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Ronda Rousey represents everything good

Ronda Rousey represents everything good about America. From her aggressive winning style, to her so charming smile. I see the kid in her come out every time she smiles. She is a definite role model for younger girls. Why? Because she shows that if your heart is in something, regardless of whats expected of you, you can do the unexpected. She's not only someone that younger girls can look up to, she is also someone every kid can look up to. She is a phenomenal athlete. She is a great role model. She is a true champion.




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Right on!

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I agree ! Even though Rousey has unsympathetic sides to her (like we all do), I'm convinced she's got a good heart. I care more about the person than the accomplishments.

I've met 'squeaky clean' people in my life, who do NOT have heart. I don't much care for such people at all.

Rousey is a good person and that's why this deserves to stay on the front page.

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I'm on board with everything you stated except she's got no class towards her opponents.

It's ok to talk trash and get fired up etc etc etc but you gotta touch gloves before a fight and say things that are true.

I'd been a fan of hers up until this last few weeks before the Holm fight. Then I saw her refuse to touch gloves and I loved watching her get her butt kicked. LOVED IT.

That is not a TRUE champion.




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She loss just in time for Trump to become President. Thank you for restoring our rightful order.

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Damn, you called that 10 months in advance, lol.

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Yes he did. Wonder if he has the lottery numbers?

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He had a 50 50 chance to be right but it takes a lot more to win the lottery dumb dumb

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She has the right to refuse to touch 5b4 gloves and dismiss handshakes for whatever reasons. Except for Holly, I'd say she had reasons for disliking certain opponents (Tate & Correia). Rousey strikes me as someone vulnerable and insecure. There are certain people who exploit that and start picking on her. In return, she responds by bullying them and rapidly holds a grudge. She's not someone to accept an apology just like that. I respect that. I know exactly where that comes from.

It's really a sick double-standard : "Oh, my ! She didn't touch gloves ! Boo ! What a brat ! Loved watching her get beat !" Popular, shallow opinions usually ignore the real reasons why.

She's brutally honest and a GREAT champion.

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shallow opinions usually ignore the real reasons why.


From day one, Holly Holm was the only opponent that showed b68 her mad respect before, during and after the fight. THAT'S WHAT REAL CHAMPIONS DO.

They aren't cocky. They show respect. "SHALLOW" opinions? I've been watching sports my whole life, boxing since the late 80's and mma since the early 90's included. I have quite an EXPERIENCED AND SEASONED opinion you prick. With an argument like that you come off as 15 year old girl.

While it's one thing to not touch gloves, you're right; it's a whole other thing to not proactively shake hands after the fight. That's the part where it counts. Even the men, who absolutely tear one another down pre-fight with pure vitriol, STILL MANAGE TO SHOW ONE ANOTHER RESPECT AFTER THE FIGHT.

She took nine months to congratulate the one girl who smashed her head in and even then she forced it and brushed off any notion of humility immediately. I'm glad she sucked on SNL because that's a gig that can accentuate your acting chops and she failed miserably.

Real men and real women don't have a problem with respect. Apparently you're a cock p.o.s. yourself considering you don't hold the same values as the rest of us.

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So, you've been watching sports "your whole life" and "been watching boxing since the late 80's and MMA since the early 90's included". For those lame "reasons" I'm a "prick" and a "piece of ****".

Wow. I'm impressed. You presented absolutely nothing except a pure garbage statement with no substantiation to go with it. As for not "holding the same values as the rest of us (YOU)", I'm glad I don't - quite frankly YOU'RE the one who seems to make yourself out to be a real piece of debris here - so...

Rousey had her reasons to refuse a handshake VS Tate. She had her reasons for not touching gloves VS certain opponents.

My job is at an industrial workspace. There are certain "co-workers" that I refuse to acknowledge because they're worth nothing to me. I don't greet them "good morning", "happy weekend" or anything. To me, they don't exist. I have my good reasons why and that doesn't make me a "poor sport", except maybe in someone else's view - could not care less about that.

Rousey had her good reasons why and that's that. I respect that.

Your "EXPERIENCED AND SEASONED opinion" is nothing but vomit far as I'm concerned :)

What's that about 9 months ? The Holm fight is more recent than that, who's the other "girl who smashed her face in, who she took 9 months to congratulate" ? Or was that your own exaggeration/the metaphorical expression for "took forever" ?

Why it should be up to you to decide "WHAT REAL CHAMPIONS DO" is beyond me. That's not your decision.

