In case you haven't watched SportsCenter this morning, last night Holly Holm definitively knocked Rhonda Rousey out to win the Women's UFC title.
With Rousey already pushed into the second round of a fight for the first time in two years, Holm landed a crushing left to Rousey's jaw:
Rousey was staggering around punch drunk when Holm landed a solid elbow to the Champion's jaw that left stunned her badly. After dismissively throwing Rousey to the canvas, Holm waited for Rousey to struggle to her feet then landed a brutal kick to the head that sent Rousey to the canvas for good:
Falling on top of her downed opponent, Holm threw several punches that missed cleanly until one landed solidly on the helpless Champion and they ended the fight.
Unlike the former golden girl of the UFC, Gina Carrano, who was much better looking, Rousey had little qualms about exploiting herself in photoshoots and other media endeavours, which made her a bigger star in the entertainment world than perhaps she deserved.
Howevery, just as in the case of Carrano, a decisive loss such as this (I saw one fight stat that said Rousey was hit more times in this one fight than in her 11 previous wins combined) will probably signal the end of Rousey's ubiquitous media presence. I doubt we'll see any more mesh bikini sets, Carl's Jr's commercials or Expendables sequels in her future.
Update:
Oops, silly me, still more media love to mine with Rousey here. The December issue of ESPN Magazine has the dethrowned Champ on the cover along with a glowing puff-piece on Rousey and how she's dealing with getting destroyed in that fight. I don't doubt that Rousey's a great fighter, but her quotes about the fight seem a bit self-serving to me. She goes on about how she was basically out on her feet from the first round when Holm delivered a thunderous blow that split Rousey's lip and knocked several teeth loose. According to Rousey, she refused to trust the messages sent by her body and just soldiered on towards the inevitable loss. Okay, maybe so, but the look at what a warrior in defeat I am vibe in the article has me shaking my head.
The media will continue to ignore Holm, despite her engaging personality, and the fact that she's just as attractive, if not more so, than Rousey. There was a time when the fighter who dethrowned a Champion was feted by society and the press. Guess that time's gone now.
Oh, and Rousey's still going to the Marine Ball with the marine who asked her. Isn't that special? And btw, that whole thing about asking celebs to the Ball needs to stop. It was clever the first time, now it's just tedious.
Oops, silly me, still more media love to mine with Rousey here. The December issue of ESPN Magazine has the dethrowned Champ on the cover along with a glowing puff-piece on Rousey and how she's dealing with getting destroyed in that fight. I don't doubt that Rousey's a great fighter, but her quotes about the fight seem a bit self-serving to me. She goes on about how she was basically out on her feet from the first round when Holm delivered a thunderous blow that split Rousey's lip and knocked several teeth loose. According to Rousey, she refused to trust the messages sent by her body and just soldiered on towards the inevitable loss. Okay, maybe so, but the look at what a warrior in defeat I am vibe in the article has me shaking my head.
The media will continue to ignore Holm, despite her engaging personality, and the fact that she's just as attractive, if not more so, than Rousey. There was a time when the fighter who dethrowned a Champion was feted by society and the press. Guess that time's gone now.
Oh, and Rousey's still going to the Marine Ball with the marine who asked her. Isn't that special? And btw, that whole thing about asking celebs to the Ball needs to stop. It was clever the first time, now it's just tedious.
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