Sorry Ronda

- By Jim Culp

UFC 207 was very built up in the media as the ideal time for Ronda Rousey, a lovely girl of just 29 years, to come back and regain her lost title of Bantam Weight Champion of the UFC.

From 2004 to 2008, she on several Olympic medals in Judo, and was ready for the big rings. We all watched her advance with staggering defeats of opponents (some under a minute), and grew to love her cute smile, her bad-ass moves, and domination of a field that most men cant handle.

In 2015, Ronda was defeated by Holly Holm in Melbourne, Australia at UFC 193.

In my opinion, and as I stated at the time, she was unprepared for that fight.

I know she trained and worked out, but she wasn't ready for Holly's reach, and definitely not ready to get roundhouse kicked in the head (I've been there; it's no fun).

Last night, Ronda faced Amanda Nunes, a badass Brazilian fighter with a 69 inch arm reach. Again, Ronda trained, but she wasn't ready for a constant deluge of solid punches.

In previous fights, Ronda avoided this by successful grapples that resulted in hard take-downs, and quick submissions by arm-bar.

Amanda Nunes, trained in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu by none other than Ryan Franco, was prepared for Ronda, though. She evaded every attempt by Rousey to grapple her, and subsequently landed blow after blow to Ronda's head and face.

48 seconds into the fight, it was stopped because Ronda was barely able to stand, and was visibly hurt.

I always loved and favored Ronda Rousey, but this second ass whipping tells me that she needs to take some time off, then get back in the dojo; and get back to the basics that made her famous in the first place. If she wants to retire, she has many avenues that would keep her well paid for twenty years. Either way, we love you Ronda, and hope you get over this and return if you can. If you cant, we still love you.

Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd