Hopefully some boxers got notice of Ronda's amazing trainer, plenty of them might hire him now after witnessing Rondas great tactical improvement after the Holm fight.
In all of Ronda's work out clips used in promos, she's always dodging Edmund's strikes and she actually shows head movement! But whenever she jumps into the octagon, its as if her neck bones are fused and she can't move it at all.
The way I see it: Rhonda Rouse was soooo far ahead of her peers when she started in MMA that she dominated every fight, but a few years in her peers have caught up and surpassed her. I loved watching her, would love to see her make a true comeback tour. Start out lower in the rankings and do the work to climb the ladder again. I think she would do great things. Bless her and pray she survives and overcomes.
Yeah, it's unfortunate. She'd still beat every women outside of the top 5 at bantam or featherweight with her limited skills, but switching camps and getting some real non-bs striking coaching, she'd be back in the top 2-3 conversation no doubt
*Someone on another vid said Ronda walked into Nunes' fast food restaurant and Nunes said pick any combo you like*. 😂😂😂 *COMMENT OF THE YEAR (on the last day)* -If it was your joke come and claim it here:
Well I'm disgusted with the UFC for allowing "a man duh" to fight a real woman Rousey! Even if Rousey could've hit this guy it would've had no effect on his masculine skull! All heshes must be removed from all women's sports!
If lousy Rousey had half the strength that Floyd Mayweather Jr' has in his boxing hand glove string, then maybe she would have lasted at least one whole decent minute with Amanda "lion" Nunez. Its a damn shame. Your poor comment proves sore losers love sore losers. Here it is a more stronger brazilian woman plays a friendly game of ping pong with the arrogant head of a lame weaker caucasian american, and you're jealousy and hate? Nunez gave the world a flawless performance...so just accept it with openness and congratulate her for very historical win. Amanda "lion" Nunez was super awesome.
*Sea level Cain's final verdict:* Congrats to Cody on an amazing performance. Very patient and smart fight. Almost genius idea to play the counter puncher. Humiliated Cruz at times. *Hope they make Cody vs TJ next !!!* The Nunes Ronda fight was *not* hard to predict. Went to plan. *TJ dominated*. Exposed some of Lineker's flaws, not all. p.s. the Rousey memes are *BRUTAL* !!! _Sea level Cain has spoken._
Garbrant didn't out dominick dominick. He made Cruz miss a lot, but not with a cruz style of movement. He wasnt bouncing in and out with a lot of lateral movement. Grabrants movement seemed a lot more efficient, sliding out of the pocket and moving his head when he needed to. He also bobbed and weaved a good amount which is something you don't see Cruz doing all that much.
Rupert Carter At this point of Ronda's career fat ass cash isnt what is all about. Her legacy and how she handle the first defeat and now this, thats what makes me feel bad even Im not a fan
Rousey would still beat Mayweather's ass. Mayweather wins by dodging and blocking and getting points from the judges. If he actually has to knock someone out, he sucks.
I love how all of these experts keep saying that Ronda was trying to be a boxer. She got hurt immediately. The fight starts on the feet. She had no chance to clinch and throw Nunes. She was out on her feet within the first 10 seconds of the 48 second fight. Most people don't understand what they are watching. I can understand fans saying that, but this guy is supposed to be an MMA journalist and I'm reading this everywhere. Ronda's game plan was not boxing with Nunes. She got destroyed before she could do anything. She would lose this fight 99 times out of 100. I love the idiots that say Rousey from years ago would have beat Nunes. She is not a striker and never will be. She fought two good strikers with TDD, for the first time in her career, and got destroyed period.
She can beat Floyd. Mayweather only wins his boxing matches because he gets technical points and dodges the rest of the time, not because he can knock somebody out.
Mesut Ozil She spent a year off and instead of fixing the holes in her standup game (probably cause she stayed with Edmond) she got merked again. I don't believe she's actually suicidal, but she has definitely killed her career tonight.
jurado1010 ok, but that's her problem. How is mocking her going to make anything better? I'm just saying that she didn't personally do anything to anyone, so people need to calm down and cut her some slack.
x x she did when she lost to Holmes. I think she just had ptsd, and just scared coming into the fight, I have never seen a pro fighter go so stiff after getting punched like that. she might have been physically prepared but mentally she wasn't ready.
