an interesting match up, because Kaufman is a striker who poses problems for Rousey on the feet. But can she keep the fight standing? There's the rub. Kaufman has only lost once, but do you remember how it happened? That's right. It was at the hands of a Marloes Coenen armbar. That does not bode well for Kaufman, and I can tell you one thing: If this fight gets signed, she better commit the next several months of her life to submission defense. Otherwise, she's going to have to learn how to live with one arm for a while. If she needs pointers, I'm sure Miesha Tate will be able to help her out. What do you Maniacs think? Who is the best potential match up for Martin Kampmann? Do you think Ronda Rousey vs. Sarah Kaufman has potential to be a competitive fight? Sound off! For complete Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" results and detailed blow-by-blow commentary of the televised main card fights click here. Undercard recap and wrap-up here. Ronda Rousey vs Miesha Tate full fight video highlights from last night's main event on Showtime here.

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If you missed Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey's showdown, check out Showtime's highlight reel. It shows the majority of their fight, including the bone-breaking finish.

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Newly-crowned Strikeforce Women's Champion Ronda Rousey may get a little time off from training camp, but there are no reprieves in the world of pre-fight trash talk. Picking up where Miesha Tate left off, former 135-pound titleholder Sarah Kaufman is calling for another crack at the division crown after proving she was (still) championship material by defeating fellow Canadian Alexis Davis at the Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" event last night (March 3, 2012) in Columbus, Ohio. "The fans, they wanna see fighters. They wanna see two people get in there, swing, hit each other and get a little bloody. It's the first time I've been cut and I love it! It's my belt, I want it! It's my fault I lost it and no one else should have it. If Ronda Rousey wins that title, it will be sweet satisfaction to beat it back from her." Last night's majority decision victory was Kaufman's third win in a row and a strong statement for getting the next shot at the "Rowdy" one. Now, I don't want to sound overly pessimistic, but it should be noted that in 16 professional fights, Kaufman has just one loss. And it came by armbar. Video of Kaufman's post-fight interview, where she breaks down her performance against her fellow Canadian (and a whole lot more), after the jump. For complete Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" results and detailed blow-by-blow commentary of the televised main card fights click here. Undercard recap and wrap-up here.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Newly minted Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey may or may not have expected a reaction when she claimed that she could not only beat Miesha Tate, but Tate's boyfriend, Brian Caraway too. But when Caraway fired back on Twitter and wrote that women couldn't compete with men and, regrettably, promising physical violence to Rousey in a mock confrontation, Rousey couldn't help but smile. Neither could her mother and friend.

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Ronda Rousey backed up the trash talk inside the cage, defeating Miesha Tate for the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight title. Tate battled Rousey's armbar attempts 'til the very end, but finally tapped at the end of round 1, after severely dislocating her elbow. Ronda Rousey improves her MMA record to 5-0, all first round armbar finishes. Further Reading: Full Tate vs. Rousey fight card

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New Strikeforce women's bantawmeight champion Ronda Rousey talks about her Saturday victory over Miesha Tate in Columbus, Ohio.

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If you happened to miss the most significant women's MMA fight since 2009, here are Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate fight highlights, via Showtime Sports. Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey took place March 3, 2012 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. Upstart challenger and former Olympian Ronda Rousey (5-0) took on reigning Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Miesha Tate (12-3) in an electrifying title fight. Check out the video highlights below. For more on Rousey's spectacular victory, check out the play-by-play from MMA Fighting's own Luke Thomas. Round 1: Tate swinging and lands a few strikes, but Rousey tosses her to the mat and moves to side control. Rousey steps out and moves to opposite side and attempts an armbar. It's close, but Tate survives and now has Rousey's back. Rousey removes the hook and stands but in a slam Tate still gets Rousey's back. In a scramble Rousey gets out the back door and is standing over a prostrate Tate. Tate stands and they clinch. Rousey takes a shot to the face, but hip tosses Tate to the mat with ease. Now in mount. Rousey goes to the Russian arm bar and then back down. Tate fights valiantly, but her arm appears to be badly dislocated. Tate taps. That's it. Ronda Rousey is your new women's bantamweight champion. Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey results: Ronda Rousey defeats Miesha Tate at 4:27 of round 1.

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In case you missed the Strikeforce event which hosted what is probably the most important bout in the history of Women's MMA in Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey, here are official highlights from Showtime to get you up to date. SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey Since the video probably won't be enough, here's how the play-by-play from the live blog of the event: Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship: Miesha Tate (c) vs. Ronda Rousey - Round 1 - They don't touch gloves and Tate wails away with punches. Rousey with a quick takedown and she moves to side control. Rousey steps over to get side control again. Armbar by Rousey and Tate survives! It looked bad but she survived. Tate was on top but Rousey stood up. Tate has the back now as she takes her down. Rousey gets free and stands. Rousey almost spikes her on her head but Tate is still on her back on the ground. Tate escapes and is on top now. Punch by Rousey and a few leg kicks. Rousey takes her back down. They trade punches as they stand. Hip toss by Rousey! Rousey moves to mount and lands some punches now to back control, punches and takes the arm bar. Tate's arm is all kinds of broken and this fight is over and so is Miesha Tate's time as champion. Ronda Rousey wins by technical submission (armbar/broken arm), Round 1. More coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey: - Photo: Ronda Rousey Breaks Miesha Tate's Arm- Strikeforce: Tate Vs. Rousey Results And Post-Fight Analysis - Ronda Rousey By Armbar - Josh Thomson Wins Lackluster Decision Over KJ Noons - Kazuo Misaki Takes Decision Over Paul Daley - Lumumba Sayers Submits Scott Smith - Jacare Chokes Out Bristol Marunde

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Ronda Rousey had to secure two different armbars to finally put Miesha Tate away on Saturday night, but "if they don't tap, you keep going."

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Ronda Rousey backed up all of her talk Saturday, winning the Strikeforce bantamweight title from Miesha Tate.

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Ronda Rousey backed up all of her talk Saturday, winning the Strikeforce bantamweight title from Miesha Tate.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Watch below as Ronda Rousey talks about her title win over Miesha Tate at Strikeforce on Saturday night, how she won, what this win means for her, what's next and more.

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Rousey executed her fifth consecutive first-round armbar, earning the title at 4:27 of the opening five minutes.

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Ronda Rousey did precisely what she said she would do, submitting Miesha Tate with an armbar in the first round to win the Strikeforce women's bantamweight title.

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In the end, Miesha Tate found herself in the same hopeless position as Ronda Rousey’s first four opponents in mixed martial arts.

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This is what it looks like when you think wrestling trumps judo nine times out of 10 and when you don't worry about getting armbarred when fighting Ronda Rousey. At tonight's (Sat., March 3, 2012) Strikeforce event in Columbus, Ohio, now former Women's Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate found out the hard way that having pride and waiting until the last minute to tap means getting your limb snapped. Especially when a "Rowdy" lady like Rousey has you in her grasp. The victory caps an insanely awesome run through the 135-pound division for Ronda, who talked her way into a title shot with no previous experience in the weight class and delivered on everything she promised ... and more. War women's MMA! For a more detailed look at the Rousey vs. Tate fight click here and for complete Strikeforce results and blow-by-blow coverage of all the night's action click here. Check out another sick pic of Tate's arm after the jump.

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Ronda Rousey defeats Miesha Tate by submission (armbar). The submission came at 4:27 in the first round. "I understand we are not touching gloves" is said by the referee. Miesha Tate came out swinging wild puches to open the round. Rousey got tagged and then tripped Tate to the ground. Rousey with an armbar and it looked to have dislocated. Tate survives when Ronda looked for an omoplata. Tate drags Rousey to the ground and looked for a rear naked choke. Rousey with a backdoor escape and they clinched on the feet. Trip takedown from Rousey and they are back to their feet. Rousey landed a jab-cross and then a judo hip toss. Rousey passed to mount and Tate gave up her back. Rousey with punches and then an armbar. OH GROSS THAT IS BROKEN. Tate tapped but the damage was already done. Her arm is JACKED! Ronda Rousey is the new Strikeforce bantamweight champion. Impressive win for Ronda Rousey. Amazing grappling displayed by both women. SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey

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The highly anticipated main event of tonight's (Sat., March 3, 2012) Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" event in Ohio featured Women's Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate putting her title on the line for the very first time against fast-rising superstar challenger Ronda Rousey. Both ladies talked a lot of trash in the long lead up to tonight, especially Rousey. Tate tried to stay cool but looked flustered at times, including the weigh-ins when the two went forehead-to-forehead. But the time for talking ended tonight and they got busy in the cage to show us who the real deal Holyfield is. Turns out, Rousey wasn't playing around with that judo and did exactly like she said she would do by grabbing a hold of Tate's arm and breaking it inside the first round. At least Tate took her into deeper water than anyone else before. But now that we know Rousey can get past the first minute and still take a limb home with her, can anyone stop this woman? Does anyone even want to try? They came out fast and furious, as expected, with Rousey jumping in for that arm and getting a hold of it, just like she said she would. But Tate, like she said she would, battled through and got up to take Rousey's back a short time later. Whew. Ronda escaped, too, and back up to the feet they went. After a trip from Rousey, they battled back to their feet again and Tate started letting her hands go a bit. Of course, Rousey went back to the bread and butter and hit a judo trip. She transitioned quick to mount and worked hard punches. It wasn't long again before she grabbed a hold of Tate's arm and did just like she said she would and BROKE IT OFF. Ronda Rousey is the new Strikeforce Women's bantamweight champion. Get some. For a complete rundown of the entire Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" results and blow-by-blow coverage of all the night's action click here.

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4:22 is what it took Ronda Rousey to reach into Miesha Tate's career and steal her Strikeforce women's bantamweight strap. That's longer than it took John Travolta to take over the planet in Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000. Granted, it was the longest fight of Ronda Rousey's career. Subsequently, it was the most mangled arm we've ever seen Ronda Rousey destroy. Here's a heads up, folks. If you ever encounter Ronda Rousey, don't give her a handshake if you value your appendages. A fist pound will do (or as FOX News calls it, a 'terrorist fist jab'). If Miesha Tate didn't have connective tissue that attached her shoulder to her arm, Rousey would have literally pulled it off her torso. Ronda Rousey would have made Miesha Tate into the new Jax. People need to realize Tate trained for months to prevent only one move in mixed martial arts: the arm bar -- and she couldn't do it. Actually, in the history of MMA, no one has been able to stop the Ronda Rousey arm bar. It's like she's evolved into Fedor Emelianenko circa 2007. Sure Miesha Tate exhibited a level of grappling that none of Ronda Rousey's opponents have in the past, but it literally cost her ability to pick up objects with her left arm for the next three months. As a tribute to Ronda Rousey being the champion of yet another sport and granting the MMA world one of the gnarliest arm bars we've ever seen -- we're going to show it again in an endless loop of awesomeness. We appreciate all the love you've shown MiddleEasy over the months, Ronda. Congrats on your new bling, playa. Props to ZombieProphet for the gif.

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Come see UFC Hall Of Famer Randy Couture!.......'s son... *ahem*Stay for the main event, we'll all be wanking to Ronda.  

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Before Showtime takes to the airwaves tonight (Sat., March 3, 2012) with its Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" broadcast, catch a sneak peek of the pre-fight feature that will air before the big main event. In it, women's Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate puts her title on the line for the very first time against rising star Ronda Rousey. Naturally, some final banter was bandied about before they settle up inside the cage. Says "Rowdy" Ronda: "Everything about her is better on paper. Her fights look better on paper. Her photos look better on paper than she does in person. Her trash talking looks much better on paper than it is if you actually listen to her talk." Replies Miesha: "No talking happens in the cage. It's time to shut up and throw fists and see who really has the heart and the will. You know, you can talk all you want but actions speak louder than words." Are we ready to finally get this show on the road or what?

