Battle Planning: Defeating Ronda Rousey (The Spring 2013 Edition)

Liz Carmouche threatens Ronda Rousey with a brutal neck crank at UFC 157 (Picture courtesy of Esther Lin and MMAFighting.com)

In the first piece that was posted here at Stormland Fights!, I analyzed what I felt were the keys to defeating Ronda Rousey. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m actually a fan of Ms. Rousey, but she arouses my analytical tendencies like few others! After watching her latest bout with Liz Carmouche at UFC 157, I want to revisit what I wrote almost 8 months prior. I still maintain that certain Muay Thai techniques, such as thips and elbows, are effective striking weapons to keep the UFC women’s bantamweight champion at bay, but the “Girlrilla” gave me some more to discuss that I’d like to go into after the jump.

My MMA Christmas Wishlist

Christmas is coming, that’s a pure and simple fact. The fact you’re reading this blog is proof that the world didn’t end. If you thought it was going to, well, I don’t know what to say… Oh wait, yes I do: Told you so! Sorry, had to get that out of the way, as immature as it is. Sometimes it’s nice to be proven 100%, beyond-a-conspiracy-nut’s-doubt right on things, but I digress. With Christmas on its way, there are some things I’d love to see a few major MMA personalities given, and we’ll be going over those after the jump.

Ronda Rousey Vs. Liz Carmouche: A Big Deal For More Than One Reason

Liz Carmouche and Ronda Rousey will be squaring off at UFC 157 for the Women’s Bantamweight Championship

Yesterday’s UFC press conference in Seattle was definitely full of news. One of the announcements was announced that that poor Johnny Hendricks would be getting passed over for a welterweight title shot so Georges St. Pierre can turn Nick Diaz into a smear on the Octagan canvas, but that wasn’t the biggest news. No, this was overshadowed by the naming of Ronda Rousey as the first UFC women’s bantamweight champion, and the announcement that her debut fight would be the headlining bout at UFC 157 against Liz “Girlrilla” Carmouche. Everybody’s excited, talking about how much of a big deal it is that women will be headlining a pay-per-view, but they’re also forgetting that this will be the first time that an openly gay athlete will be competing at the top of any kind of combat sports card. This, in and of itself, is a historic event, and it’s one the UFC isn’t even playing up.

(More after the jump)

Good Freakin’ Grief… (Today’s Big News)

That didn’t take long, did it? Just a few short weeks, if that, since “Uncle” Dana White says there will be women in the UFC, and boom! Here we are. In the immortal words of Rener Gracie: “Dang!”  I’m going to be honest, I was all set to sit down and bash out a blog on some issues with the IBJJF that keep cropping up, but well, this took the wind out of those sails pretty darn quick! Not much else to do in this case except throw on some Clutch and go stream-of-consciousness on this sucker…  After the jump, of course.