Other fighters since going to Edmond Tarverdyan's gym: Travis Browne 1-3 Jake Ellenberger 1-3 Shayna Baszler: 0-3 Jessamyn Duke 1-3 Marina Shafir 1-2 An impressively bad 4-14
It's really not a big deal that she didn't talk to any media or fans. She was so concentrated on the fight. She was physically ready but definitely not mentally ready.
Ronda completely froze in there. Her whole body looked super stiff and it was just a case of shooting fish in a barrel for Amanda. Pretty much everything she threw connected. I can't see Ronda fighting ever again. She doesn't have the mental strength to overcome yet another huge loss.
i dont think you are right. how can someone not be good and defend the title 6 times? win over misha 2 times. its not luck its skill, but also the coach gave her false confidence, having the confidence to box, when you cant is the real downfall, and its not just rondas fault, if she had someone else to teach her, she would at least move her head
i also respect your opinion and i think you are mixing things a little bit. what i am saying is that one can not defend his/her title 6 times in a row without having any type of skill. if you are saying she is not a good fighter, well then the record speaks for itself. you cant be bad and have a good record. but is rondas standup defence Terrible, absolutely. she doesnt move her head, does not step aside, counter any of that. She wasnt really a boxer anyway, her strong side is ground, or judo or jujitsu. the last two fights shoed that she had false information, and because of intimidation, other fights got scared of her and that is why her stand up was working. had she learned proper boxing, she will be the best, had she not listended to endmund, and i am armenian so its painfull :D But the same can be said about misha, she is not that skilled in judo like ronda, and no matter how much she trained not to get armbared, she got exacly just that. anyway, i agreee that she has terrible standup game, she is used to march forward and just intimidate and used it as an advantage, but as a fighter, she is still a great one. if she only can accept that you win and you lose. conor took the los and worked harder and won. as a person.... welll lets just say, to be a champion you also need to be a right roll model with the right attitude. she has non of that,no sportmanship, no respect for other fighters. but as a fighter, its simply not right to disregard her accomplishments.
awesome stuff guys! y'all did great this year! y'all are the go to for MMA news and are by far the best, most professional in the business. keep up the great work! cheers
I feel like Ronda will be remembered as a Royce Gracie-type. She was far above all other women MMA athletes, but once they caught up, she had nothing for them.
Rhonda shouldn't be in the ring, since she clearly lost her confidence. Doesn't matter how good U are, if u don't have confidence U will loose. her team should've known better. think she needs to move to 🎥 , the media clearly ❤️ Rhonda, but I dunno she has a big ego, so I doubt she would want to do action 🎥 . Prolly just do whack 💝 romance comedy 🎥
Well I'm disgusted with the UFC for allowing "a man duh" to fight a real woman Rousey! Even if Rousey could've hit this guy it would've had no effect on his masculine skull! All heshes must be removed from all women's sports!
Slack Jicholson Megregor has 2 wins one loss this year. Cody has 4 wins this year, all domination with the win over top 3 p4p champ Cruz. I can see them give him fighter of the year over Megregor.
+Mahesh Chowdary lmao Conor for FOTY is silly a) he didn't win all of his fights this year b) he didn't win both titles this year so the case "he's 2 weight world champ" is irrelevant for FOTY discussion c) stacked year. Stipe, Cody, Nunes, Bisping, all fighters who won every fight they had and attained belts.
She got 3 million of the dollars she BROUGHT IN for the event. She deserves it because she's the one who sold all the PPV's, gate tix, and advertising. The fight game isn't like other sports. Stars generate revenue, so they get huge cuts, win or lose.
MovieGuy808 Meh, just cause she was at the right place at the right time. There's so many women that are better than her. She's real good at judo, i'll give her that, but that's about it. As women mma gets bigger, you see all the holes in her game.
Leroy Jenks They won't remove women from MMA. lol If anything, they will remove Ronda, not the women division. She's good at arm bars, that's about it. She should join judo competitions instead of mma.