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Like the swallows of Capistrano, faithful sports fans converge upon Columbus, Ohio every year to take part in the general festivities. In great numbers, these curiously bipedal and featherless migratory beings that call ourselves "humans" agree with each other that early March is the perfect time to see some fine feats of athletic strength, skill and competition - which makes Columbus a perfect place to have mixed martial arts events. The UFC has brought its show to town many times in the past and this year, Strikeforce is bringing the first title defense of the Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion against a fiery upstart challenger. Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey will feature Miesha Tate (12-2, 5-1 in Strikeforce) and Ronda Rousey (4-0, 2-0 in Strikeforce) as the five round main event in the battle for the women's 135 pound title. The nationwide broadcast on Showtime begins on March 3rd at 10 PM Eastern Time (9 PM CT) and possibly extending up to 12:30 AM ET (depending on how the five main card bouts unfold throughout the night). By now, the esteemed reader may have grasped that this event is hyped as the battle of the two hottest stars in women's MMA. The hype is actually right. With the sidelining of Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos, the meteoric rise of Ronda Rousey and the decisive method by which Miesha Tate became the champion, these are the two best fighters in the bantamweight division. Both are athletic, skilled, tough and attractive women. Both have the ability to talk some heat, stir up controversy and get inside the heads of their opponents. Only one will walk out as the champion, but women's MMA should benefit from both being fiercely passionate examples to emulate for current and future fighters. Hit the jump for a brief look at the last fights of Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey, their styles and the likelihood of success for both fighters. SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey Miesha Tate won the bantamweight belt by submitting Marloes Coenen with an arm triangle midway through the fourth round of their bout at Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson. The title bout between Tate and Coenen was relatively even, as Miesha looked to push Coenen up against the cage and then take her down to begin her ground and pound progressions. Coenen attempted several submissions and even had Tate's back during the second round, but both fighters spent significant time in advantageous positions during those battles on the ground. The stand-up/striking portions were fairly limited due to Tate's success in evading Coenen's strikes and dragging Coenen to the ground. Throughout her career, Tate has had five wins by submission and two by knockout. The remaining five wins in her professional career were all unanimous decisions. Her last loss was back in 2009 to Sarah Kaufman at Strikeforce Challengers: Evangelista vs. Aina. Miesha has made significant strides in her game since then and now enjoys a wrestling advantage over just about everybody in the division as well as competent stand-up. Tate will want to plant her opponents onto the mat and swing her fists at their head and body until they give up position or submissions in every fight she takes. Lately, Miesha and her support team have been vocal about dismissing Rousey's worthiness as a title challenger and even going as far as tweeting some very provocative words on the eve of the fight. The weigh-in "headbutt" was really nothing more than a slightly more than normally intense stare-off and even reminded me of an Australian cockatoo gently confroting a Meyer parrot that has encroached upon its space. The big story of this event is how Ronda Rousey armbarred and trash-talked her way to the title. That simplistic telling of things does little credit to the years of hard work sunk into a world class judo career and the stunning swiftness with which Rousey has applied that judo success into MMA. None of Ronda's four professional opponents have managed to avoid being submitted by an armbar within a minute. This woman is blasting her opponents out of the cage and occasionally leaving them with mangled limbs. The list of fighters in MMA who have done things like this include names like Jon Jones, Junior Dos Santos and Rousimar Palhares. These are the bonebreakers, soulcrushers and legendmakers of MMA. Julia Budd, Ronda's last opponent, lasted forty seconds before having her elbow dislocated at Strikeforce Challengers: Britt vs. Sayers. However, the knock on Rousey is that she has not fought someone yet who can hold her off, make her play the stand-up game or plant her on the mat and unveil her defenses. Winning fights inside a minute with little to no damage taken is exactly the kind of career a professional fighter wants, but to be fighting for a title belt in a major MMA organization on a national title stage is a big step up for such a young prospect. The stand-up skills have been employed mostly as feints and blocks for Rousey to get within the clinch and then use her diverse array of trips and throws to gain side control or mount. From these positions, Ronda harvests arms with excellent technique and quickly - perhaps too quickly - applies the coup de grace that is her armbar. Rousey has been training all phases of the MMA game, as befits a professional, but time in the cage is a valuable learning tool and she just doesn't have it yet. Will that precociousness matter? Will Miesha Tate retain her belt by fending off Ronda Rousey's onslaught and dealing out damage in return? All signs seem pointed towards another Ronda armbar, but Miesha's coaches and team are smart people and probably have been drilling her in keeping her arms clenched inwards like the quasi-avian T-rex while on the ground. This is an interesting one and the later rounds could expose Rousey's conditioning to Tate's delight. This fight is the upstart judo hotshot facing an experienced wrestler/submission grappler in the most anticipated fight in recent women's MMA and it is the headlining bout of a Strikeforce show in Columbus, Ohio and televised on Showtime. Check this main event out. If the signs are right, we should be in for one very entertaining fight between two "birds". SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey

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Burnt out by the over-all great UFC on FX card from Sydney, Australia last night? Maybe you are fairly indifferent to tonight's Strikeforce event and have considered giving it a miss and will check the results and other sources for the fights on Sunday morning? Fear not, and prepare to get hyped by this amazing fan made fight promo video for the Miesha Tate vs Ronda Rousey Bantamweight Championship main event. Using a collection of promotional footage most should be familiar with by now, this fan made video is really well edited and synchs excellently with the Trent Reznor / Karen O cover of "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin, that features as the main theme for the American adaptation of the wildly successful "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" novel / movie. Unlike a lot of high quality promo videos released on Youtube the week of a fight, this hasn't been tweeted by Dana White and the account seems to belong to a genuine user, making me believe it's not a Zuffa-pretending-to-be-fan-made video. Strikeforce Tate vs Rousey airs tonight at 10pm ET on Showtime Strikeforce Tate vs Rousey Coverage on SBN Related Stories Bryan Caraway Calls Ronda Rousey An 'Unintelligent Bimbo,' Wants Her To 'Know Her Place' Strikeforce Weigh-In Results: Miesha Tate 134.5, Ronda Rousey 134.5 Strikeforce Fight Card Preview: Can Miesha Tate Stop Ronda Rousey? Strikeforce Tate Vs. Rousey: Staff Picks and Predictions

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Miesha Tate is an underdog in her first Strikeforce bantamweight title defense. But no matter – she fights best under pressure, she says, and plans to prove it to Ronda Rousey.

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"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey says she deserves her Strikeforce women's title shot, and if you don't believe her, look at the odds – she's the favorite.

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Ronda Rousey tells HeavyMMA's Duane Finley that if she was a guy, no one would think twice about her confidence. But against Miesha Tate in tonight's Strikeforce women's bantamweight title fight,...

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Bryan Caraway is a fighter in the UFC following his stint on the last season of The Ultimate Fighter, but he is also the boyfriend of Miesha Tate, and that is what is most important heading into tomorrow night. Tate will be defending her Strikeforce title against Ronda Rousey in what has developed into quite the grudge match over the past few weeks. Today, Caraway lost it a bit on Twitter, going on a rant about knocking Rousey's teeth out and breaking her arm if she wants to challenge him (a man), explaining that men and women are not equal and then calling Ronda an "unintelligent bimbo." @BryanCaraway Bryan Caraway @colbub wow yur a lame bandwagon jumper and Ronda an unintelligent bimbo Mar 03 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply @BryanCaraway Bryan Caraway @colbub and if she wants to challenge a man I'll knock her teeth dwn her throat the break her arm! Mar 03 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply Not exactly a good look for Caraway if you ask me. Much more after the jump... SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey The always fun "women need to know their place" moment @BryanCaraway Bryan Caraway @n3rdgazmcom @mieshatate proud of what?? She gonna talk smack she needs to know her place. Mar 03 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply And the "she's not a woman" line: @BryanCaraway Bryan Caraway @PADDYKILLZ @cmpunk @frontrowbrian oh I dnt hit Women! But she not a women. She gonna act like a dude she can deal w the consequences. Mar 03 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply I know what the response is going to be. Something about him not being serious about wanting to beat up a woman, just prove that Ronda can't compete with him athletically. But let's get real about a UFC fighter talking about knocking out a woman's teeth, breaking her arm, putting her in her place..etc. It's not a good look and I don't really understand the point. Does this make Caraway look tough? What ever happened to just diverting attention back to her fight with your girlfriend? It's been several hours of embarrassing nonsense from Caraway and there's not really any situation where I'm all that comfortable with a guy going macho about how badly he can beat up a woman. Even if both are professional fighters.

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Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey weigh-in resultsColumbus, OHMiesha Tate (134.5) vs. Ronda Rousey (134.5)K.J. Noons (156) vs. Josh Thomson (155)Paul Daley (171) vs. Kazuo Misaki (169.5)Lumumba Sayers (185) vs. Scott Smith (186)Bristol Marunde (184) vs. Ronaldo Souza (184.5)Alexis Davis (135.5) vs. Sarah Kaufman (135.5)Roger Bowling (170) vs. Brandon Saling (170.5)Caros Fodor (155.5) vs. Pat Healy (155)Ryan Couture (154.5) vs. Conor Heun (155)Miesha Tate (12-2) vs. Ronda Rousey (4-0)

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Get "Rowdy!" That's what Ronda Rousey did earlier today (Fri., March 2, 2012) at the Strikeforce weigh-ins in Columbus, Ohio, as she headbutted her opponent, Women's Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate, during their staredown. It's not like it was unprovoked. Tate got right in Rousey's face and pressed her forehead up against her foe, likely in an attempt to signify her lack of intimidation at all the trash Ronda's been talking in the lead up to the fight. The Olympian didn't take kindly to it, of course, and responded by shoving her head forward, leaving a bright red spot on Miesha's dome. She took to Twitter afterwards to say the following: "Ronda thinks she's tough she tries WAY 2 hard, such a phony person & she'll probably get fined 4 trying 2headbutt me when I got in her face." She quickly deleted the tweet, as noted by our friends at Bloody Elbow, but you can't stop the Internet, folks. Once it's out there, it's out there. To see video of the two going head-to-head (literally) click here.

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The bad blood between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate is no secret but things almost came to a head one night too early as the two faced off at the weigh-ins. The weigh-in faceoff saw Tate get in Rousey's face and Ronda was not too appreciative of that particular move. Here's the video, courtesy of MMA Fighting: Following the weigh-in it didn't take too long for Miesha Tate to hit up Twitter with the following: Ronda thinks she's tough she tries WAY 2 hard, such a phony person & she'll probably get fined 4 trying 2headbutt me when I got in her face Bloody Elbow will have plenty more coverage over the next day with our usual previews, predictions and live coverage of the event as well as all the fallout after the show ends. So make sure you keep your browser locked right here. SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey

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Miesha Tate tipped the scales at 134.5 pounds for her women’s bantamweight title defense against Olympic bronze medalist Ronda Rousey (134.5) in the Strikeforce “Tate vs. Rousey” headliner on Saturday at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

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Two of the most talented female 135 pound fighters in the world will meet tomorrow night (March 3, 2012) as Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate takes on "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey in the main event of Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" in Columbus, Ohio. Tate rose up through the ranks and earned her title shot after defeating too women in one night, then dethroned the champion last summer to claim the women's 135 pound championship. She feels incredibly disrespected to be heading into this fight as a major underdog and she's out to prove herself all over again. Ronda Rousey, despite just four career fights, has the looks, the swagger and the talent to be a superstar in women's MMA. She's not only finished every opponent from amateur to professional, she's done it all in the first round, in the first minute by the same maneuver, the juji-gatame or better known as the armbar. Rousey confidently talked her way into a title shot and now she gets to prove that she's legit against by far her most credible opposition. Will Tate be talented enough to retain her title? Can Rousey back up her talk with some ferocious technique as well? What's the key to victory for both talented young ladies tomorrow night? Let's find out: Miesha Tate Record: 12-2 overall, 5-1 in Strikeforce Key Wins: Marloes Coenen (Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson), Zoila Gurgel (Strikeforce Challengers 7), Hitomi Akano (Strikeforce Challengers 10) Key Losses: Sarah Kaufman (Strikeforce Challengers 1) How she got here: Miesha "Takedown" Tate got her professional career started in 2007, fighting in the Bodog women's one night bantamweight tournament. She would defeat eventual Strikeforce title challenger Jan Finney in her first fight via decision but would be brutally knocked out by a much sharper and more dangerous Kaitlin Young. Undeterred, she would win her next five bouts, four by stoppage before earning a fight against future Strikeforce women's 135-pound champion Sarah Kaufman. Tate would eventually lose the bout, but she was competitive and forced Kaufman to go to decision for the first time in her career. After reeling off three straight victories, including a very impressive submission against Zoila Gurgel, Tate was invited to the one night Strikeforce women's welterweight grand prix to determine the number one contender. The strong grappler would dominate the tournament with her wrestling and top control, winning a pair of decisions to earn a shot at the belt. After a delay due to a knee injury, she finally got her shot at Marloes Coenen last July and she capitalized, using her wrestling offensively and surprising the Golden Glory fighter with an arm triangle which forced Coenen to tap out for the first time in her illustrious career. Now, after a long waiting period, Tate is set to defend her title again against a brash, young challenger. How she gets it done: When your nickname is "Takedown," don't expect much less when it comes to your most reliable method of victory, but that might not be what she wants to do tomorrow night, at least not right away. While Tate doesn't have the most dangerous stand-up abilities, she also doesn't really have an opportunity to showcase them. Most of her opposition has been decent strikers so why would she risk standing and trading with them like she did early in her career when she got knocked out by the kickboxer Kaitlin Young? This time, she should keep her distance, try to work a jab and just stay away from Rousey's bullrush attack early. She should avoid any close-quarters fighting in the first round entirely and try to drag this fight into deeper waters. Tate has never had a problem with conditioning, so that would likely be her best plan of attack here, wait for Rousey to tire out a bit in the second or third (if she does) and then pounce with a more aggressive striking and wrestling attack. If Rousey begins to fade, Tate can definitely take over with her wrestling and it will be easier to defend against her submission game but she should try to avoid it at all costs in the first round. Ronda Rousey Record: 4-0 overall, 2-0 in Strikeforce Key Wins: Julia Budd (Strikeforce Challengers 20) Key Losses: none How she got here: Ronda Rousey had world class athleticism in her blood. Her mother was a world class judo player and Ronda followed her in footsteps. Starting early in judo, Rousey made it to the Olympics by the time she was just 17 years old at the 2004 games in Athens. In 2008, she not only qualified, but this time she medaled, earning a bronze in Beijing but when it was all over, she was done with judo and wanted to try something else. She began training in mixed martial arts and made her amateur debut in 2010, crushing all three of her opponents inside the first minute with her go-to move, the armbar. Upon switching to a professional in 2010, she didn't slow down, crushing all four of her opponents via first minute armbar, even Strikeforce fighters Julia Budd and Sarah D'Alelio at 145 pounds. With talk that she could be the one to dethrone the champion, "Cyborg" Santos. Instead, she announced she was first going to drop to 135 pounds and challenge for the title there, and she confidently talked her way into a title shot this weekend against Miesha Tate. How she gets it done: Rousey is so big, strong, powerful and skilled, she just needs to keep doing what she's been doing and that is rush in, overwhelm her opposition and force them to tap out. Dropping down to 135, her strength advantage could be even more severe in the cage against Tate and she could seriously turn some heads if she could do to the champ what she's been doing to all her competition prior. Rousey has been working hard to round out her game, but why not stick to what got her here? I'd like to see her close the distance early, wade right through Tate's punches and get in the clinch. From there, she needs to try to use her years of judo experience to leverage Tate onto the canvas and immediately transition to an armbar. If she can put Tate on the ground, she needs to take that arm home with her, even snap it because Tate won't be giving up without a fight. Fight X-Factor: The biggest X-Factor for this fight is experience and time. Ronda Rousey has been so good thus far in her career, she hasn't even had to go past the first minute of a fight against even the best of her opposition. That's a sign of how good she is, but this is a five round fight. What happens if Miesha Tate proves to be resilient and this fight actually goes into the second, third or even the championship rounds? It's all a gigantic question mark. Lastly, while she's had experience against world class judo players, Rousey has yet to really face anyone of significance in MMA. Her biggest career win was against Julia Budd, who has a 2-2 record in MMA right now. Miesha Tate has a ton more experience in actual MMA and that could potentially be a factor here. Bottom Line: This fight has just about everything MMA fans have come to love, skilled athletes, the threat of a finish at any moment and hell, both ladies are pretty easy on the eyes. There's a very high chance of some serious grappling getting showcased in this fight and maybe even some striking, although that all depends on if Rousey can close the distance early or not. The fact that there's a strong possibility that Rousey blitzes Tate with a first minute submission again is enough to warrant that you keep your eyes glued to the television at all times and if Tate survives the early onslaught, it will be extremely interesting to see what happens next as no one has done that before against the judo Olympian. This should be a good one. Who will come out on top at Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey? Tell us your predictions in the comments below! Poll Who will exit the cage tomorrow night as the Strikeforce women's 135 pound champion? Ronda Rousey Miesha Tate   5 votes | Results

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Great feature on Ronda Rousey from SI.com. You’ll definitely see who she gets her abrasive personality from. Her mom is one tough cookie.

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We've been talking about Ronda Rousey on MiddleEasy before she even had her first professional MMA fight. We're not hopping on her bandwagon, not at all. We've been sitting shotgun the entire time. We're like the guy in the passenger seat, spilling trail-mix on the floor while doing a half-ass job navigating on a long road trip. On March 3rd, all prior beef will come to an end when Ronda Rousey faces Miesha Tate in the biggest female MMA fight since Gina Carano vs. Cris Cyborg back in August 2009. I didn't even have to Google that date. It's been ingrained in my cerebellum for years. Our bud, Sports Illustrated's Loretta Hunt, manifested perhaps the greatest Ronda Rousey interview the MMA world has ever seen -- so it's about time that you see it too. Enjoy. [Source]

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D'aaaaw, who could imagine that this sweet little girl would soon be snapping arms and talking mad sh*t? These screenshots are from Loretta Hunt's video interview / article on Ronda Rousey the day before she gets her crack at the Strikeforce 135 pound women's title. WAR RONDA!

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Video highlights from the Strikeforce “Tate vs. Rousey” pre-fight press conference via MMA Fighting. Also, quotes from the press conference below via Strikeforce. MIESHA TATE: “I don’t care for Ronda’s personality. I’ve fought people I haven’t liked before but not to this extent. But I’m careful not to be overzealous and let tempers change my game plan. “I don’t really care what the odds are. Betting odds are just opinions. I’d love to see the statistics on how often they’re right. I’ll let the fight talk for itself. “Ronda and I are feminine women and when you add on the fact that we’re fighters, it makes for an intriguing package. For whatever reason, we’re gaining viewers and it’s our job to perform Saturday. We want people to walk away from the fight with a positive outlook because of the way we fought and not if we’re gorgeous or not. “Ronda is a self-righteous person. She cares more about herself than the sport. She talked her way into a title fight. Clearly, she doesn’t deserve it. She’s not the No. 1 contender. She hasn’t even fought at this weight before. I mean, she’s 4-0 and has been moderately impressive but she hasn’t faced anyone like me.” RONDA ROUSEY: “The less everyone knows about my game, the better for me. There is very little footage on me. People can’t study my full arsenal. “Miesha will probably try to keep me on my feet because there’s not much tape of me doing that so people think it’s a weakness. But everyone else I’ve fought has tried to do keep me on my feet and that didn’t go very well for them. “I wasn’t looking to make friends in this sport. I just wanted to make a living so I didn’t have to catch coins. But it doesn’t matter if people don’t like me because it’s mostly current or former champs who think everyone should throw petals at their feet. Honestly, I don’t care if a bunch of girls I don’t know don’t like me. I’m doing this to support myself and not work night shifts at the gym. “I don’t have respect for Miesha’s inconsistency. One minute it’s about the sport, the next she is wearing booty shorts on her website and it’s the entertainment business.” JOSH THOMSON: “I’m going to get the best KJ Noons anyone has ever seen. He has improved his kickboxing and other parts of his game. No one else has fought the KJ I’ll be fighting on Saturday. It’s a huge matchup. If I win, I should get a title shot. “Am I worried about cage rust? I’ve been through this before. You saw I was in good shape after 15 months off against Melendez. The problem isn’t conditioning, it’s technique. So I’ve trained pretty hard with that in mind.” KJ NOONS: “I’m not worried about being in the Fight of the Night because I KNOW it will be. All of my fights are Fight of the Night. “I’ve changed my fight game. I used to just want to get out there and see who the toughest man was. But other guys would try to take me down, lean on me and put rounds in the bank. So I’ve adjusted all parts of my game – knees, kicks, ground, everything – because I want to win and not just show I’m tough. I can do both.”

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Today they're in jackets, tomorrow they're in skivvies. Strikeforce for held a special pre-fight press conference earlier today (Thurs., March 1, 2012) in advance of the "Tate vs. Rousey" Showtime event scheduled for Saturday night at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. And (surprise), neither Miesha Tate nor Ronda Rousey had anything nice to say about the other when the mic was turned on. Says the champion: "I don't care for Ronda's personality. I've fought people I haven't liked before but not to this extent. But I'm careful not to be overzealous and let tempers change my game plan. Ronda is a self-righteous person. She cares more about herself than the sport. She talked her way into a title fight. Clearly, she doesn't deserve it. She's not the No. 1 contender. She hasn't even fought at this weight before. I mean, she's 4-0 and has been moderately impressive but she hasn't faced anyone like me." Responds the challenger: "I wasn't looking to make friends in this sport. I just wanted to make a living so I didn't have to catch coins. But it doesn't matter if people don't like me because it's mostly current or former champs who think everyone should throw petals at their feet. Honestly, I don't care if a bunch of girls I don't know don't like me. I'm doing this to support myself and not work night shifts at the gym. I don't have respect for Miesha's inconsistency. One minute it's about the sport, the next she is wearing booty shorts on her website and it's the entertainment business." Oh, and there are a couple of other fighters competing this weekend as well, like Josh Thomson vs. K.J. Noons: More Strikeforce: "Tate vs. Rousey" news and notes right here.

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Ronda Rousey is who she is and she's not going to apologize for anything she's said leading into her title fight this weekend in Ohio.

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Child molesters are apparently everywhere, from schools to churches to the Boy Scouts. You'd imagine they'd think twice about trying to molest the tough as nails girls who populate the US judo scene, but unfortunately that wasn't the case. For decades USA Judo kept someone on the executive board that had been accused multiple times of drugging and sexually abusing female competitors. Enter Ronda Rousey, who wasn't about to stay silent about that sh*t: In 2008, when Rousey had already made the U.S. Olympic judo team, she wrote a post on her blog that shined a light on a judo official. Rousey wrote about accusations made against Fletcher Thornton. In sworn affidavits, then-teenaged judo players said Thornton had drugged and molested them.The complaints against Fletcher didn't keep him from holding high offices within the judo community until Rousey spoke up. He resigned two weeks before the 2008 Games started."I felt it was the right thing to do, and I had already made the Olympic team, so there was nothing anyone could do to me," Rousey told Cagewriter during our January interview."Someone had to speak up against this pervert. I thought, if I'm the only one who has the balls to do anything about it, then I'll deal with the consequences. I got a hold of all the affidavits, I spread it all around, and we got the New York Times to write an article about it. Now, he's never going to be around judo or any young women ever. I felt obligated as a woman to do that." You can read that New York Times article here, or the initial forum post Rousey made here, or the post Ronda's outspoken and badass mother wrote here calling USA Judo out for never investigating the claims properly. People who sexually assault kids are pretty much the worst people on the planet, but I hope there is a special sub-level in Mormon hell for those who stand idly by and do nothing when these kinds of allegations surface. Ronda's mom summed up USA Judo's position thusly: "Yes, there have been multiple complaints from multiple states over a thirty year period. Yes, people keep bringing this up and refusing to accept our statement that we investigated it, especially when new people come forward with complaints they know they have never talked to us about before. However, we are going to keep sending him along with junior teams until he gets indicted." She also opened up on the USJI's 'investigation' into the case and what a total sham it was: (More after the jump) read more

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Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey’s trash talk coupled with 4 win streaks that ended via armbar in under a minute landed her a fight for the Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Championship. Her opponent, Miesha “Takedown” Tate, aims to teach this rookie a lesson and expose that Ronda’s talk is cheap. Don’t miss out on what will probably be [...]

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There is no hype and no fake trash talk here according to Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate who unloads on opponent Ronda Rousey ahead of their March 3 fight in Ohio

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- Strikeforce Photo Gallery: Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey, Face to Face (CagePotato)"This Saturday, Miesha Tate puts her Strikeforce bantamweight title on the line against sassy armbar-savant Ronda Rousey, in the first major MMA event to be headlined by two women since Carano vs. Cyborg. Will Tate’s experience and wrestling win the day, or will “Rowdy Ronda” continue her phenomenal rise? Check out these stunning promo photos from our buddies at Showtime and let us know what you think..."-

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This Saturday night sees a return to action for Strikeforce and, perhaps most importantly, the return of "big time" women's MMA. Not to take anything away from those women who have been featured by the promotion over the past few years, but since the Cristiane Santos vs. Gina Carano bout, there has been a real lack of fights that felt bigger than that singular bout. With Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey set to square off for Strikeforce's 135 pound title, their bout was already important. But the trash talk between the two has elevated it to something slightly bigger than just "the next women's title fight." Rousey is currently a heavy favorite at anywhere between -285 and -350 based on her aggressive judo game which does utilize a great deal of submission attacks. Luke Thomas of MMA Fighting had a chance to catch up with Rousey and talk about a variety of topics, but they did dive into the judo vs. wrestling aspects of the bout: Luke Thomas: There's obviously a lot of overlap between amateur wrestling, folkstyle, freestyle, Greco Roman and judo but I guess my question to you would be, why does your judo beat Miesha Tate's wrestling? Ronda Rousey: I think it's because I have a very unorthodox style of judo in that I kind of have a weird European-Japanese-Brazilian jiu-jitsu mix that is extremely hard to prepare for and I train with world champion and Olympic medalist wrestlers several times a week and there's no way that she could have judo players of my caliber to train with. It's just such an unorthodox style that I don't think she can be nearly as prepared for me as I am for her. Luke Thomas: You come in reaching for her arm, I've never seen you change elevation at least not yet in your career. More than just being a different style, I mean the particular application of it. Is she not going to be as strong as you, is she not going to be able to understand the angle at which you come to grab her, what do you mean? Ronda Rousey: Well, yeah, like you were pointing out, for judo players, you don't change levels when you come in for the takedowns, you telegraph a lot less. What was the rest of your question, just the advantage that judo players have in general? Luke Thomas: I guess I'm just wondering, I talked to [Tate] and her sense was that her wrestling really had a lot of different tools to stop your judo and what you're telling me is quite the opposite in a sense that she doesn't even know what she's getting into. Ronda Rousey: There's no way she can know because I'm not a normal judo player and she, I think it's ridiculous to assume that you know how to defend a style that you've never fought against or had any experience training with. Full audio of the interview can be found after the jump... SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey Full interview audio:

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This weekend will mark the most-hyped women’s bout in MMA since Gina Carano clashed with Cristiane Santos in 2009, as Strikeforce bantamweight champ Miesha Tate and unbeaten Olympian Ronda Rousey will meet in the main event to settle their personal score with the divisional belt adding yet another layer of intrigue to the match-up. In their continuing quest to hype the fight Strikeforce has released a clip featuring career highlights from both of the bad-ass beauties, again showing the organization has stepped its own game up in terms of creating well-produced video packages. Rousey is 4-0 in her career with four first round finishes while Tate holds an overall mark of 12-2 including six straight wins. Each has been very critical of the other leading up to their scrap this Saturday night, a factor likely resulting in fireworks when the two lock horns inside the ring. “Rowdy” Ronda Takes Tate to Task for Calling Her Pampered Fans can catch Rousey-Tate on Showtime at 10:00 PM EST with other featured fights like KJ Noons-Josh Thomson and Paul Daley-Kazuo Misaki. Bouts being shown on the prelims, set to air on Showtime Extreme starting at 8:00 PM EST, include Conor Heun-Ryan Couture, Sarah Kaufman-Alexis Davis, and Pat Healy-Caros Fodor. Check out the full Tate-Rousey “Greatest Hits” package below: Tweet

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Miesha Tate will defend her Strikeforce title against Ronda Rousey on Saturday when the two meet at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. The two have exchanged some heated trash talk in the time leading up to the event and that did trash talk did not cease when the champion recently spoke about her opponent, who it should be noted is coming in as a huge favorite over the champion. (-350 to Tate’s +250) “She’s not a fighter.  You know, I haven’t seen Ronda fight anyone

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Watch the greatest hits, kicks, and one serious armbar from two of mixed martial arts' top women: Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey.

