Holly Holm celebrates victory over Ronda Rousey in their UFC women’s bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 193 event at Etihad Stadium on November 15, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. You do not want your champion sitting home or making a movie, ‘Roadhouse 2′ or whatever Rousey’s going to do, or whatever Rousey’s going to do, or just needs a personal break, which she’s earned. “I appreciate the concerns about my health, but I’m fine”, Rousey wrote.
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However, she was second best against Holm who had Rousey in trouble from the first round after delivering a number of blows to her face before delivering the knockout strike with a kick to the head in the second round.
More: Is this the stupidest excuse for Rousey’s loss? l Was Holm’s win really an upset? l How Rousey turned fight fans against herl Cageside view: Oh my God, what just happened? “Every grab that she tried to get and clinch on the cage, and I just had help with everything.
This is insane!” Holm said.
“[Ronda] apologized to me and I told her that you are still the best and we’ll talk about what the plans are after she rests”. “The things she has done-no one can come close to them”, Tarverdyan said.
“She will be back, absolutely, she is an awesome athlete”, Dolce told reporters in Sydney.
Rousey was expected to fight on the UFC 200 card in Las Vegas on 9 July next year, but UFC president Dana White admitted that talking about her future was very hard to do after such a comprehensive loss. It will be interesting to see if she can retain her Hollywood appeal after getting beaten so convincingly by Holm.
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Ronda’s reference to returning seems to indicate she has agreed to a rematch with Holly. “In due time, she’ll be able to bounce back and make a few noise again in mixed martial arts”, Floyd added. For starters, because Rousey was marketed as invincible, so much so that fans, and perhaps even Ronda Rousey herself, began to buy into it. In the wake of her fall, the UFC may find itself with a vacuum impossible to fill.