Keep up the good work Ariel! Loving all your podcasts on TH-cam. Best moment of 2016? Conor vs Diaz 2. Just such a disciplined fight giving it everything. Diaz also played his role. Just a fantastic fight where you felt nervous for Conor the whole fight but he persevered and came through!
@ArielHelwani , When I heard what the UFC was doing to you back in June, I immediately took to Facebook raising a flag for the cause, I canceled my UFC 200 party and vowed to never pay for a single PPV or fightpass so long as you were ban from covering the UFC events. You should know you are hands down the best MMA journalist in the game. Your demeanor, the questions you ask that no one else will and your journalistic aptitude speaks volumes in the landscape of athletic journalism. I am glad that the UFC gave into the demands of the people because lord knows I wouldn't want to miss the best fights in the world but as someone who aspires to be a journalist I would not be able to live with myself had I not done everything I could to cast a vote in your favor. Keep up the good work Ariel and everyone at MMAFighting!
Not for nothing, but Ronda looked scared to death from the jump. The outcome of the fight was determined the moment this fight was announced. Anyone who thought otherwise was wishful thinking, but not reality based.
Ariel asks "what will you remember when your old about this year when you have little Al Shattys running around!?" I can't help but think you mean little shits running around! 😂
shaun you picked ronda to win and you wern't shocked. I picked Nunes to knock her out and I said shes the most talented fighters since jon Jones and I was shocked by that performance. I love how pundits pick a fight or game and afterwards it just doesnt matter lol. Ronda was in great shape, shes a legend in her prime still, Nunes is that special. I don't know why Ronda went and stood in front of Nunes to exchange, Edmond is awful. She should have grappled instantly. the sport is evolving so fast its amazing and Nunes is... she just changed the sport forever... lol you picked ronda to win and you wernt shocked and u sat ringside. why dont i get my degree and cover MMA... seriously what a job. Nunes #1 great champion
steph curry Ronda couldn't get ahold of Nunes, it's not like she didn't try. Got hands on 3 times, shrugged off and battered for it. Grappling with Nunes was just as dangerous a prospect for Rousey as standing with her was.
dude u can't pick ronda to win, then nunes comes out looking like anderson silva and murders her, then ariel asked shaun "hey did that surprise you"... u cant say no i expected that. ronda came out and stood in front of her, ronda's coach is the worst. nunes is the best ive been saying that, but if ronda was trained by greg jacson shed be so much better and smarter. nunes #1
I imagine Conor sitting in a dark room, sitting on a sofa near a fire place, with a glass of Irish Whiskey in his hand, plotting with a smirk on his face =) ..
Ariel really is the G.O.A.T. of MMA journalism and my personal favorite journalist, I'm so glad to see that the UFC reversed their ban, the sport wouldn't have been the same without you.
SHE'S BACK. Annnnnd she's gone.
logwind loooool.
logwind ⚰
logwind She's NOT gone.....
C'mon, Edmond.
+logwind gone..... been gone
Hopefully some boxers got notice of Ronda's amazing trainer, plenty of them might hire him now after witnessing Rondas great tactical improvement after the Holm fight.
Genjuro77 Edmund is the future of combat sports. A true pioneer. Man can turn a nobody into the world's greatest striker.
Genjuro77 We did the BEST....we could....
... and what boxing coach would not take inspiration from Edmond's words from the corner! x]
Certainly Ronda rousey fighting has greatly improved n her head movement game has vastly improved from previous fight, Edmund is the Goat coach 🤭
somone who used to work for UFC famously said...... "IT IS ALLLLLLLLLL OVER!!!!"
2016 ain't over yet...
Ronda Rousey, RIP.
Glory be to this great KEK year
A little too tasteless, bruh.
Red chomp nahh he means the chicks gonna🤜🏽😭🔫
stop blaming the year for peoples deaths , thats idiotic. A half of them is their own fault, they were taking drugs.
It must have been the media's fault for her abysmal performance.
That or Russia..
Definitely Russia is to blame
...Those Russian brain-hackers!...
Eclectic Shokunin Man, Ronda looked like she was hacked out there
Eclectic Shokunin 0 to get
In all of Ronda's work out clips used in promos, she's always dodging Edmund's strikes and she actually shows head movement! But whenever she jumps into the octagon, its as if her neck bones are fused and she can't move it at all.
