“I told her that at the very beginning when she started this, I said you’re smart and handsome, let the stupid people get punched in the face”.
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However, she’ll have to defeat one of the divisions most vicious strikers to become a two-time bantamweight queen. Even if she’s not here to talk to (the media), you still want to see her.
“Maybe she doesn’t want to do it”, she added. That is it for her. “She’s gonna go make movies now and retire”.
Ronda Rousey faces a tough opponent in Amanda Nunes.
After a war of words during fight week, the two Americans engaged in another verbal war during the fight.
The former champion suffered her second consecutive knockout loss when Amanda Nunes unloaded a barrage of unanswered strikes that forced referee Herb Dean to call a standing technical knockout. “I trained like a lion”. I trained like a lion. “She can’t take my punches”. “Ronda’s done a lot of things for us and this is what she wanted, so I gave it to her”. No matter which woman wins, Nunes will have a stiff challenge. Rousey was in trouble nearly immediately, and the Brazilian poured on the punches.
White was unable to provide any insight on the future of the UFC’s first femal champion.
Given how poorly Rousey looked on the feet, it’s probably safe to rule out a super-fight with Cris “Cyborg” Justino at this point. That may have played into the champion’s hands. Nunes outlanded Rousey 27-7, according to FightMetric, landing 27 of 47 strikes (57 percent) compared to 7 of 14 (50 percent) for Rousey.
Instead, she stood tall at range with her stuck still. Like I said, she had her time, she did a lot for the sport. As a fan it would be more enjoyable than training for months at a time getting beaten up each day only to lose a fight in front of millions of people.
With Tate retiring after losing at UFC 205 at the Garden and Rousey likely calling it a career, women’s MMA will be looking for new stars, with Nunes at the top of the list.
“This is unbelievable”, Nunes said. “You don’t need to keep doing that (sic)”.
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In the co-main event, challenger Cody Garbrandt scored a thrilling unanimous decision victory over Dominick Cruz in another stunning upset to claim the men’s bantamweight belt.
