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Originally Posted by Bufkin
Dana and Rousey both have avoided Cyborg like the plague. Rousey has had every opportunity to call Cyborg out (like Cyborg has done to Ronda), but instead calls out inferior competition like a boxer with 2 years MMA experience. The best striker she's faced is Miesha Tate, which is beyond laughable.
If Ronda Rousey stepped into the ring with Cris Cyborg, there would be manslaughter charges. Cyborg spars with male MMA fighters and knocks them out. Her KO power will never be matched in WMMA, and her fight IQ/defense would prevent a shock armbar that Rousey is so good at locking in.
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Rousey says a fight with Cyborg “biggest fight in MMA history”
Whoa nelly! Now don’t get me wrong, I’m all for equal rights and equality, but Rousey vs. Cyborg as the biggest fight of all time? Well, if you believe current Strikeforce champ Ronda Rousey, it will be. Here’s her talking about the potential of a super fight with Cyborg on the MMAHour:
“I think if it was done right and it was done correctly, you could have people watching that fight that have never seen a single MMA fight before. Lots of them. I think it could be the biggest MMA fight of all-time,” said Rousey.
“I’m serious. Think about it. Every MMA fan will watch, and a whole bunch of other people that aren’t even the least bit interested in MMA would watch. That’s the kind of demographic that fight could reach to that none of the men can right now.”
Granted, I think the potential of those two throwing down would make a strong case for the first WMMA fight in UFC history, but to be honest, I don’t see how it could be that much bigger (if at all) than Cyborg’s other big fight against Gina Carano, which did pull a still-record for Strikeforce with 856,000 viewers. A large number for sure, yet a far cry from some of the biggest events in UFC history.
That all said, this fight needs to happen. Rousey has no one left to fight, and Cyborg is coming off her suspension in December. Let’s get it done and we’ll work out the deets later.