What if I told you the work out clips are all staged?
its a lot harder to hit someone who is evading you and moving around and hitting you back
+Everson Bernades- Mind = BLOWN
she did look good in the little footage we saw... her mental game was just messed up... and her coaching wasnt good
training with that idiot and fighting is soo far apart. That's why we have sparring. did she not do that at all? wtf
The way I see it: Rhonda Rouse was soooo far ahead of her peers when she started in MMA that she dominated every fight, but a few years in her peers have caught up and surpassed her.
I loved watching her, would love to see her make a true comeback tour.
Start out lower in the rankings and do the work to climb the ladder again.
I think she would do great things.
Bless her and pray she survives and overcomes.
Ian Stradian good observation
Ian Stradian no Ronda just got worse by leaving her Judo behind
Yeah, it's unfortunate. She'd still beat every women outside of the top 5 at bantam or featherweight with her limited skills, but switching camps and getting some real non-bs striking coaching, she'd be back in the top 2-3 conversation no doubt
She's still my boy - Weidman dad
SNAFU Ahaha oh that was a classic 😂
SNAFU never gets old
I think the UFC should start hyping up Amanda. She's retired two legends of wmma in consecutive fights and has a great story.
You're the best at this Ariel. Thank you and your team for all the hard work and great coverage.
*Someone on another vid said Ronda walked into Nunes' fast food restaurant and Nunes said pick any combo you like*. 😂😂😂 *COMMENT OF THE YEAR (on the last day)*
-If it was your joke come and claim it here:
Sea Level Cain My joke you thief
..........good job i didn't, you know, take credit for it. Like everyone else. Cry baby.
Sea Level Cain wasn't that funny at all
That was Kenny Florian's comment.
Sea Level Cain since you posted it take this W
"Amanda Nunes, im not impressed by your performance" - Roy 'Cupcake' Nelson
2016 was the year of the underdogs
Lord Lew
legit
RIP Ronda! Was hard to watch but still a legend!
Well I'm disgusted with the UFC for allowing "a man duh" to fight a real woman Rousey! Even if Rousey could've hit this guy it would've had no effect on his masculine skull! All heshes must be removed from all women's sports!
If lousy Rousey had half the strength that Floyd Mayweather Jr' has in his boxing hand glove string, then maybe she would have lasted at least one whole decent minute with Amanda "lion" Nunez. Its a damn shame. Your poor comment proves sore losers love sore losers. Here it is a more stronger brazilian woman plays a friendly game of ping pong with the arrogant head of a lame weaker caucasian american, and you're jealousy and hate? Nunez gave the world a flawless performance...so just accept it with openness and congratulate her for very historical win. Amanda "lion" Nunez was super awesome.
*Sea level Cain's final verdict:*
Congrats to Cody on an amazing performance. Very patient and smart fight. Almost genius idea to play the counter puncher. Humiliated Cruz at times. *Hope they make Cody vs TJ next !!!*
The Nunes Ronda fight was *not* hard to predict. Went to plan.
*TJ dominated*. Exposed some of Lineker's flaws, not all.
p.s. the Rousey memes are *BRUTAL* !!!
_Sea level Cain has spoken._
Sea Level Cain you aren't the real sea level the real one has a video of Connor panic wrestling
no he hasn't. that just you hating on conor
FiRe24710 I'm the original so yh i'm the real one 👍
Mazdak Amirani the real one has a different pic also
Sea Level Cain
Screw both Cains.
Khabib guy has the best one liners
Garbrant didn't out dominick dominick. He made Cruz miss a lot, but not with a cruz style of movement. He wasnt bouncing in and out with a lot of lateral movement. Grabrants movement seemed a lot more efficient, sliding out of the pocket and moving his head when he needed to. He also bobbed and weaved a good amount which is something you don't see Cruz doing all that much.
I never like Ronda but I feel bad for her. She really should have some words after the fight, shes surrounded by wrong kind of MMA people 100%
Itachi Uchiha are U crazy she walk away every time she think she's boss
EsotericOccultist hey don't be hating. She is a star. She sold those tickets and all those ppv money.
yeah she should have spoken!
Itachi Uchiha don't feel bad she went home with millions
Rupert Carter
At this point of Ronda's career fat ass cash isnt what is all about. Her legacy and how she handle the first defeat and now this, thats what makes me feel bad even Im not a fan
So when is the Mayweather v. Rousey fight?
Rousey would still beat Mayweather's ass. Mayweather wins by dodging and blocking and getting points from the judges. If he actually has to knock someone out, he sucks.
Irate People lol Mayweather would knock Ronda out with ease.
U Wot M8 in like 48 seconds amirite
why it would be a repeat of what just happened
I love how all of these experts keep saying that Ronda was trying to be a boxer. She got hurt immediately. The fight starts on the feet. She had no chance to clinch and throw Nunes. She was out on her feet within the first 10 seconds of the 48 second fight. Most people don't understand what they are watching. I can understand fans saying that, but this guy is supposed to be an MMA journalist and I'm reading this everywhere. Ronda's game plan was not boxing with Nunes. She got destroyed before she could do anything. She would lose this fight 99 times out of 100. I love the idiots that say Rousey from years ago would have beat Nunes. She is not a striker and never will be. She fought two good strikers with TDD, for the first time in her career, and got destroyed period.
I still remember when some people used to say Ronda could beat Cyborg...ROFL
Alan Ross Martinez Rodriguez or the people that thought Ronda Ragdoll could beat Floyd...
She can beat Floyd. Mayweather only wins his boxing matches because he gets technical points and dodges the rest of the time, not because he can knock somebody out.
Irate People He can still outbox Rousey and make her look like a fool, obviously he doesn't need to knock her out.
You da man Ariel! You da man Shaun! Happy New Year!
"I'd like to take this time to apologize.... to absolutely nobody"
Edmond Tarverdyan 30/1216
Lmao
It is the end for Rhonda.
KnownReality honda housey
Find out on the next episode of Dragon Ball Z!!!!!!!!
tonight ronda had an "eye-opening" experience
zgueg 22 So did Cruz...ouch
For Cruz, not so much. He can make adjustments for the next fight and win. Ronda cannot.
Cruz like most champions that lost like cain/conor/gsp/edgar etc... are all classy & deserve only respect.
Honda hav no hespec she was never great
Most memorable for me, Nate and Miesha winning on the same night. What a magical night.
the night of the REar Naked Choke. that night made Joe Rogan decide to not leave the UFC. great night to love
I like Ronda's unique approach to celebrity where she's always getting beaten up for pity.
I bet Ronda Rousey is having suicidal thoughts....again.
x x if she is for whatever reason, people should calm down and cut her some slack
Mesut Ozil She spent a year off and instead of fixing the holes in her standup game (probably cause she stayed with Edmond) she got merked again. I don't believe she's actually suicidal, but she has definitely killed her career tonight.
jurado1010 ok, but that's her problem. How is mocking her going to make anything better? I'm just saying that she didn't personally do anything to anyone, so people need to calm down and cut her some slack.
thats the last 3m she gettin
x x she did when she lost to Holmes. I think she just had ptsd, and just scared coming into the fight, I have never seen a pro fighter go so stiff after getting punched like that. she might have been physically prepared but mentally she wasn't ready.
I'VE DECIDED TO RETIRE YOUNG, THANKS FOR THE CHEESE, CATCH YA'S LATER. - RONDA ROUSEY
Herb Dean saved Rousey from a huge surgery bill
Great job by the A team of Ariel and Shaun. I could listen to these two talk MMA all day.
CM punk vs Ronda rousey
C'mon Dana make it happen
Yeah Ronda could benefit from a easy tune up/showcase fight.
while were' at it, let's have Mighty Mouse vs. Cyborg.
Ariel you're a legend and it's thanks to you that i've become such an mma fan so thank you and Happy New Year
Remember how suicidal Ronda was after her Holm's beat down?
She still has till midnight tonight to join the 2016 celebrity death list.
Dana said Ronda could beat Floyd.
Lol
Gaucho Teixeirinha haha lol funny floyd with 1 punch 50 and 0
floyd mayweather 02 - 00 women , so far .