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She's brutally honest and a GREAT champion
She is, in point of fact, not the champion. That would be Holly Holm, the girl who schooled her.

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Not the current champion as of today, no. But that was not the point.

If you want to argue semantics, we could do that...

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I agree it was a bit classless, but I think its part of her intimidation and hype package. She wont be able to rely on that the next fight.

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She's a good role model in terms of hard work. She's an awful role model in terms of sportsmanship.

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She's someone to look up to in terms of hard work. She's a brutally honest role model in terms of sportsmanship.

You stand corrected.

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She's a brutally honest role model in terms of sportsmanship
No, she's a classless boar. Holly Holm has carried herself like a true champion. In terms of sportsmanship, Holm is someone to look up to. Rousey is someone to be derided. She's a disgrace.

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She's a brutally honest role model in terms of sportsmanship
Ha! ...yeah. When we examine it, we have no idea if that is supposed to be a good thing...considering her behavior. I mean just like my earlier question, I still want to know: what EXACTLY makes anyone a "true" champion, particularly Roussey, given her behavior...as opposed to a "fake" champion?




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SALTER-pt : No, you're pretty much sounding like a 100 year old broken record. That's that.

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^ Rousey fanboys. Not the brightest.

BTW, got my DVD of UFC 193 recently. Glorious to relive Holm utterly dominating Rousey from start to finish.

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So, you've confirmed my suspicions about you, then... It was more important to you to see Rousey beaten rather than seeing Holm winning. Right ?

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It was more important to you to see Rousey beaten rather than seeing Holm winning. Right ?
Equally important. I'm especially glad for Holm, since it's good to have a woman of class and dignity act as the standard bearer for the organisation. Long may she reign.

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You might identify with someone you perceive to be of class and dignity. Then again, you might suffer from mild delusions as well ? Judging by what I've seen from you on imdb, there's no class or dignity in your responses the way I perceive you from our little exchanges in the past - just unimaginative drivel.

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That's nice. And ironic.

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Uhmm... No. You've got that the other way around.

Holly Holm would probably dismiss someone like you in a heartbeat.

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Your fanboy devotion to Ronda Rousey is really quite...creepy.

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So... you have nothing ? Except making strawmen and convenient stereotypes ?

I'm no "fanboy". My cause goes beyond Ronda Rousey. But she's a perfect example what happens when someone is unjustifiably dismissed as a "bully" by media and peeps like yourself.

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My cause goes beyond Ronda Rousey.
Ah...it's good that you know that! So, what, in your view, is your cause/s?


On November 6, 2012 god blessed America...again.

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My cause is going against what I perceive to be the general consensus and political correct'ness in a select few cases where I strongly feel there is injustice, revisionism and a cynical agenda involved.

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What a load. The general consensus about Rousey is that she's god's gift to sport. You're not going against anything: you're an obedient conformist to what ESPN and co what you to think.

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So, in your view I've been manipulated by ESPN 'and co' ?

That's hilarious. Your assumptions might be more valid if I were just another sheep of a fickle crowd... I'm not.

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My cause is going against what I perceive to be the general consensus and political correct'ness in a select few cases where I strongly feel there is injustice, revisionism and a cynical agenda involved.
ha! okay, can you give us any specifics? I mean, OTHER than Ronda Rousey what causes have you bravely championed?


On November 6, 2012 god blessed America...again.

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Check out my history and you'll see.

Not that many on imdb that I can think of. I argued that Tyson and Wahlberg are good people. And I argued that 'The Karate Kid' actually lost his fights even though he technically "won". The latter being not that important :)

I'd be interested in seeing your opinion on Rousey.

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Ha! I think the OP is not speaking with 100% seriousness...but taking it all on face value:

a. Ronda Rousey represents everything good about America.
...well, assuming you do NOT think everything that America does is "good" then she probably also represents everything bad about America also...right?

b. From her aggressive winning style, to her so charming smile.
...Hmmmm, given her loss what does that say about America?

c. She is a definite role model for younger girls. Why? Because she shows that if your heart is in something, regardless of whats expected of you, you can do the unexpected.
...yeah, not a bad message at all.

d. She is a true champion.
...What EXACTLY makes anyone a "true" champion...ya know, as opposed to a "fake" champion?

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@iroquoisjoe :

I'd be interested in seeing anybody try to explain why she'd be a "fake" champion.

She's a fascinating person... The misunderstood intellectual, perceived as an arrogant bully, very young at heart, plays 'Pókemon' and 'WOW'... She's great ! We need people like Ronda in this world.

I wish Rousey peace of mind. She's the best.