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In the run-up to Strikeforce's bantamweight title clash between champion Miehsa Tate and challenger Ronda Rousey, much of the focus of the fight has had nothing to do with actual fighting. Did Rousey jump the line for a title shot? Has the marketing for this fight focused incessantly on looks? What's the latest in the war of words between the two fighters? Questions like these and others dominate the news cycle. While these queries aren't without some merit, there's another story to be told: how each fighter plans to win this coming Saturday evening. In this interview with MMA Fighting, Rousey discusses her unusual judo past, how it's radically different from the prototypical wrestling/jiu-jitsu fighter background and why she believes Tate cannot properly prepare for it. The judo bronze medalist also discusses her admiration for Gina Carano, drug testing efficacy in USADA, candor in the fight business and much more. Full audio and partial transcription below: Luke Thomas: Okay, joining me right now to talk about her upcoming title fight at Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey, which of course takes place March 3rd at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, former bronze judo medalist, Ronda Rousey. Ronda, how are you? Ronda Rousey: it's not former, the next Olympics hasn't happened. Luke Thomas: (laughs) I guess that's true, current bronze medalist, how are you? Ronda Rousey: I'm good, how you doing? Luke Thomas: Speaking of the 2012 London games, how invested are you in judo? Are you gonna watch that as a spectator? Ronda Rousey: Yeah, well I'm for sure going. It'll be an amazing experience to go to the Olympics just for fun and just to watch and to enjoy the games and different sports, it'll be great. Luke Thomas: Are you being facetious? Ronda Rousey: No Luke Thomas: I guess I'm just sort of curious as to your current level of enthusiasm for judo in that way. I know you sort of went to MMA because you got tired as a competitor of the daily grind. Ronda Rousey: Yeah, but that doesn't mean I don't love the sport. I love watching judo, I just don't like the lifestyle required to be the best in the world at it. Luke Thomas: Fair enough. Let me ask you about self promotion because you seem to be rather good at it. Did it come naturally? Is it something you're working on? Is it a little combination of both? What is it? Ronda Rousey: I guess it comes naturally in that I benefited from being raised in a certain environment where I come from a family of very educated and empowered and quick-witted women and ever since I've been 13 or so, most people I've hung out with are men in their mid 20s. I've lived in a lot of houses that were just me and my teammates between the banter of my teammates and arguing with my sisters, I developed my own brand of quick-witted shit-talking that has served me so well. Luke Thomas: But this isn't something like a Chael Sonnen act, is it? This seems to be something that is mostly natural, or am I overstating it? Ronda Rousey: I just try to be as bluntly honest as possible. It's not entirely genuine in that I do not have all that energy all day long, but I just kind of just an exaggerated version of myself I guess. Luke Thomas: Let me ask you about being blunt. Do you think the fight game is full of too much posturing and people not being candid with one another? Ronda Rousey: I think that the women's side definitely does. The men have a good balance of fighters that are much more soft-spoken and are just there to compete and other fighters that are showmen but on the women's side, you really don't see any of that, any of the girls going out of their way to market themselves at the extent of some criticism. That's why I really did a call-out on my last fight because I realized that no other woman had done a call-out on TV before so I was like, "You know what? If I'm the first one to do it, it's bound to work and it did and I'm just trying to draw inspiration from a lot of the men's fighters that have been using the exact same package that I have and I think if I was a man and I was doing the exact same things that I'm doing now, no one would really say "boo" about it but because I'm a woman and not a lot of the women have been outspoken before that it's become something that a lot of people like to pay attention to. Luke Thomas: Well tell me about Gina Carano, and I don't mean to be superficial with the question but in the sense that she has been able to leverage both ability and looks to a pretty strong degree at this point. Is she blazing a path that you'd like to follow or are you looking for something different? Ronda Rousey: She definitely is and if I didn't see what Gina was already doing, I wouldn't have become an MMA fighter because I wouldn't think it would offer any sort of long-term career for me so she has her own path and she's going about things her own way, but yeah, I see that she's been successful and I think it would be dumb of me to not look at what she's done and how she's succeeded and kinda pick and choose from her strategy and make some of it my own. Luke Thomas: Let's talk about drug testing and the state athletic commissions versus WADA which you've also done a lot of testing throughout your judo career. Which one's more rigorous, WADA or state athletic commissions? Ronda Rousey: I would actually say that USADA is the worst one because I think that the United States drug tests are more stringent than the world drug testing and I think that the professional athletic commission is actually most lax of the three. For the Olympics, all I could take the Olympics was Advil. Luke Thomas: Does that mean that there is more opportunity for a false positive because you can take more over the counter supplements in gross degrees in state athletic commission testing? Ronda Rousey: Well in USADA, they told us that, "You are entirely responsible for everything that you take." Even if you take a supplement and test positive for something that's not on the label and you can prove that it came from that bottle and it was mistakenly done, they will hold you accountable so that's why I only take children's vitamins because I know that it's a lawsuit waiting to happen if they happen to put something else in there. I've always just been overly cautious and for all these people that are testing positive for various kinds of steroids and saying, "Oh, I got it from some supplement," it's bullshit. It's a blatant lie and I feel it's insulting the intelligence of the fans. Luke Thomas: Talk to me about newaza in judo. I think a lot of people have poor conception of what it actually entails both in terms of newaza training and newaza as a function of competition in judo. How does it work? How much training is involved in submissions in judo and how much of it matters in competition? Ronda Rousey: Training in newaza in judo is not mandatory. You can get away with not knowing any ground and just knowing how to defend and stay standing. I just happen to come from a background where my mom, she tore her knees out when she was like 17 so all of her fights, she won on the ground and then when I was 16, I tore my knee out and I spent that entire year only doing ground work and when I moved away from home, I went to [Jimmy] Pedro's. They're known as mostly a very ground based judo school so the difference I think between a judo and jiu-jitsu ground game is in judo, you only have sometimes only three seconds, even less than that to make something work so it pushes the transition and the pace on the ground to be faster than any other grappling sport. Luke Thomas: Is that the key to the game? It seems like once you get that rush in, the two on one and then the trip, it's just a matter of seconds at that point. Do you think the jiu-jitsu guys don't have the same sense of urgency in their submission application? Ronda Rousey: Yeah, they don't have any sense of urgency and they don't have as much need to be able to transition between the stand-up and the ground as quickly as a judo player does because we don't have an undisclosed amount of time to work on the ground and so I think that's a big advantage. A lot of judo players like I said neglect learning any kind of ground game at all. It's kind of like some judo players I think have an amazing ground game that transfers better to MMA than any style but some judo players are just completely useless on the ground. It's kind of random. Luke Thomas: There's obviously a lot of overlap between amateur wrestling, folkstyle, freestyle, Greco Roman and judo but I guess my question to you would be, why does your judo beat Miesha Tate's wrestling? Ronda Rousey: I think it's because I have a very unorthodox style of judo in that I kind of have a weird European-Japanese-Brazilian jiu-jitsu mix that is extremely hard to prepare for and I train with world champion and Olympic medalist wrestlers several times a week and there's no way that she could have judo players of my caliber to train with. It's just such an unorthodox style that I don't think she can be nearly as prepared for me as I am for her. Luke Thomas: You come in reaching for her arm, I've never seen you change elevation at least not yet in your career. More than just being a different style, I mean the particular application of it. Is she not going to be as strong as you, is she not going to be able to understand the angle at which you come to grab her, what do you mean? Ronda Rousey: Well, yeah, like you were pointing out, for judo players, you don't change levels when you come in for the takedowns, you telegraph a lot less. What was the rest of your question, just the advantage that judo players have in general? Luke Thomas: I guess I'm just wondering, I talked to [Tate] and her sense was that her wrestling really had a lot of different tools to stop your judo and what you're telling me is quite the opposite in a sense that she doesn't even know what she's getting into. Ronda Rousey: There's no way she can know because I'm not a normal judo player and she, I think it's ridiculous to assume that you know how to defend a style that you've never fought against or had any experience training with. Luke Thomas: Talk to me about what's harder on the body over time, judo or MMA? I read a book called "Falling Hard" where a writer picked up judo as a hobby and really sort of followed it through and he talked about the devastating injuries. Which is harder on the body, judo or MMA? Ronda Rousey: Judo is definitely much harder on the body. It's much harder on your joints. It's not so much cosmetic damage because you don't see much blood, but more people have died from judo than doing MMA and most people get injuries like torn shoulders, separated collar bones, broken collar bones, broken legs, knees everything. I've seen way more injuries, broke necks, people break their necks doing judo because you're pretty much doing gymnastics with somebody on your back. Imagine someone doing gymnastics with another person trying to stop you and throw you on your ass. It's pretty much dangerous in that way and I think that judo is probably one of the more dangerous sports under boxing.

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Strikeforce women’s bantamweight top contender Ronda Rousey talks about champion Miesha Tate's allegations she was "pampered and protected." Rousey challenges Tate on Friday in Columbus, Ohio.

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If there's one thing you can say about Strikeforce competitor Ronda Rousey, she's anything but cliché and she obviously didn't study the classic 1988 sports film "Bull Durham."

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MMAWeekly Radio Weekend Edition is back with a UFC 144 round-up, Strikeforce fighter Caros Fodor, up-and-comer Drew Brokenshire, MMAWeekly's Erik Fontanez and the final Ask Ronda Rousey.

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Ronda Rousey has taken a lot of crap from people in MMA because of her relative inexperience, as if her lifetime of martial arts experience doesn't count for diddly squat. Miesha Tate went so far as to call her 'pampered', which seems to have bugged Rousey a little. In her latest fight blog for Fighters Only, Ronda lays out some of the notable moments from her upbringing that may dissuade you from that characterization: I remember my first injury very well. I was 11 years old and I broke my big toe doing judo. To an 11 year old this is a very big deal, so I stopped fighting and started to cry. My mother then made me run laps around the mat for the rest for the night. I thought she was just being cruel at the time but she told me, “Sometimes you have to fight when you're injured. You need to know you're capable of that.”A few years later I was 15 and broke 3 bones in my foot (jumping over a fence, during my first and only attempt to try and ditch class) That weekend my mom sent me up to northern California to fight in two divisions in a tournament that was hosted by the club of one of my biggest rivals at the time.I was sent with no coach and injured, fought eight matches in front of a biased crowd that were cheering against me. When I asked my mom why she would do something so mean she said “You won't always have a coach, the crowd won't always like you, and you won't always be healthy when you fight. You need to know you can win anyway.”...I remember my first injury very well. I was 11 years old and I broke my big toe doing judo. To an 11 year old this is a very big deal, so I stopped fighting and started to cry. My mother then made me run laps around the mat for the rest for the night. I thought she was just being cruel at the time but she told me, “Sometimes you have to fight when you're injured. You need to know you're capable of that.”A few years later I was 15 and broke 3 bones in my foot (jumping over a fence, during my first and only attempt to try and ditch class) That weekend my mom sent me up to northern California to fight in two divisions in a tournament that was hosted by the club of one of my biggest rivals at the time.I was sent with no coach and injured, fought eight matches in front of a biased crowd that were cheering against me. When I asked my mom why she would do something so mean she said “You won't always have a coach, the crowd won't always like you, and you won't always be healthy when you fight. You need to know you can win anyway.” That's only the tip of the iceberg. From the sound of the article, Ronda has been bashed, smashed, tapped, snapped, broken, and mauled and none of it has stopped her from showing up for competition or training the same day. While there's still a good chance that Miesha Tate may be able to find a chink in her armor, I don't think it's going to be via Ronda's physical or mental toughness. Her mother and judo have already pushed her harder than your average Chinese circus child, and she survived that easy enough. MMA sounds like a cakewalk compared to what she's already done.

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Strikeforce contender Ronda Rousey presents the second installment of her fight blog as she gets ready for her showdown with Miesha Tate on March 3 in Columbus, OH

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Ronda Rousey is the Pantydropper of the Week over at Gal's Guide to MMA.

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In her latest blog, Strikeforce women's challenger Ronda Rousey echoes the words her mother told her when she was 11 about fighting injured.

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In her latest blog, Strikeforce women's challenger Ronda Rousey echoes the words her mother told her when she was 11 about fighting injured.

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All that fussin and feudin' between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate certainly does distract us from the fact that they are totally babelicious. Fortunately, Showtime would like to remind you just how fine these two ladies are with a ton of promo photos. You can check em out here and here. Oh Ronda, you judo threw my heart in under a minute.

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MMAWeekly Radio Weekend Edition is back with a loaded show including UFC flyweight Demetrious Johnson, Tim Sylvia, former pro wrestler Taz and a new segment of Ask Ronda Rousey.

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Ronda Rousey talked about a lot of other stuff in our brief interview with her, but we focused on the most interesting topic and used it to get you here. We used psychology on you -- and it worked. How does it feel knowing that we influenced the direction in your life? The titles of MiddleEasy articles are self-contained motivational speakers that have an incredible success rate. We provide no-charge solutions to deal with life's most troubling problems. Just call us the Tony Robbins of this MMA industry. It was LayzieTheSavage's choice to begin this interview with a full-body pan shot of Ronda Rousey. It wasn't something I initially planned, but it doesn't negate how awesome it truly is. The full-body pan shot is something we need to trademark on MiddleEasy. In reality, we're probably going to forget about the full-body pan shot later today and just play video games the rest of the weekend. Damn, that was a short-lived cinematographic revolution. You can call us the half-assed Che Guevara of this MMA industry.

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Strikeforce bantamweight champ Miesha Tate knows a great deal about her upcoming opponent Ronda Rousey, already being aware of Rousey’s Olympic judo background, overall power, and love of latching onto arms. However, what she’s not so sure of is how much heart “Rowdy” Ronda actually as. Tate, who has been through some wars in her career, called Rousey’s desire into question in a recent blog entry where she pointed to the outspoken grappler’s inexperience as potentially being key in their headlining fight. “My March 3 challenger and opponent, Ronda Rousey, has never faced this type of make or break moment during her 4-0 mixed martial arts career,” began Tate. “Yes, she was very accomplished as a judo player, winning a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics, but she has yet to taste her own blood in a grueling MMA bout. She’s yet to prove she can battle back from any adversity at all. Questions have never been asked of her.” “All four of her MMA wins so far have arrived inside the first minute, and she has yet to face anybody that has so much as tested her, let alone come close to disfiguring her face and beating her,” Tate viciously continued. “She’s been carefully matched, she’s been pampered, and she’s been protected. The truth is, going into this world title fight with me, Ronda is still (looking) to discover whether she is even a real fighter.” It looks like the 25-year old Tate plans to test that theory in a few weeks by grinding Rousey down, adding, “(She) will learn just how hard and horrible the sport of mixed martial arts can be. I will take great pleasure in dragging her into deep waters for the first time in her life and then drowning her there.” The two bantamweight beauties will meet in the main event of a card on Showtime also featuring names like K.J. Noons, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, Paul Daley, and Josh Thomson in other bouts. PHOTO CREDIT – STRIKEFORCE

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Strikeforce bantamweight champion Miesha Tate and challenger Ronda Rousey, along with CEO Scott Coker, recently met with the press discuss their March 3 title fight. Check out a video of their discussion below.