Joe Rogan said she could beat 50% of the guys that fight at 135 in the UFC. Both Joe and Dana are morons.
Conor would beat Floyd in under a minute in an MMA-fight.
Ariel, you are the greatest MMA commentator! Thanks for your amazing job!
Other fighters since going to Edmond Tarverdyan's gym:
Travis Browne 1-3
Jake Ellenberger 1-3
Shayna Baszler: 0-3
Jessamyn Duke 1-3
Marina Shafir 1-2
An impressively bad 4-14
that's what she gets..wouldn't talk to media or fans..they made her,so disrespectful to opponents too.hapa hide the oxys
El Patron Escobar v h
It's really not a big deal that she didn't talk to any media or fans. She was so concentrated on the fight. She was physically ready but definitely not mentally ready.
Amanda vs Cyborg
Kyle Gardner That would be a good fight!
Cyborg vs USADA
Cyborg would kill her.
M1R2S not really
Kyle Gardner for the title? Cyborg can't even make 135 you can't fight for a title at a catch weight fwi usada is all over cyborg
She wasn't ready before going in. The 3 million dollars were her motivation
i love how this video is longer than the actual fight lol
UFC 209: Edmond "Ronda is a boxer" Tarverdyan x IDO "Touch butt in the park" PORTAL
foramuricy Ido would merk Edmond, lol
Ronda completely froze in there. Her whole body looked super stiff and it was just a case of shooting fish in a barrel for Amanda. Pretty much everything she threw connected. I can't see Ronda fighting ever again. She doesn't have the mental strength to overcome yet another huge loss.
Thank you Sir, MMA wouldn't be the same without a knowledgeable and caring person like you and your team. happy new year!
love your coverage,keep up the good work!
Great job +MMAFightingonSBN You guys are the best.
Who was this Rousey person? Had she fought MMA before?
Ariel Helwani and Shaun Al-Shatti: keep up your excelent work. You are great! MMA Fighting, love your work!
great coverage by mmafighting as usual
I think, one of Ronda's biggest downfalls was her coach.
Michael Roberts maybe she just isn't that good.
i dont think you are right. how can someone not be good and defend the title 6 times? win over misha 2 times. its not luck its skill, but also the coach gave her false confidence, having the confidence to box, when you cant is the real downfall, and its not just rondas fault, if she had someone else to teach her, she would at least move her head
Gevork Bagdasarov I respect your opinion but I disagree. These last two fights showed her stand up defense is terrible. Bad coaching or not.
i also respect your opinion and i think you are mixing things a little bit. what i am saying is that one can not defend his/her title 6 times in a row without having any type of skill.
if you are saying she is not a good fighter, well then the record speaks for itself. you cant be bad and have a good record.
but
is rondas standup defence Terrible, absolutely. she doesnt move her head, does not step aside, counter any of that. She wasnt really a boxer anyway, her strong side is ground, or judo or jujitsu. the last two fights shoed that she had false information, and because of intimidation, other fights got scared of her and that is why her stand up was working.
had she learned proper boxing, she will be the best, had she not listended to endmund, and i am armenian so its painfull :D
But the same can be said about misha, she is not that skilled in judo like ronda, and no matter how much she trained not to get armbared, she got exacly just that.
anyway, i agreee that she has terrible standup game, she is used to march forward and just intimidate and used it as an advantage, but as a fighter, she is still a great one. if she only can accept that you win and you lose.
conor took the los and worked harder and won.
as a person.... welll lets just say, to be a champion you also need to be a right roll model with the right attitude. she has non of that,no sportmanship, no respect for other fighters.
but as a fighter, its simply not right to disregard her accomplishments.
Lol u said she wasn't aa good as some said she was i.e. the best mma fighter in the world. She is certainly skilled.
awesome stuff guys! y'all did great this year! y'all are the go to for MMA news and are by far the best, most professional in the business. keep up the great work! cheers
I feel like Ronda will be remembered as a Royce Gracie-type. She was far above all other women MMA athletes, but once they caught up, she had nothing for them.
My heart goes out to Ronda
Thank you guys and gals for giving us legit MMA news as well as being entertaining in the delivery of it. Happy New Year.
