Strikeforce: Ronda Rousey armbars Miesha Tate in Round 1
Posted on March 3, 2012, 11:38 PM by Anton GurevichRonda Rousey is now the new Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion, after an impressive performance against Miesha Tate in tonight's main event, and another first round armbar victory.
The fight opened with Rousey and Tate exchanging punches, looking to get out all the mutual hatred gathered from the build-up for the fight. Rousey was first to respond with a hip toss that got her straight into full mount. From there, the challenger tried to secure her trademark armbar maneuver, but Miesha Tate refused to tap.
It's important to note Tate's toughness. Most of the fighters would tap out to Rousey's first armbar attempt. Tate's elbow was twisted in unnatural angle, but the former champ proved she has the spirit of a true warrior.
Ronda Rousey continued to dominate the action after her first submission attempt. Miesha Tate tried to respond with strikes and clinch at the fence, but another Judo throw from Rousey created a deja-vu type of moment with another armbar attempt. This time it was fully locked, as Miesha Tate's elbow was twisted 90 degrees in the wrong direction.
Tate couldn't take the pain any longer, and finally tapped out at the 4:36 minute mark of Round 1.
Ronda Rousey is now 5-0 in her MMA campaign, all victories via first round armbar. Rousey proved she's for real, and will look to defend her title for the first time, most likely against the former champion Sarah Kaufman.
What a fight.
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Give a thousand monkeys a typewriter and sooner or later one will type something legible.
No posts for 2 weeks. I come back and it looks like some big mouth teeny bopper with a keyboard named jamesmma needs to be arrested. His thread Weak / Sharp ratio is the highest ever!
Wow you took 2 different options, the probably only possible ones.
Way to go out on a limb!
Yes jamessmma you has to be the greatest oracle in mma to predict Rousey will win by submission if she wins...
jamesmma needs to go back to the zoo.
awesome! fight! these girls really put on a show and their skills are no joke i am really impress with Rousey ground skills and Tate's heart!
also i really enjoy watching those legs!
I support Women's MMA all the way!!
what kind of animal is he?
http://lowkick.blitzcorner.com/Strikeforce/Strikeforce-Tate-vs-Rousey-Weigh-In-Results-and-Video-15293
5th post down was my prediction, I simply disagreed with you in the other thread because I dont like you.
Great Fight! Rousey is the real deal but if somebody can actually keep her ass standing up she'll be in big trouble!
Congrats on your beautiful finish, Ronda. As for Tate, win or lose, I still love you. You have a lot of heart in my book.
She should fight Cyborg.
Amazing fight. Both of these women showed that the ladies have what it takes to hang in MMA.
Those two womens fights were the best in MMA history, maybe they'll get that kind of credit. Watch out Cyborg , you'll be off roids when your back and rusty in the cage.
I have my doubts as to if we'll ever see cyborg back in the SF cage. She was a drag on the sport from a marketing perspective. Essentially a female version of Wanderleigh Silva with the looks to match.
You might be right Rabbit, she was a warrior though, I give her my respect, but ego can be a bad thing sometimes. Just to clarify, I meant best women's MMA fights Ive seen not over all lol
It was a great fight! but the ref should have jumped in and stopped it, he just stood there and watched as her arm was bent backwards!
Tap or Snap!
i liked seeing this, Judo beating wrestling. I get sick of hearing how wrestling's the best. Tate was saying that 9/10 time wrestling trumps Judo and would neutralize it.....
So far I actually think judo has done better than wrestling since there are many elite wrestlers in mma and not so many elite judo practitioners. The elite judo practitioners like Rousey and Akiyama have shown the real strength of the style even when compared to wrestlers.
Awesome fight...
Ronda is a classy lady huh??JAJAJAJAJAKAKAKHAHAHAHAHAHAHA JAJAJAJAJA
Who the eff is told you so James?? Pffff........
I'm a Ronda fan.....But show som ehead movement on the standup....
great fight! ronda has a crazy ground game...
ronda had way more muscle mass and looked a lot stronger..
Ronda looked pretty hot tonight, loving the tiny shorts
If Palhares was a hot blonde chick who preferred destroying arms instead of legs, he'd be Ronda Rousey.