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We've seen a grand total of 4 minutes of Ronda Rousey fighting in MMA over her four pro fights and two amateur fights. That's not very long at all - I spend longer masturbating to my Ronda shrine every night (although I do stop every 30 seconds to insert another tack, which is why I last so long). This has raised criticisms from Ronda-haters that she is a one trick pony with no real experience. I guess she won that Olympic medal off pure sass alone, huh? Speaking of Olympic medals, Iron Forges Iron took the time to compile and upload a ton of Ronda Rousey judo and grappling videos. So if you want to get to know Ronda better fight-wise, go check them out. If she doesn't finish Miesha Tate off in under 2 minutes, you might see some of the techniques she'll use during their fight.

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Strikeforce women’s bantamweight top contender Ronda Rousey talks about her judo background and what she thinks about champion Miesha Tate. Rousey challenges Tate on March 3 in Columbus, Ohio.

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All four of her MMA wins so far have arrived inside the first minute, and she has yet to face anybody that has so much as tested her, let alone come close to disfiguring her face and beating her. She's been carefully matched, she's been pampered and she's been protected. The truth is, going into this world title fight with me, Ronda is still to discover whether she is even a real fighter. However, on March 3rd, the night we meet for my Strikeforce world bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey will learn just how hard and horrible the sport of mixed martial arts can be. I will take great pleasure in dragging her into deep waters for the first time in her life and then drowning her there. -- Miesha Tate blogs for Strikeforce leading up to her March 3, 2012, bantamweight title defense against Ronda Rousey at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The feud between these two lethal ladies has served a wide ranging purpose for women's MMA in the sense that it's reignited interested not just with fans but with executives at the Zuffa offices. Indeed, UFC President Dana White is now promoting the fight himself, telling anyone who will listen how pumped he is to see what should be an explosive match-up. He'll also have more control over the entire Strikeforce promotion for the March 3 card, and with Showtime pulling out all the stops with unique video promos leading up to the fight, all signs point to a smashing success for all involved. Oh, and it helps that Tate and Rousey are verbally sparring before climbing inside the cage to rip each others heads off (or arms, as it were). For her part "Takedown" is looking forward to dragging "Rowdy" into deep waters for the first time and says she'll take great pleasure in watching her drown. Sick sadism aside, who's predicting that as the outcome of the bout? Anyone? Or will Rousey do what she's always done and take Tate's arm home with her, along with the 135-pound title?

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Strikeforce bantamweight champ Miesha Tate has no doubts that she is a fighter, though not simply because she draws a paycheck as a professional Mixed Martial Artist. Tate has weathered numerous storms inside the cage, coming out on top in twelve of her fourteen fights. However, she isn’t so sure about the heart of her upcoming opponent, unbeaten Olympic judoka Ronda Rousey. Tate questioned Rousey’s fortitude in a recent blog entry where she made it clear she plans to test “Rowdy” Ronda’s will when they meet on March 3 in Columbus, Ohio. “My March 3 challenger and opponent, Ronda Rousey, has never faced this type of make or break moment during her 4-0 mixed martial arts career,” Tate wrote on Rousey’s experience. “Yes, she was very accomplished as a judo player, winning a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics, but she has yet to taste her own blood in a grueling MMA bout. She’s yet to prove she can battle back from any adversity at all. Questions have never been asked of her.” “All four of her MMA wins so far have arrived inside the first minute, and she has yet to face anybody that has so much as tested her, let alone come close to disfiguring her face and beating her,” Tate continued, her venom spilling over onto the page. “She’s been carefully matched, she’s been pampered and she’s been protected. The truth is, going into this world title fight with me, Ronda is still to discover whether she is even a real fighter.” In closing, “Takedown” Tate pulled no punches in saying she expects to introduce Rousey to the type of adversity she’s already overcome inside the cage. “On March 3rd, the night we meet for my Strikeforce world bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey will learn just how hard and horrible the sport of mixed martial arts can be. I will take great pleasure in dragging her into deep waters for the first time in her life and then drowning her there.” Strikeforce Releases Preview for Rousey vs. Tate Fans can catch Rousey-Tate on Showtime along with a number of other featured bouts including KJ Noons vs. Josh Thomson and Ronaldo Souza vs. Derek Brunson. PHOTO CREDIT – STRIKEFORCE Tweet

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Miesha Tate talks about how her first fight in MMA inspired her, and her plans to show opponent Ronda Rousey just how hard MMA really can be.

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Ronda Rousey writes why she believes she deserves her shot at the Strikeforce bantamweight title in this special blog leading up to her fight with Miesha Tate on March 3 in Ohio.

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Go behind the scenes with Showtime Sports on the Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey video and photo shoot previewing their upcoming title tilt March 3 in Columbus.

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For the sake of this article and in honor of Valentine's Day, you can replace Cody McKenzie with yourself in the banner picture. That's you with your arms wrapped around Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey. I understand why you're giving us two thumbs up. I'm sure Siskel and Ebert would approve of this picture also (RIP Gene Siskel). I wish it was me in that banner, but fortunately for today it's you. Congratulations. You're looking at your reward. Evidence that you were in the vicinity of two of the greatest female fighters in MMA. Backstage at UFC 143 I finally saw Ronda Rousey, but when LayzieTheSavage offered to introduce me to her, I geeked out like a 6th grader at a middle-school dance and declined. I'm not sure what happened that weekend, I had my cootie-shot and everything. I was enchanted with the aura of 'Circle, Circle, Dot, Dot.' Check out this official promo for next month's Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey released on the day when all single people will focus on how irresponsible they are to maintain a relationship. Props to Pegson for the tip.

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MMAWeekly Radio Weekend Edition is back with UFC 144 fighter Tim Boetsch, HDNet's Michael Schiavello and a new segment of Ask Ronda Rousey.

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Miesha Tate says Ronda Rousey is "gonna get what she asked for, but I don't think she's gonna want it." The two square off at Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey on March 3.

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Ronda Rousey talks her rapid rise in mixed martial arts, her Strikeforce title fight with Miesha Tate and why she had some words with Cyborg Santos.

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Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Miesha Tate thinks challenger Ronda Rousey is pushy, selfish and immature -- and too pretty.

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Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Miesha Tate thinks challenger Ronda Rousey is pushy, selfish and immature -- and too pretty.

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While countless individuals may be impressed with what they’ve seen thus far from unbeaten Olympic judoka Ronda Rousey, one person who won’t be found among them is Strikeforce bantamweight champ Miesha Tate. Tate defends her belt against Rousey on March 3 in the main event of a stacked Strikeforce lineup where the 25-year old plans to drag “Rowdy” Ronda into deep waters when they face off to see how she reacts to an actual fight rather than an quick submission win. “I just want to frustrate her. I want to push her outside that minute and make her second-guess and wish she never wanted to take this fight,” said Tate while serving as a guest on Inside MMA. “I have yet to see Ronda actually fight. I’ve seen her go out there and do her judo or what not but she hasn’t ever brought a fight and that’s what I’m gonna do, I’m gonna make this a fight.” Though Rousey is 4-0 no opponent has lasted more than 49 seconds with her, leaving her cardio as being somewhat of a mystery. “Not to mention the weight cut,” Tate added. “This is his first drop to 135. Also, (there’s a) no-pound allowance. That’s going to change her body dynamics. The way she’s used to throwing people and having that weight behind her is gonna change.” In terms of the trash-talk from Rousey, Tate explained it motivates her when she hears it but for the most part she has her upcoming adversary tuned out. “I don’t really listen to much of anything Ronda says. I don’t watch her interviews,” stated Tate on the topic. “I get a little bit of that drift that comes through Twitter…half the time I really honestly think it makes her sound like an idiot. That’s just being brutally honest. I think she’s pretty delusional.” Check out the complete interview below: PHOTO CREDIT – STRIKEFORCE

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Ronda Rousey has been talking mad sh*t at Miesha Tate, calling her 'slow' and 'not dangerous' and dissing her boyfriend / UFC fighter 'Mr Miesha Tate' Bryan Caraway. So it's understandable that Miesha would start firing back sooner or later with some strong words. Here she is showing that she can do more than just complain about the injustice of having to face Ronda. She wants to beat that girl ugly: "I think it's just what I need, actually," Tate said of Rousey getting on her nerves. "I think that I've been fighting for long enough that sometimes I get a little bit comfortable, that's the truth of the matter. And when you don't like someone, the idea of losing to them is just unbearable. Like, I cannot think of losing to this girl, it cannot happen. My pride is on the line here, people. You don't understand. It's not just winning the fight or keeping my title, it's like, this bitch is not going to beat me, there's no way this is going to happen. I think, for me, it's just going to make it that much more exciting because you're going to see a much more exhilarated me, you're going to see a much more pumped and vicious, I think. I don't want to just like fight this girl, I don't want to just beat her, I want to really hurt her. I really do, I want to like mar her face if at all possible, that'd be nice." Like totally disfigure her or something great. What is this, Afghanistan? I am outrage, I say! To me, this is just as bad if not worse than that time Frank Mir waxed poetic on causing Brock Lesnar's death in the octagon. Mainly because unlike Frank, I think Miesha might be serious. And if it becomes a thing where evil champions like Miesha aim to mar the visages of competitors more beautiful than her, where will future sexy female MMA fighters come from?But what will discourage the next generation of fight foxes more? Miesha defacing their good looks or Ronda Rousey breaking everyone's arms backwards? She compares the results to a 'flamingo knee', and if the point she's trying to get across is that both look gross then I'd agree wholeheartedly with that.

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Miesha and Ronda, wow. I wasn't going to take the eight hour trek to Columbus from Chicago until I saw this video. I really wasn't. Then I came to the realization that without a doubt this is the biggest women's fight in the history of the sport. Especially looking back on Gina/Cyborg in retrospect (PED's/Soderbergh). These two ladies are going to fight seriously, seriously hard for the title March 3rd, and Miesha only has to last two minutes and eighteen seconds for the announcers to exclaim 'Miesha Tate has lasted longer than all four of Ronda Rousey's combined opponents'. I typed that with Mauro Ranallo's inflection, so I hope you read it with his voice in your head. If you didn't feel free to reread it. I will wait. LayzieTheSavage caught up with Miesha in Vegas sometime over the weekend, I'm not 100% sure when, but what he captured was a truly interesting interview with a champion who many have unfairly already written off as dethroned. Watch it. It's a good one.

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MMAWeekly Radio Weekend Edition is back with Eddie Alvarez, Ask Ronda Rousey and a UFC 143 breakdown.

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Want to know what Ronda Rousey thinks of Cris Cyborg and her tainted supplement excuse? Well then watch this interview Ronda did with FightHubTV.com. Ronda definitely isn’t buying what Cyborg is selling.

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By Will Gray: Olympic medalist, judoka and rising star of women’s Mixed Martial Arts, “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey is not scared to speak her mind. Fight Hub TV was able to catch up with the StrikeForce bantamweight who will be challenging current champion Meisha Tate on March 3rd for the title and she was kind enough [...]

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By Will Gray: Olympic medalist, judoka and rising star of women’s Mixed Martial Arts, “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey is not scared to speak her mind. Fight Hub TV was able to catch up with the StrikeForce bantamweight who will be challenging current champion Meisha Tate on March 3rd for the title and she was kind enough [...]

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Ronda Rousey and Rickson Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in detail how to execute a nasty rolling kimura at Dynamix MMA in Santa Monica, Calif.

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MMAWeekly Radio Weekend Edition for a breakdown of UFC on Fox 2, a chat about Dana White's hacker battle, and the latest round of Ask Ronda Rousey.

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A few updates on what's been going on in the MMA Twitterverse RANDOM TIDBITS "@Jonnybones vs @SpiderAnderson and @Rampage4real vs @wandfc with Pride rules. The @UFC_Undisputed 3 demo is out now!!! bit.ly/xMPBXw" -UFC Undisputed "19k followers!! Whoo!! I feel 19,000 times cooler than I did upon first opening a twatter account!" -Ronda Rousey "News: My brother is fighting Pedro Rizzo in Italy on 24th of March in Milan. Great fight! Two veterans with tons of experience who you got?" -Alistair Overeem "Watching basketball ... Holly sh*t these overgrown people are ugly. You think they look down on me from way up there n think the same?" -Ian McCall "If I had a nickel every time someone said they're surprised that a fighter can speak so intelligently I'd have seven cents." -Nate Quarry "Spent months training to fight Munoz and now I have to fight a guy who sounds like "PIP" from South Park." -Chael Sonnen ""I'm in the fight biz not the website biz. Who gives a ****?"" -Dana White, says he doesn't care that the website got hacked. There's a ton of tweets after the jump, but first, don't forget to follow me on twitter: @antontabuena Oh, and these guys are probably worth following as well: The Official BloodyElbow Twitter Account, Luke Thomas, Kid Nate, Brent Brookhouse, Leland Roling, Richard Wade, Chris Barton, Damon O, Scott Broussard, Tim Burke, Matt Bishop, Fraser Coffeen, Dallas Winston, KJ Gould, Matt Roth JUNIOR ASSUNCAO ISN'T PLEASED ABOUT BEING RELEASED AFTER 1 LOSS "I JUST GOT CUT FROM THE UFC!! WOW... APPARENTLY THEY DID NOT LIKE MY LAST FIGHT. THANKS @ufc FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. TO MY FANS, I'LL BE BACK! ...THX FOR THE SUPPORT! IM NOT IN CONTROL OF ALL THIS. MY MANAGER SAID IT WILL BE OK. WAS IN A GOOD WIN STREK BEFORE THE LAST FIGHT.SORRY GUYS" -Junior Assuncao "The Boss himself told me the fight was good, got a performance $, was in a good win STREAK before that last fight. I DONT UNDERSTAND! ..."If I knew I was getting cut I would got the easier fight" I told my Maneger. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME UNDERSTAND? gotta suck it Up and improve" -Junior Assuncao "Guys thanks for supporting! Please don't hate on the UFC. It's not @danawhite decision. He liked my last fight. It's politics behind scenes" -Junior Assuncao "The truth will show up soon or later! I don't know what goes on behind the scenes and no one can tell me ether. keep my mouth shut for now!!" -Junior Assuncao "Maybe it was personal, there wasn't any improper behavior. I'm not the one talking to the UFC so I'm helpless on this decision" -Junior Assuncao "messages coming all i can say is thanks guys! No leverage to argue with the UFC. Maybe my "manager" will say something @SuckerPunchEnt" -Junior Assuncao "Got people messaging saying there is something else behind the reason I got cut by the @ufc. Got no one fightng for me right now!!!" -Junior Assuncao TWICTURES "Hahahahhahahahamfkfixdhdbxjahahahahahahahhaha AMAZING!!!!!" -Travis Browne "Forgot to tweet last these last night at the boxing event!" -Alistair Overeem "Ran into my UFC buddy GSP during breakfast!" -Alistair Overeem "Party photobooth alert!" -Alistair Overeem TWIDEOS "Video: Here is my last video from @UFC on FX1. Thanks for all of the support. I hope you enjoy!" -Charlie Brenneman "Video | Metal Mulisha w Nick Diaz" -Diaz Brothers, watch how Nick tries to sell you his shirt. "Aussie fans come meet UFC fighters and talk about the new @UFC_Undisputed" -UFC MOAR TWICTURES! "Aztec face masks and football w @laurenRbear" -AriannyCeleste "Voting Ends tom at noon! So if you haven't, please vote for me ;) THANK U friends! http://lightgroup.com/topmodel/" -Natasha Wicks "bahahaha love it! My hair's so flat ;)"@sshadow3: @BrittneyPalmer here's a pic of you from UFC Undisputed 3" -Brittney Palmer "Gettin work done! :-)" -Brittney Palmer GETTING READY FOR MIESHA TATE "Hair and makeup all done for @UFC mag photoshoot today!" -Ronda Rousey "Doin' work!" -Ronda Rousey "Occupational hazard..." -Ronda Rousey

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A little trivia for everyone out there: a video I recorded of an RC car crashing into a single lonely tree was played on Attack of the Show back in 2006. So actually, I was on the show well before Gina Carano or Ronda Rousey. Bam. How awesome is that? Not really. Thinking about 2006 is pretty wild though; Overeem was on a losing streak, I was playing Final Fantasy 11 and it was years before Ronda Rousey would start snapping arms and stealing hearts like no one we've ever seen before. Watch this charming interview from G4's Attack of the Show. The more I learn about Ronda Rousey, the more I'm convinced she's the female Judoka version of Good Guy Greg. [Source]

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Ronda Rousey stops by G4's Attack of the Show to discuss her upcoming title fight with Miesha Tate, and even manages to judo throw one of the hosts of the show.

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Now that Gina Carano is exploring her new career in Hollywood, is Strikeforce bantamweight contender Ronda Rousey already the new face of women's MMA?

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Ronda Rousey and Rickson Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in detail how to execute a brilliant half-guard sweep at Dynamix MMA in Santa Monica, Calif.

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The outspoken, silver-tongued Ronda Rousey has likely saved women's MMA due to her antics. Can trash talk really save a sport, you ask? Undeniably.

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MMAWeekly Radio Weekend Edition returns for a huge show with UFC on Fox headliner Rashad Evans, Diego Sanchez and a new segment called 'Ask Ronda Rousey'.

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Ronda Rousey says she comes from a family of quick-witted, accomplished women who don't back down. For those aggravated by her approach to the MMA business, she has one thing to say: you're welcome. "I don't think any girl can grasp what I'm trying to do," Rousey told MMAjunkie.com.

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Alright, here's what just happened. Ronda Rousey was roaming the land of Skyrim for the entire weekend and located a Dragon Shout that has the magical ability to completely destroy Cris Cyborg's self-esteem. Ronda Rousey has learned every word to her shout, and now that she's unleashed it just hours ago -- the world of MMA will never be the same. We just witnessed perhaps the most lethal verbal dagger to ever be tossed around in the history of mixed martial arts -- and it all happened on Twitter! This morning, Cris Cyborg posted the following picture of Gina Carano on Twitter with the words 'Next victim... Ronda!!! No mercy!!!.' The photo was captured by Esther Lin just after Carano's August 2009 title bout against Cris Cyborg. Of course one would naturally have to assume that since Cris Cyborg was busted for steroids in her most recent fight (which came with a one-year suspension and a hefty fine), that perhaps all of her fights including her bout with Gina Carano could be under the influence of performance enhancing drugs. Ronda Rousey saw Cyborg's tweet, and retorted with this gem that will be inscribed and placed on a shelf in the Hall of Trash Talk. We're looking at the female incarnation of a circa 2010 Chael Sonnen. Let's hope she also has a Hispanic doppelganger hiding somewhere out there.

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Ronda Rousey and Rickson Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in detail how to execute a knee-triangle sweep at Dynamix MMA in Santa Monica, Calif.

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We all live in a world in which Cris Cyborg's entire MMA career is questionable now that she's allegedly been 'busted' for banned substances in her most recent fight against Hiroko Yamanaka at last year's 'Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal.' Women's premiere force in MMA was caught cheating. In '90s elementary school equivalent,' that's like Cyborg sticking a Game Genie in the back of her neck and entering a code for 'God Mode' for nearly six years. Cyborg injected the 'Konami code' into her DNA and has been swinging her opponents around like unattachable boogers from her index finger. In a recent interview from Mauro Ranallo's 'The MMA Show,' Ronda Rousey claims that you only needed just half your brain to know that Cris Cyborg was cheating. “I feel like anyone with half a brain isn’t surprised. I have mixed emotions of Cyborg being caught cheating because I know everyone knew she was cheating and I wanted to make an example of her because you don’t need to take steroids to win. I think her getting caught is a great thing too. I don’t have the least bit respect for her because I always knew she was a cheater, and now everyone else knows too. If she ever comes back to fight again, she won’t be the same beast she was before. She might even try doing different things like HGH that are harder to get caught for. Who knows if Strikeforce even wants her back?” In the banner picture, Ronda appears to be conjuring a fire elemental. That needed to be acknowledged. Live with it. Ronda Rousey has mastered the arcane arts, and you haven't.

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Strikeforce's next show isn't until March but they've already got a nice portion of the card booked up and it's looking good. I think we can all agree the matchmaking for last weekend's event wasn't the best we've ever seen but if the March card is any indicator then maybe we'll be able to chill out on the Strikeforce hate and start giving it some tentative love: Miesha Tate vs Ronda Rousey for Women's 135 pound title K.J. Noons vs Josh Thomson Paul Daley vs Kazuo Misaki Alexis Davis vs Sarah Kaufman I don't think I need to upsell you Miesha Tate vs Ronda Rousey. We blab about Ronda Rousey enough on here that I'm sure you're excited. I'm so hyped I'm already wearing my Ronda shirt, Ronda wig, and Ronda panties in anticipation. WAR RONDA!Noons vs Thomson is a legit contender match for a shot at Gilbert Melendez and should be a great fight. Plus Scott Coker's brain seems to be stuck on Thomson / Melendez 3 so getting that out of the way should allow us to tell if his obsession is the sign of an earlier stress related stroke. What's next for Gil now, Scott? "Thomson / Melendez 4!" Uh-oh.Misaki has technically been a Strikeforce fighter since 2008 but only fought once because mumble mumble awkward shrug Strikeforce whaddaya gonna do. He's fighting at a much saner weight of 170 pounds now and it should be interesting to see if Paul Daley has finally escaped the first dimension. Can he keep on his feet against his wily Japanese opponent? Booking Sarah Kaufman in a fight ASAP is probably a good idea - it'll give her something to do other than go on press tours complaining about how unfair it is that Ronda Rousey got a title shot. Alexis Davis was on my list of potential opponents for Cris Cyborg - low low low down on that list, but it was on the strength of her quiet work(wo)manlike abilities. She's won against a lot of people who were supposed to beat her handily, so Kaufman better keep her eye on the ball here.Adding to the intrigue of the card, Scott Coker said Tate vs Rousey may not even be the main event, implying that maybe ... just maybe ... they'll finally be wrapping up the SFHWGP with the Barnett vs Cormier finals. That fight is still not official, but considering the event has already been labeled STRIKEFORCE: BARNETT VS CORMIER, I'd say it's a possibility. Oh, and that thing Dana White said about the 145 pound division being folded? Scott's got opinions on that as well: read more

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Imagine the amount of malpractice lawsuits Ronda Rousey would accumulate if she was a chiropractor. Ronda fights like she spent her entire childhood angrily ripping off the limbs of every G.I. Joe action figure she's owned. That's right, G.I. Joes because I can't imagine a young Rousey playing the role of caretaker to a miniature plastic female. I've never met her, but I'm fairly certain that's not her style. It's also important to note that while I haven't met Rousey, LayzieTheSavage has on numerous occasions and the majority of times it ends up with Layzie being injured in some capacity. For those of you who resided under a rock for the past year, Ronda Rousey is dangerous. So dangerous in fact that in this outtake clip from the Joe Rogan Experience, Rousey says she has no problem fighting Miesha Tate and her boyfriend.

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Ronda Rousey and Rickson Gracie black belt Henry Akins demonstrate in fantastic detail how to truly finish a kimura at Dynamix MMA in Santa Monica, Calif.

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Loretta Hunt has an awesome profile on our favorite arm-snapping judo-slinging female fighter, Ronda Rousey. There's a lot of interesting stuff you don't know about her in there, some awesome, some really messed up, and some just surprising like this: Of any fighter, it's fitting that Rousey knows the value of making her voice be heard -- she couldn't put together coherent sentences until the age of six.Rousey was born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck; her body was blue and she wasn't breathing. She was revived in the delivery room, but when her communicative skills quickly fell behind the norm, the doctors thought she'd suffered brain damage or that she might be deaf.When she began to talk, Rousey's words were jumbled and she was sent to speech therapy classes. Frustration was a daily occurrence, as nobody could understand her.Rousey's father saw the potential bubbling beneath his daughter's stifled communication, though. He often called Ronda a "sleeper," and told her that she'd show everybody someday. Rousey's speech gradually improved. Just one more way Ronda and I are totally alike. They thoght I was ratarded to, but i showed them.

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Ronda Rousey hits up Twitter with a little gem reacting to the Cyborg news.

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The Miesha Tate / Ronda Rousey bantamweight title fight in March hasn't even been officially confirmed yet and people are already spazzing out over it. No, not just in fanboy anticipation - this is after all one of the biggest WMMA fights that can be booked right now. Miesha Tate was quite vocal leading up to all this that she didn't think Ronda was 'worthy', and now replaced #1 contender Sarah Kaufman is telling the press how bullshit the whole thing is: "I've earned the title shot," she said today. "I've had the Strikeforce title; I've had two good wins coming off my only loss in 15 fights, and I've earned and deserve the right to fight for that title."Having Ronda have the option of coming in and fighting at 145 pounds, having two fights with Strikeforce, and all of a sudden, she gets a title shot at a division she doesn't fight in, it's a slap in the face."..."Ronda talks a lot," Kaufman said. "She's really told everyone that she's attractive, and for that reason, she is marketable and should get a title fight. Definitely, dislocating Julia Budd's arm opened people's eyes. But what doesn't make sense is that she hasn't done anything at 135 pounds; she hasn't even proven that she can make 135 pounds."I just don't understand how she can be given a title shot that she hasn't competed in when there's someone at her weight, (Cristiane) 'Cyborg' (Santos), who's waiting and looking for opponents, and Ronda's the only one in that division that's done well." Oh, call the Waaaaaambulance, someone's got their panties in a twist. Sarah Kaufman doesn't exactly have the world's most compelling case for a title shot either. She's only had two fights since she lost the belt and they weren't much to write home about. Certainly not Gone in 60 Seconds amazing like Ronda's fights. Everyone sighed when Coker started talking about rolling Kaufman back into the title spot because it represented everything wrong with the way they book women: it's the same thee / four women involved in everything. Now someone new is getting a shot and that's a bad thing?And while Rousey's cage time is lacking because she keeps wrecking opponents too quickly, those fights are still the proof in the pudding that her Olympic judo skills (the ones she used to win a bronze medal) are transferring just fine and should be accounted for whenever we bring up her relative worth in the division. Growing up and training amongst a who's who of Armenian UFC fighters also tells you something about how ready she is. You have to ignore a metric butt-ton of facts to pretend Ronda Rousey is as green as some people pretend she is.Rousey is positioning herself as the next big thing in WMMA, something the scene needs right now as Zombie Strikeforce limps on trying to find some meaning for itself. Zuffa would be stupid not to make this fight and make it now. Kaufman's had two and a half years in the spotlight (a spotlight she didn't always appreciate or shine under). Now it's Ronda's turn. The great thing is if she doesn't deserve it she'll get her ass kicked. MMA is fun like that.