Man....2016 is TOO savage....
Was Carrie Fisher and her mom not enough?? You have to kill Honda's career too??? FFS!!
Don't cry ARIEL, we love you.
As a fan and human u gotta feel compassion toward rousey . Her mind is not right
@albums4days, Conor gets special treatment too, UFC lets him do whatever he wants
Rhonda shouldn't be in the ring, since she clearly lost her confidence. Doesn't matter how good U are, if u don't have confidence U will loose. her team should've known better. think she needs to move to 🎥 , the media clearly ❤️ Rhonda, but I dunno she has a big ego, so I doubt she would want to do action 🎥 . Prolly just do whack 💝 romance comedy 🎥
Nunes got the eyes of death
Well I'm disgusted with the UFC for allowing "a man duh" to fight a real woman Rousey! Even if Rousey could've hit this guy it would've had no effect on his masculine skull! All heshes must be removed from all women's sports!
Ronda...change camps if you fight again!
Absolutely.
RonKris I think she is to mentally hurt after the 2 losses to fight ever again
Garbrandt fighter of the year?? lol ! McGregor is the first two weight world champ!
Slack Jicholson
Megregor has 2 wins one loss this year. Cody has 4 wins this year, all domination with the win over top 3 p4p champ Cruz.
I can see them give him fighter of the year over Megregor.
UltimateHibz this is cody's only notable win. As far as conor's loss goes, he had the balls to defend the loss at two weight divisions up..
Slack Jicholson if it's not Conor it has to be STIPE!!
+Mahesh Chowdary lmao Conor for FOTY is silly a) he didn't win all of his fights this year b) he didn't win both titles this year so the case "he's 2 weight world champ" is irrelevant for FOTY discussion c) stacked year. Stipe, Cody, Nunes, Bisping, all fighters who won every fight they had and attained belts.
Devorantem exactly, seems like only casuals make these TH-cam comments lol
If you could do a post-fight show with Joey "Coco" Diaz it could be the best thing ever
Ronda looked horrible out there. she looked like amateur
Rousey was always over rated
Boar Hog you are 100% right
She*
and thank you guys for the coverage
and she got 3 million dollars for this
But that TKO? Priceless...
She got 3 million of the dollars she BROUGHT IN for the event. She deserves it because she's the one who sold all the PPV's, gate tix, and advertising. The fight game isn't like other sports. Stars generate revenue, so they get huge cuts, win or lose.
Why the hate? She made herself a lucrative product, even if that product did not perform as promised, and she sold that product what seemed worthy.
why the paranoia?
no one was hatin'
Baz Daniels i hate nobody, and feel even sorry for Ronda
R.i.P Honda
Great bookend to the most amazing year in UFC history. Thanks,guys!
Crazy how good Garbrandt looked, WOW.
Ronda is a judo grappler, not a mma fighter. Not sure why people keep saying that she's a pioneer in the sport.
Chris T She was a pioneer in women's MMA. She was the reason for adding women's divisions in the UFC.
MovieGuy808
Meh, just cause she was at the right place at the right time. There's so many women that are better than her. She's real good at judo, i'll give her that, but that's about it. As women mma gets bigger, you see all the holes in her game.
MovieGuy808 so now that she lost are they going to remove women from MMA,, I think not.. I think not
Leroy Jenks
They won't remove women from MMA. lol If anything, they will remove Ronda, not the women division. She's good at arm bars, that's about it. She should join judo competitions instead of mma.
Or join the YMCA
I can see an epic trilogy between Cody and TJ happening.
good show ariel, happy new year!
She wouldn't be able to get a single word out unfortunately, she's to emotional
Great job guys!
Some people actually believed she would beat male fighters hahahaa
"I had it 28-29-28 for Neil Magny.." LMAO WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ??? xD
Keep up the good work Ariel! Loving all your podcasts on TH-cam. Best moment of 2016? Conor vs Diaz 2. Just such a disciplined fight giving it everything. Diaz also played his role. Just a fantastic fight where you felt nervous for Conor the whole fight but he persevered and came through!