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Tyson was the real deal, Rousey was overrated, over hyped and untested. Let's not conflate the two. Rousey's legacy is built on demolishing mediocre athletes. Tyson was a knockout artist, who could hang with the best. Holly Holm has undeniable skill. She made Rousey look like an amateur.

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Ronda is a bully, she sat next to holm and said to the interviewer she can beat "all these bitches with one hand tied behind my back"
She was never a good mma fighter she was a world class judo player who took her chances. She deserted her fans after losing like all bullies do, and took forever to talk about what happened, Tate lost and was at the post-fight conference with a broken bleeding nose. Ronda was never what she was made out to be she was just the right person at the right time who believed the hype.

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She was the champ not by her great work ethic. She was the champ for the single reason that the womens talent level was and pretty much still is a joke. The other fighters did not have mommy that had forced them to train judo from the moment they were born. Take Bethe for example she had done MMA like a couple of years before she had her title show. She hadn't done Judo or any combat sport prior to that.

Now the womens talent pool is finally starting to grow and she knows this or found out about that after holly had beaten her to a pulp. Her gig is up and she knows this. I still give her a small chance to get the armbar agains Nunes and then she should run and fast.

What comes to the role model thing that is an utter crap. She should never be a role model to anyones kid. She is arrogant bully with a lot of insecurity thrown in the mix. Just watch the ultimate fighter where she was coaching. There you get to see exactly what kind of person she is...

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She's a loser that doesn't even have the class to touch gloves.





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Too bad it had to go down the way it did. Ronda deserved a better end to her fighting career than that.

Women's MMA/UFC will never be the same without her. She is colorful and spiced things up. Holm and Nunes might be technically better, but to me they are a tad too tedious to follow.

Ronda is Champion - always.

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Ronda deserved a better end to her fighting career than that
No, she didn't. Her one-dimensionality was badly exposed in two consecutive fights.

Holm and Nunes might be technically better, but to me they are a tad too tedious to follow
What a ridiculous comment.

Ronda is Champion - always
Champions don't get utterly dominated from go to whoa in two straight fights. Champions are also gracious in victory and defeat - Ronda is neither. Arrogant in victory, runs and hides in defeat. A truly pathetic human being

If this is the end for her from the UFC, good riddance.

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Pfft, you again.

If she actually DID commit suicide, would you feel good about yourself ?

Someone following your example is a qualified judge of who and what makes someone a Champion and what makes someone a "pathetic human being", then. Right ?

Your opinions hold zero value to me. That's a two-way street of course - fine by me.

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If she actually DID commit suicide, would you feel good about yourself ?
Um, no?

what makes someone a Champion
A champion is someone who is dignified in victory and defeat. Rousey is undignified in both.

Your opinions hold zero value to me
That's clearly not the case.

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1) Your comments suggest you would.

2) Are you a Champion (former or current) ? Then who are you to judge Rousey - or what is proper conduct in victory and defeat ?

3 ) That is the case. People like you - and your sentiments especially - represent what is the debris of society - to me.

(EDIT) Don't take it personally. Anyone else displaying similar conduct like you wouldn't be any different in my book.

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It's not over yet. She drops that lame coach and gets a boxer trainer, specializing in defense, and she is young enough to get back in the game. She has some striking skills, she just needs to stop using her head for blocking punches.

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True, we don't know if it's over yet. But she did say in advance this would be one of her last fights.

Edmond Tarverdyan gets a lot of flak these days, but I don't know if a different coach could make all that much difference at this stage.

I'd say chances are she'll retire.

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Make no mistake about it.

Ronda is still a Champion in my book - she never had the best defense - but she's still an ATG.

I've read a LOT of derogatory remarks about her -

"a paper champion in a weak division and an overhyphed fraud who got KTFO when she faced real fighters"...

...and all of that garbage. A lot of the haters ignore that she beat opponents who won against opponents she lost to (Tate and Zingano).

Quite frankly, it's disgusting how peeps who never had any business in any sports spew vomit...

##@@ them... !

Ronda Rousey is a great Champion.

Ronda will go down in the history books as a one-of-a-kind ATG.

Holm and Nunes will be forgotten. They're good as fighters go, but at the end of the day - who really cares? I sure don't.

Ronda is the best.

She is a disgrace…

She represents the mentally weak.

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I'd say chances are you represent the mentally weak rather than Rousey - spewing some judgemental hogwash (including your other recent OP) with nothing to back it up with, so...

No person gets to win a UFC championship in the first place if that person is mentally weak.

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