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According to MMAWeekly.com, Miesha Tate (12-2) will return to the Strikeforce cage against no other than "The Queen of Armbars" Ronda Rousey (4-0). The fight will take place on March 3rd, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Rousey is currently 4-0 in her Mixed Martial Arts campaign, finishing every single one of her fights via a highlight reel armbar. Officially nicknamed "Rowdy", Ronda Rousey has a strong background in Judo, with 3 Gold Medals in Pan-American games, Silver Medal in 2007 World

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I would be lying if I told you that I haven't seen Karo Parisyan roaming around Little Armenia last summer. Don't worry, I didn't go nationalistic on you guys. 'Little Armenia' is actually a part of Hollywood (right next to Thai Town) that is home to a host of Armenian restaurants and meat markets. In Little Armenia 90% of the women appear to be related to Kim Kardashian, which essentially means you can colonize and create an entirely new civilization on the surface area of their backsides. Whenever I see Karo Parisyan in Hollywood, I want to just tell him 'Come at me bro' but I've yet to work out a contingency plan if he truly did come at me. Check out this confusing Fightline interview of Karo Parisyan complimenting Ronda Rousey while simultaneously burning her. "Ronda is a kid that trained with us for many years at Team Hayastan. The reason why Ronda is so good, is because Ronda was a cute little girl - she's not little no more - but she was a cute little girl that trained with guys like us. She wasn't training with other girls. Other girls she would beat up, so she would train with us. She would cry. I would yell at her, 'Suck your lip up! I don't want you crying!' She would suck her lip up and continue on. She would cry so much during practice because we would push her. That's why she became an animal in the cage and on the mat. She'll destroy ninety-five percent of the guys I know in my life. It is inspiring, it is motivating, to see all these colleagues and these people that I've known come up and make something of themselves. It's good. I'm really happy for her. I'd say she's gonna beat anybody that they put her in with, just because I know how good Ronda is. She's a strong girl. She's really strong mentally." Wait, did we just find the MMA interview of the year just four days into 2012? My god this Karo Parisyan...

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MMAWeekly Radio returns for 2012 with a big show to kick off the new year with guests including Ronda Rousey, Keith Jardine and the debut of 'The Sixth Round'.

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Imagine the combination of Ronda Rousey, the Diaz bros and Manny Gamburyan as some sort of undercover crime fighting unit. You have the lovable but tough as nails Ronda constantly getting into trouble with the chief for her reckless behavior out in the field "Do you have any idea what the mayor is going to do to my ass!?" the chief will exclaim over Ronda's latest explosive outing. The Diaz bros will would be on the other side of the war on drugs this time, and they would be willing to bend the rules to get their man. Think classsic buddy film/brothers working together scenario. Maybe a Lethal Weapon if Riggs and Murtaugh were on really strong pot brownies. And then there would be the quick tempered Manny. Threatening to throw everyone who would dare get in his way. He would be the enforcer that would never give up. Together, they would be unstoppable. The above scenario will never, ever happen. But we can get a tiny taste of what it would be like in this video of the four of them training brought to us by MMA HEAT. [Source]

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Reigning Women's 145-pound Champion Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos, who puts her title on the line tomorrow night against Hiroko Yamanaka, discusses her opponent, as well as her training and preparation for the bout. Santos says she is well-prepared for wherever the fight with Yamanaka may go, and also accepts the challenge recently extended by Ronda Rousey.

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A few updates on what's been going on in the MMA Twitterverse NEW TUF COACHES START TWITTER BEEFING "Pumped and honored 2 b in this position,big thnx 2 all my supporters/fans much love!" -Dominick Cruz "Pumped on TUF coachn job 1 time offer 4 @thedomin8r 2 give up now & b our water boy #chance4victory @PhilMrWonderful r cook" -Urijah Faber "Na @UrijahFaber but after I beat u again u can have a job doin up @PhilMrWonderful cornrows!" -Dominick Cruz "Master Thong is gonna b the Hidden Jewel of TUF15" -Urijah Faber There's also this who beef between Miesha Tate, Marloes Coenen, and Ronda Rousey going on... Or friends at Gals Guide to MMA have documented it well, so check it out here, and here. There's a ton of tweets after the jump, but first, don't forget to follow me on twitter: @antontabuena Oh, and these guys are probably worth following as well: The Official BloodyElbow Twitter Account, Luke Thomas, Kid Nate, Brent Brookhouse, Leland Roling, Richard Wade, Jonathan Snowden, Chris Barton, Damon O, Scott Broussard, Tim Burke, Matt Bishop, Fraser Coffeen, Dallas Winston, KJ Gould, Matt Roth RANDOM TWIDBITS "Damn. Got tired. Got beat. Thanks for watching. I'll be back stronger next time... I have to say I really appreciate the positive outpouring that came out of this negative event. I will fix my mistakes and build back up." -Jason Miller "Just watched the fight. I felt like I won a close one even after watching it. Ferguson was tough and I had a good time. FYI #judgescantjudge ... Btw no disrespect to Tony's win, I think it was close either way but 30-27 makes me want to move to another planet." -Yves Edwards, on losing that disputed decision on the TUF 14 Finale "Apparently my fight with demetrious Johnson was announced as official so...cats out of the bag, ready to let the dogs out like, who who whoo" -Eddie Wineland "Thx every1 4 the support and believing that I would be the #TUF14 CHAMP" -John Dodson "What do you call someone who sends too many emoticons? Overly emoticontional?" -Ronda Rousey "@titoortiz better follow me f*cker!" -War Machine "@joerogan who you got @jessejane or @Sn00ki ? I'm training Jess and @philbaroni is training Snooks. MMA PPV $69.99!" -War Machine TWICTURES "@forrestgriffin, @ stephanbonnar, @herbdeanmma and @philbaroni here at Boys Town in Las Vegas bringing Xmas cheer! ...@ufc fighters speaking to the kids at Boy Town about commitment, effort and the rewards!!!" -Reed Harris "Pretty cool @ufc made the #ufc142 poster green in honor of @chadmendes Money$ nickname. Must know something we don't!" -Urijah Faber "Arianny, Spider, Chael, Ronda & more backstage at last night's World MMA Awards" -UFC TWIDEOS "Here u go Bones Jones, Dodson looked Tuff, TJ will b back better. Same bet for a rematch #stronglikeAmerica" -Urijah Faber "Smoker fights at my gym Undisputed Purebred this weekend. 9mm M.M.A. Fight Night" -War Machine, I think those kids should be wearing head gear. MOAR TWICTURES! ""@LeahVsRob: Leah and her favorite fighter/new buddy @rondarousey"it was nice meeting you guys-loved the flapper dress!" -Ronda Rousey "Bjj Santa getting grabby at the otm fight shop" -Ronda Rousey "Fancy huh? Mma awards #boom" -Brittney Palmer "Love working #NFR events!! Rodeos and cowboys are always an epic good time! ;)" -Natasha Wicks WATCH NATASHA WICKS ARM WRESTLE WITH RACHELLE LEAH "Some fun footage from Saturdays Tailgating event in Anaheim (in-between takes breaks) ;)" -Natasha Wicks, Rachelle Leah tried to cheat!

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Ronda Rousey may very well get her wish to fight Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate after all.

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What do Ronda Rousey and Chael Sonnen have in common?  Neither of them have any apparent stand-up game or testes.  Wocka wocka!  But seriously folks, in keeping with our "All Rousey, All The Time" WMMA coverage, check out this little clip where Chael interrupts Ronda's "red carpet" interview at the MMA Awards to briefly say hello and/or hit on her. MiddleEasy called her reaction to the exchange "geeking out", but I'm not convinced that's entirely accurate.  While I'm sure she's still young and enthusiastic enough to be genuinely tickled at getting chatted up by one of the sport's biggest stars, it also seemed awful similar to the kind of "WTF?" laugh that young girls share with their friends right after I try to hit on them at awards shows.  The enormous size of my balls is common knowledge with the ladies, but that doesn't seem to help my prospects anyway, so keep on trying, Chael. Meanwhile, what's got two thumbs and much better luck with cute fighter-girls?  THIS GUY.

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Karo Parisyan sat down with Bloody Elbow to talk about his career, pain killers, Chris Leben, pain killers, and ... Ronda Rousey! Karo Parisyan : Listen, Ronda grew up in front of us. When Ronda was a kid we used to yell at her and tell her to suck her lip back in and start doing the techniques. She trained with animals like us and that's why she went and became a world champion in judo. Ronda is like my little sister man. I've known her for over 15 years. She's doing great and she's an animal. I put my money on her. When she fights Cyborg, I put my money on Ronda. Ronda would kill Cyborg. Ronda would tear a limb off. People have no idea how strong Ronda is and she doesn't quit. She should expect, it's unbelievable I could say so much stuff that she should expect, but this is the nastiest business in the world this mixed martial arts. There's a lot of politics involved. It's a soap opera. It's who said what. At the end of the day it's about the fight. If you can win and prove to the fans and yourself, you're gonna make something of yourself and going to become who you want to become. She should expect losses. A cut. A broken hand. She should expect the physical department and the emotional department. I've been through all that stuff for 15 years and I told her that too. I trained with her a couple months ago. That being said I think Ronda's gonna be great at mixed martial arts. She's amazing. Part 2 of the interview is right here.

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Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak with Karo Parisyan, the former UFC title contender who fell on hard times after a positive test for pain medication. Karo is a brutally honest interview, maybe to his detriment but in the twenty minutes I spoke with him, he laid it all our there. It's a shame that even after putting on countless exciting fights, he'll best be remembered for his cameo appearance where he ask Nate Diaz if he knew who he was. This interview will be broken up into two parts. Enjoy part one.Matthew Roth (Bloody Elbow) - I guess the first question is that you fought in September in Manaus, Brazil...what are you up to these days? Karo Parisyan - What am I up to these days? My life is a roller coaster bud. I've been in some sort of training. I'm training but not like I'm supposed to train for a fight. I'm waiting for some opportunities to come to me. There's supposed to be some tournaments coming up soon in the coming year and I'm waiting for those tournaments to come through...MMA tournaments, 16 man tournaments. I'm waiting for news on that and I'm doing some training but I'm dealing with some personal stuff right now. Matthew Roth (Bloody Elbow) - I don't really want to get into what you're going through in your personal life so let's change the subject a little bit. When you started your career you were with Gokor and Judo Gene. Do you consider yourself a Hayastan player or are you a judo player? Karo Parisyan - Me and Gokor made peace and we're on good terms so I'm back in the school. I haven't been there in a couple of weeks but I'm back in the school. I'm gonna start training again there. You know, I don't know. Gokor would be the first one to tell you I had a very different style than anybody in that school. So I don't know about the Hayastan style. Yeah we had an aggressive crazy style that we do but specifically, how many guys have you seen judo throw like me from my school? Have you seen any body? I haven't seen any body with those kind of throws or those kinds of submissions. I consider myself under the Hayastan grappling system but no one really mimics my style and the way I fight. Matthew Roth (Bloody Elbow) - Are there any key differences between judo and the Hayastan system? Karo Parisyan - Well judo is with a gi. You have to understand that we're Armenians and Eastern Europeans. We're from the former Soviet Union and former Russia. European Judo is different than Asian Judo and Eastern European Judo. Different in that we all go for the same techniques but as far as styles go and grips? We have different training methods and it's a little bit different. Gokor brought that Armenian style to the United States. That's why when we used to show up to judo tournaments kids would be terrified of us. Kids our age thought we were animals. The things we did they never came close to doing. We really got beat up if we didn't do 50 push ups. We got hit. When we stepped onto the mat we trained. There was no bullcrap. It was all straight up judo and straight up training. We couldn't slack. If we lagged then we were gonna get our ass kicked so that gave us resolve. We were the best junior team in the country. Nobody even came close to us. We would meet kids from Japan and kick their ass too and they're supposed to be the best judo guys in the world. Matthew Roth (Bloody Elbow) - It's Gokor's school so what was Gene LeBell's involvement in your development in judo? Karo Parisyan - Gene LeBell was more of a mentor. He was a big mentor in my life as far as fighting and life. He's a great man. There's one Gene LeBell and there's only one you can claim. He's an amazing person. He's a great guy. And he had that style, that catch wrestling style. Kind of what I was doing. Throwing and submitting people even before they hit the mat. Gene had that style. He helped us out with those techniques but at the same time he was more of a mental coach too. Never say never. There was no die in the guy. So that's what really helped us out in our careers. Matthew Roth (Bloody Elbow) - Are there any key moments where you can look back and reflect and say "I couldn't have done that without Gene"? Karo Parisyan - I'll be honest with you. I can't say I couldn't have. Listen there was only one guy that went to the UFC from my school. And even as an Armenian or really as a judo guy that actually did something. I went out there and I did it. Obviously they helped me and there was a big help from both. But that being said, I can't say "oh, I couldn't have ever done it if it wasn't for them." If it wasn't for my training partners and for all these people I couldn't have ever done it but saying "if it wasn't for Gene, I couldn't have ever been in the UFC", I'd be lying if I say that's true. Of course they helped me. They're the ones behind me and I'll always claim them till the end of my career and my life. But you have to understand, the question you're giving me is no matter how good you are or how many people you know, you have to be good enough for the UFC or Dana or whoever these guys are that are looking at you. You have to be that good to get the shot. If my uncle is Sylvester Stalone, I'm not gonna get a shot in the UFC because if I'm not worthy enough then they're going to tell you sorry, we can't put you in. They put me in to be a stepping stone for Dave Strasser because there was hype around him when I was 20 years old. I went in there and I laughed and did what I had to do. That's where my career started. But to answer your question it's a yes and it's a no. I'll leave it at that. Matthew Roth (Bloody Elbow) - You brought up the Strasser fight and that was my next question. Your history with the UFC, it started when you were training for the Athens Games. Reflecting back, would you have rather pursued the Olympics at that time and waited for MMA or do you think it was the right call? Karo Parisyan - No, I had the Olympic trials and I had the UFC. My entire life I've answered this question 35,000 times in every interview. In judo I never made a dime. Not one penny but I always spent money on airfare, hotels, food, application and registration fees. All my life I always spent money to do a sport, an Olympic sport. When the time came, I was like "I'm doing good as far as a judo practitioner" and I could throw my opponents without a gi. I'm fighting and I'm beating all these people. So I'm gonna pick judo up and fight and put it in MMA. That's what I did. I didn't even care for the Olympics. So what if I won the Olympics. Let's just say I went and I was an Olympian at best. Let's just say I won a match which in judo is unbelievably hard. Nothing was going to change. Karo Parisyan the Olympian. Big friggin deal. But I picked up the talent that I had as far as a judo practitioner and I brought it to mixed martial arts and that's what helped me. I was able to put judo on the map and make a career out of and become someone. Matthew Roth (Bloody Elbow) - Ok. One of the people at Gokor and Gene's school, Ronda Rousey. She did go to the Olympic route and now she's trying to transition and make her name in MMA. What does she have to look forward to and what are going to be her biggest issues with really establishing herself? Karo Parisyan - Listen, Ronda grew up in front of us. When Ronda was a kid we used to yell at her and tell her to suck her lip back in and start doing the techniques. She trained with animals like us and that's why she went and became a world champion in judo. Ronda is like my little sister man. I've known her for over 15 years. She's doing great and she's an animal. I put my money on her. When she fights Cyborg, I put my money on Ronda. Ronda would kill Cyborg. Ronda would tear a limb off. People have no idea how strong Ronda is and she doesn't quit. She should expect, it's unbelievable I could say so much stuff that she should expect, but this is the nastiest business in the world this mixed martial arts. There's a lot of politics involved. It's a soap opera. It's who said what. At the end of the day it's about the fight. If you can win and prove to the fans and yourself, you're gonna make something of yourself and going to become who you want to become. She should expect losses. A cut. A broken hand. She should expect the physical department and the emotional department. I've been through all that stuff for 15 years and I told her that too. I trained with her a couple months ago. That being said I think Ronda's gonna be great at mixed martial arts. She's amazing. Check back for Part 2 where Karo talks about his UFC career and Chris Leben.