@ArielHelwani , When I heard what the UFC was doing to you back in June, I immediately took to Facebook raising a flag for the cause, I canceled my UFC 200 party and vowed to never pay for a single PPV or fightpass so long as you were ban from covering the UFC events. You should know you are hands down the best MMA journalist in the game. Your demeanor, the questions you ask that no one else will and your journalistic aptitude speaks volumes in the landscape of athletic journalism. I am glad that the UFC gave into the demands of the people because lord knows I wouldn't want to miss the best fights in the world but as someone who aspires to be a journalist I would not be able to live with myself had I not done everything I could to cast a vote in your favor.
Keep up the good work Ariel and everyone at MMAFighting!
Not for nothing, but Ronda looked scared to death from the jump. The outcome of the fight was determined the moment this fight was announced. Anyone who thought otherwise was wishful thinking, but not reality based.
The Gent indeed, she put on a weak facade of confidence which was clear from the get go.
The Gent don't know why her team approve the fight since she clearly lacked confidence.
curly sue i can think of 3million reasons. 🤑
The Gent Your 100% right.
2016 Takes another life... RIP Ronda Rousey
All the recap videos are longer than the fight
#31 on trending hell yeah
Thank you Ariel Helwani. You're the best in the Business. Keep up the good work.
when the post show is longer than the fight
What a crazy god dam year in and out of the octagon .. 2016 we will def remember u
22:45 When Ariel was being put down by UFC brass we had his back and helped him get his job back!
Ariel asks "what will you remember when your old about this year when you have little Al Shattys running around!?" I can't help but think you mean little shits running around! 😂
shaun you picked ronda to win and you wern't shocked. I picked Nunes to knock her out and I said shes the most talented fighters since jon Jones and I was shocked by that performance. I love how pundits pick a fight or game and afterwards it just doesnt matter lol. Ronda was in great shape, shes a legend in her prime still, Nunes is that special. I don't know why Ronda went and stood in front of Nunes to exchange, Edmond is awful. She should have grappled instantly. the sport is evolving so fast its amazing and Nunes is... she just changed the sport forever... lol you picked ronda to win and you wernt shocked and u sat ringside. why dont i get my degree and cover MMA... seriously what a job. Nunes #1 great champion
steph curry
Ronda couldn't get ahold of Nunes, it's not like she didn't try. Got hands on 3 times, shrugged off and battered for it. Grappling with Nunes was just as dangerous a prospect for Rousey as standing with her was.
dude u can't pick ronda to win, then nunes comes out looking like anderson silva and murders her, then ariel asked shaun "hey did that surprise you"... u cant say no i expected that. ronda came out and stood in front of her, ronda's coach is the worst. nunes is the best ive been saying that, but if ronda was trained by greg jacson shed be so much better and smarter. nunes #1
Sounds more like two fans talking then two journalists reporting
I think the real champ is Herb Dean. He should get the soldiers medal for saving Rhondas life not once but twice
Ronda is absolutely loaded I'd be off enjoying my cash if I was her!
I imagine Conor sitting in a dark room, sitting on a sofa near a fire place, with a glass of Irish Whiskey in his hand, plotting with a smirk on his face =) ..
great video great video
nunes was like a kid who had seen a bobblehead for the first time. poke, poke, poke.
I'm glad Ariel finally acknowledged what happen in June. it was a big win and I'm glad we were all able to move on.
Thank you Ronda for everything you did for the sport
The post show is longer than the fight 😂
"forget about Honda Housey and let's play some golfy" - Edmund Taverdyan
2:11 Ronda Rousey Dabs!!!
Mark my words boys: 2017 will be the year I will have the ballz to finally take Amanda Nunes for my wife.
Conor Elmes nothing can stop me bro!
Dee Xiao Long she is gay bro..
Tomek Duresov such a debbie downer 👎 Ya just gotta *believe* maaaan 😀
Tomek Duresov nothing wrong with that but what makes her attractive is her bubbly personality and just seems happy
Dee Xiao Long ewwwwwww she look like a feminine dwyane the rock Johnson
lol at rondas mean mugging face just cracks me up
Ariel really is the G.O.A.T. of MMA journalism and my personal favorite journalist, I'm so glad to see that the UFC reversed their ban, the sport wouldn't have been the same without you.