Ronda Rousey
of the United States (L) and Holly Holm of the United States compete in their UFC women's bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 193 event at Etihad Stadium on November 15, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)" width="950" height="534" /> MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 15: Ronda Rousey of the United States (L) and Holly Holm of the United States compete in their UFC women’s bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 193 event at Etihad Stadium on November 15, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)HOLLY HOLM MAKES HISTORY WITH A HUGE UPSET OVER RONDA ROUSEY
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing correspondent
| Melbourne, Australia (November 15th, 2015)–UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia, went off with odds of 20:1 against challenger Holly Holm, on Saturday night, November 14, 2015. The script had a split lip bloody ending nobody predicted. Holly Holm landed a left hook to the throat on Ronda Rousey. Holly Holm landed a left roundhouse kick to the throat of Ronda Rousey, who then went down to the floor on her back. Holly Holm then landed two vicious power shot smashes to the face of Ronda Rousey, and the UFC Woman’s World Bantamweight champion was no more. It was all over at 59 seconds of the second round. Some called the result an unthinkable upset. Holm was better than ready to do battle. Rousey, the loser, was transported to the hospital.
Holly Holm knocks out Ronda Rousey
Rousey, an Olympic Bronze medalist in Judo, had recorded 11 first round wins in her 12 MMA wins on the UFC circuit. Her ground game and arm bar techniques got exposed as ineffective against a taller opponent with better reach and superior boxing skills. Rousey’s punches were wild at best, while Holm landed solid boxing shots to the jaw and nose of Rousey, bloodying it. Rousey tried to take the bout to the inside, and Holm landed shots and made her pay for it. Holm knocks opponents out with head kicks, and knew how to counter the wild Rousey coming in with hand and foot, to flawless accurate perfection.
Holm, a 34 year old southpaw, boxed professionally between 2002 and 2013 with a record of 33-2-3 with 9 knockouts, and is a veteran of 22 world championship female world title bouts. She is a former WBC and WBA female World champion, and was unlikely (given the depth of her ring experience and generalship) to be swayed by media hype. The media blew Ronda Rousey’s ability out of proportion with her wins over horrible opposition, and set Rousey up to be exposed when a real challenger stepped into the ring with her.
Holm is 10-0 in the UFC with seven knockouts, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rousey, Santa Monica, California, had three knockouts and nine submissions in her 12 wins. Rousey, bleeding from the nose and mouth and gasping for air from the fleet footed boxer Holm’s pinpoint counter power shots, was ultimately an easy target, gasping for air at the time she got knocked out. Holm, it should be pointed out, owns a win in boxing over every opponent she has faced in 23 world championship bouts, in both boxing and MMA. This now includes the UFC Women’s World Bantamweight championship at 126 to 135 pounds. |
Holly Holm def. Ronda Rousey via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 0:59
Joanna Jedrzejczyk def. Valerie Letourneau via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45)
Mark Hunt def. Antonio Silva via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:41
Robert Whittaker def. Uriah Hall via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Jared Rosholt def. Stefan Struve via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jake Matthews def. Akbarh Arreola via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00
Kyle Noke def. Peter Sobotta via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:01
Gian Villante def. Anthony Perosh via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 2:56
Danny Martinez def. Richie Vaculik via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Daniel Kelly def. Steve Montgomery via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Richard Walsh def. Steven Kennedy via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
James Moontasri def. Anton Zafir via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:36
Ben Nguyen def. Ryan Benoit via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:35
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