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Alexis Davis knows she's done a lot more to earn a title shot than Ronda Rousey, but if she has to beat the former Olympian to prove it, she's happy to accept the fight.

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Strikeforce featherweight Ronda Rousey may only be 5’6” and possess a bubbly exterior capped off by long blonde hair and infectious smile but make no mistake – she’s as dangerous an opponent as can be found in her respective division. That point was driven home last weekend at Strikeforce Challengers 20 when “Rowdy” Ronda locked opponent Julia Budd into an Armbar and snapped her elbow in two after Budd refused to tap. Rousey was recently a guest on Inside MMA where she explained what the grotesque submission felt like, comparing it to a familiar feeling typically taking place at this time of year. “Oh yeah…you know like, when you’re…well, its Thanksgiving…you know when you’re preparing a turkey and kind of like, tearing things off? It felt like that except in like a very sensitive area,” Rousey explained to the panel when asked if she knew she’d disassembled Budd’s arm. Rousey Says She’s Not Out to Make Friends in the Ring On the topic of Turkey Day, Rousey also explained she was especially excited this year because she’ll actually get to eat for once instead of dieting for judo/MMA. Check out the full video below along with a demonstration from Rousey on how she approaches Armbars with host Bas Rutten serving as her willing victim… PHOTO CREDIT – STRIKEFORCE Tweet

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You'd think on the monday after breaking another person's arm backwards, that's what we'd be talking about in relation to Ronda Rousey. Instead, the MMA world is a flutter over the twitters sent back and forth between Rousey and former female Fedor equivilent Tara LaRosa. Lemme sum that up for ya: Afterwards, Ronda's mom went on her blog (she has a blog! And it's just as good as you'd expect based on all the stories we've heard about her) and had this to say about the haters and game players: There seems to have been quite a bit of trash-talking from some woman trying to pick a fight with Ronda. I could tell her she might as well save her breath.When Ronda was barely 17 years old, she was number one in the U.S., would go to judo tournaments and her competitors, all much older and with many more years of competition experience would walk by, try to catch her eye and glare at her.  Since Ronda was a huge Pokemon fan, she spent all of her time in between matches playing on her Nintendo and never even noticed these people giving her the evil eye.One woman skipped several tournaments setting up a head to head match against Ronda that would occur at either the Olympic trials or the senior nationals. We were sitting at a tournament and my friend commented, "You notice that (*** ) didn't show up again? She's trying to psyche Ronda out. She wants Ronda to get all nervous about fighting her, and then have a let down when she's not here. She's hoping your daughter will convince herself they won't have to fight, and then, when Ronda is unprepared, she'll show up. You better tell your daughter to be mentally ready at any time."I looked down at Ronda, sitting on the floor, playing Pokemon and said, "I'm not telling her anything. Ronda never thinks about those women walking by her trying to stare her down, and she certainly doesn't think about whether so-and-so is going to show up at this tournament. If anything, she is thinking of some excuse she can use to convince Jim Pedro that she's close enough making weight that it's okay for her to have a chocolate doughnut."Ronda paused in Pokemon for a minute, looked up and complained, "Big Jim will never let me have a doughnut."Later, she put her Pokemon game down, went out and won the senior national championships. So just to summarize this story in embarassing mom keypoints. "Okay there, when Ronda was a wee teenager she did nothing but play pokemon all day. No time for boys, no time even for showers. Because of the smell she had a nickname that rhymed with Ash, the big Pokemon hunter in the game. I'll let you guess what it was, now. Anywho, some other girls were trying to mess with Ronda but she was all like 'I love Pokemon, gimme a goddamn donut *burp*' And not only did she win the title, but all the donuts too. The end." Great story, mom. Next time someone calls out Ronda, her mom should bring up all that bedwetting she did through high school and how she got through that period without friends just fine too.

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Former Olympic judoka Ronda Rousey continued her impressive run in MMA since transitioning to the sport by picking up a win at Strikeforce Challengers 20, running her record to 4-0 with the quartet of victories all coming in 2011. Equally amazing, “Rowdy” Ronda rearranged the physiology of an opponent’s limb for the fourth time as well with her victim this time around being talented striker Julia Budd who refused to tap and ended up suffering a gruesome broken arm as a result. Rousey Says Foes Shouldn’t Be Fooled by Looks Other notable performances at the Strikeforce event include Lumumba Sayers who flattened organizational veteran Antwain Britt in the opening round, as well as Trevor Smith and Adlan Amagov who also found success in the first frame of their respective fights. Here is a complete list of Strikeforce Challengers 20 results: Andreas Spang def. Willie Parks via TKO Round 1 (Strikes) Quinn Mullhern def. David Hulett via Unanimous Decision Bobby Green def. James Reese via Submission Round 3 (Rear-Naked Choke) Matt Ricehouse def. Bill Cooper via Unanimous Decision Derek Brunson def. Nate James via Unanimous Decision Trevor Smith def. T.J. Cook via Submission Round 1 (Guillotine Choke) Adlan Amagov def. Anthony Smith via Knockout Round 1 (Strikes) Ronda Rousey def. Julia Budd via Technical Submission Round 1 (Armbar) Lumumba Sayers def. Antwain Britt via Knockout Round 1 (Strikes) PHOTO CREDIT – STRIKEFORCE Tweet

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I'm never shaking Ronda Rousey's hand. I never want to put my arms at a risk from evacuating from my torso. My arms are valuable to me. Without them, I would no longer be able to wave at passing cars if I were ever stuck on the side of the road. My urban survival skill level will automatically drop to zero if Ronda Rousey steals my arms. In San Jose, ZUFFA announced they would have a 'Strikeforce viewing party' at a local bar. We went there, and the owner of the place told us he didn't have Showtime. We were all stranded in the middle of San Jose, surrounded by $3 Well Drinks. Some time passed and I received a text message on my phone from Jason Nawara with the words 'OMG' and 'Ronda Rousey' in the same sentence. I stopped everyone's conversation at the table and said something alone the lines of 'Something crazy just happened tonight.' For all everyone knew, the moon must have fell off its axis. That would have been crazy. I forgot to finish off my statement with '...in Strikeforce' so people started to panic and call their loved ones. I reassured everyone that it had to do with Ronda Rousey's fight in Strikeforce Challengers, then Jason called me up to give me a quick summary of the bout. As he told me, my mouth continued to drop. By the time the call ended, everyone at the table wanted to know exactly what happened in the fight. The only thing I could say (with the limited amount of brain cells that were operating at the time) was 'Ronda Rousey Shinya Aokied Julia Budd!' Immediately after the bout, LayzieTheSavage caught up with Ronda to see what super power she activated during the bout in this post-fight interview. Props to Esther Lin for the picture.

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Ronda Rousey you horrify me, but I would let you tear my arm off any day. After the wacky tapout ending against Sarah D'Alelio last August, Ronda Rousey promised next time she was in the cage an appendage would be coming home with her fashioned as some sort of ceremonial necklace and holy crap she called it! Called it with a chilling perkiness. Horror movie prototypes are made exactly from the mold Ronda Rousey inhabits: charming, beautiful, and absolutely terrifying. Rowdy Ronda has now officially fought for a grand total of one minute and thirty eight seconds through four professional MMA fights. In those four fights she has collected four arms, four souls and countless hearts. Watch her almost tear off Julia Budd's arm in 39 seconds below. Ronda Vs. Shinya Aoki in a grappling exhibition at Dynamite or whatever it's called this year. That's what I want and that's what we need. Thanks to IronForgesIron for the video.

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Ronda Rousey is out to do more than win a fight, she wants to make a point for female mixed martial artists, proving they belong in the UFC.

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Ronda Rousey will close out her first year in MMA on Friday when she takes on Julia Budd at Strikeforce Challengers 20.

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My days of slapping anything out of anyone's anything mostly consisted of friday night girl fights in the $1 movie theater parking lot in Willoughby Hills, Ohio. As much as I want to claim how hardcore and hood it was to grow up in that area and act like those fights were necessary for survival, I can't because everyone knows any place that includes 'Hills' in the name is about as gangster as Drake aka Aubrey from Degrassi High. Still though, I did have to take a few choice females to 'Smack a B****' University on a couple of occassions. One of them might have made the MiddleEasy Lessons in Street MMA hall of fame due to an effective trichtillomaniacal takedown manuever through a car window and then soccer kicks to the head for the win. What can I say, Pride inspired me back in those days. Ronda Rousey plans to lay the slap down on a few females too, but she is going to do it the professional mma way. First she has a fight coming up with Julia Budd this Friday night at Strikeforce Challengers and after that she is focused on her desire to make Miesha Tate pay for claiming via Twitter she could beat Ronda. check out this interview with Ariel Helwani where Ronda let's is be known she plans on 'slapping the title right out of Miesha Tate's hands'. [source] 

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If you're not familiar with up-and-coming women's mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey, that's going to change in the very near future. That's because she's quickly becoming a media darling, what with her being quick witted and easy on the eyes. She embraces such things and is currently in the process of laying out some rather ambitious plans for her fight career. Up first is a showdown against Julia Budd this Friday night (Nov. 18) in Las Vegas at Strikeforce Challengers 20, which will be just her fourth professional MMA fight. No matter though, because a victory, of which many are predicting, would put her close to the top of the 145-pound division. And if you've watched her fight, a potential match-up pitting her against reigning division champion Cristiane Santos is difficult not to get hyped for. However, she might take care of some business at 135-pounds before that ever comes to fruition. As she tells Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting in the video above, Miesha Tate called her out on Twitter (or at least told a fan she could beat Ronda) and that's all the convincing it took. Plus, Rousey thinks women's MMA would have a better shot at surviving under the Zuffa banner if they just merged the divisions. She intends to help that process along by "slapping the 135-pound title out of Tate's hands" before doing the same to "Cyborg's" 145-pound title. That solves the issue of depth and would crown a consensus number one fighting female in all the land. Two birds with one stone. Anyone care to see "Rowdy" Ronda carry all this out over the coming months?

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Ronda Rousey is fighting Julia Budd this friday, and you better enjoy it while you can. Not only has Ronda cemented a reputation for finishing faster than Junior Dos Santos, she also doesn't plan on spending the rest of her life rattling around the MMA scene. In a conversation with USA Today, she said she saw her career lasting something like four years. Not a bad estimate considering we've noticed a trend of fighters rising and falling over that general timeperiod. Any fighter who hasn't thought about what happens past that is liable to find themselves 35, broke, and being fed to the next generation.Hopefully before she leaves, she'll force women's MMA to evolve to the next level. If her opponents don't learn what she's up to quickly, she's liable to take ALL THE BELTS off the strength of her transitions from throws to submissions. Here she is talking about her current bread and butter finish: the harai goshi to armbar. You keep winning your fights with variations of the same move. Why do you think opponents keep leaving their arms out there?They're not leaving their arms out there. I try to create reactions in people. If you know how people will react to something that you do, you can kind of predict it. It's very hard to describe, the way that you're fighting. It's like thinking without thinking. They're specifically walking in there thinking about not getting armbarred, but I feel like I know what things to do to create the reactions I want.But they train too. Presumably they train armbar defenses. Is there a common vulnerability that you see? Are they just not familiar with judo newaza?Judo is a very different style. Jiu-jitsu, they don't concentrate so much on the taking down and then starting part. They start on the ground. Wrestling, they don't really focus on submissions so much. I think judo is one of the very few grappling arts that deals with as soon as the takedown happens, you have to go straight to submissions. I don't think that any of these other girls are used to transitioning from standing to ground as quickly as I am.Even among judokas who have gone into MMA and are very good with throws, there aren't many who go right into a submission the way you do. Why do you think that isn't seen much?For a judo player, I had a very, very strange style. I was always very ground oriented. My mom, she blew out both of her knees while she was competing. She probably won only two matches in her whole life by throws. She won all of her fights on the ground because she couldn't stand up, really. She had me drilling, doing mostly a ground-based game and teaching me armbars when I was 12, 13 years old. I tore out my knee when I was 16. Almost for that whole year, I just predominantly did all ground stuff.When I continued on later, I was training with the Pedros in Boston. They're also known for being more of a matwork-dominated judo style. So I had a very unique style of judo that I was lucky enough that applied very well to MMA. I've also included a video of Ronda talking to Ariel Helwani about dropping down to 135 and taking the belt off Miesha Tate. With Gina Carano waffling on her return, there's not a hell of a lot to do at 145 other than fight Cris Cyborg. Since that's the one opponent Ronda seems a bit hesitant to fight, perhaps a diversion down to 135 to beat up on the smaller women could be fun.

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Former Judo Olympian Ronda Rousey is already 3-0 in MMA – in a combined 99 seconds. She's looking to continue her climb up the ladder against Julia Budd at Strikeforce Challengers 20.

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Strikeforce women's phenom Ronda Rousey discusses the latest happenings in her career and her upcoming fight with Julia Budd.

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