UFC WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT champion Ronda Rousey kept her unbeaten record intact with another devastating performance at Los Angeles’ Staples Centre last night.
The 28-year-old took just 14 seconds to see off Cat Zingano and earn a first round submission –her fourth on the bounce.
Zingano had been hyped up as the biggest threat to Rousey’s dominance in the division and begin the main event on the offence. However, Olympic Judo bronze medallist Rousey flipped her opponent over and forced her to tap out with an arm bar.
“I was expecting that she might do something like that because so many people are always saying that she is a slow starter,” Rousey told Fox UFC afterwards. “Nobody’s rushed me in the beginning before so I thought it could be a plan of theirs.
“She really fell on me so it is a good thing I stepped left so the knee missed and when we were falling I went back to Judo mode, thinking don’t touch your back to the ground because it’s a point, which actually helped the whole transition.
I never did that exact throw before, I just made it up on the spot to be honest!”
Rousey’s last three fights combined have lasted less than two minutes, but when asked by Ariel Helwani if she wished her fights lasted a little longer she replied: “Not really. I would like to take as little damage as possible and be able to keep fighting longer.
“The longer that the matches are, the shorter my career will be. So I like that they’re short because I want to do this as long as possible.”
“I sat down in front of her afterwards and was honest. I said I’d be happy to do this again some time. It’s hard to feel like you really test yourself when something like that happens so I think that if we fought again it would be very different.”
UFC president Dana White compared Rousey to Mike Tyson after her latest victory.
“There’s no doubt about it,” White said. “She is without a doubt that female version of him. And I told her. It got to the point with the Tyson thing – well, tonight; let’s talk about tonight.
“You guys have been around the fight game for a long time. There’s very few situations where a fight goes 14 seconds and the crowd is cheering and going crazy and looking at each other with their mouths open.
“Everybody was looking at each other with their mouths open because she was fighting Cat Zingano.”
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UFC 184 results
Main card:
- Ronda Rousey def. Cat Zingano via submission (armbar) in first round
- Holly Holm def. Raquel Pennington via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
- Jake Ellenberger def. Josh Koscheck via submission (north-south choke) in second round
- Alan Jouban def. Rich Walsh via TKO (elbow and punches) in first round
- Tony Ferguson def. Gleison Tibau via submission (rear-naked choke) in first round
Undercard:
- Roan Carneiro def. Mark Munoz via technical submission (rear-naked choke) in first round
- Roman Salazar vs. Norifumi Yamamoto declared a no contest due to an accidental eye poke in second round
- Tim Means def. Dhiego Lima via TKO (strikes) in first round
- Derrick Lewis def. Ruan Potts via TKO (punches) in second round
- Valmir Lazaro def. James Krause via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Masio Fullen def. Alexander Torres split unanimous decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
I think Frank has missed the point here. Not only is he white and male, he is also the nephew of Harry Redknapo and son of Frank Lampard. Lampard is very priveliged compared to most. Sterling is not saying Lampard hasn’t worked hard to get to the position he is in. But it is worrying that Lampard hasn’t grasped that he has started in a better position than others.
@EnKy: “Campbell is manager of southend, who were relegated to the fourth tier in english football this season” maybe that’s why he doesn’t have a premiership job, because he’s not a good coach, nothing to do with the colour of his skin
@Michael Oats: That isn’t my point- I wasn’t seeking to make any comparison between them at all. But, while we are at it, Lampard’s first job was Derby County. Campbell’s was Macclesfield Town. Both have had illustrious club and international careers. I know who’s position I would rather be in.
@Michael Oats: Worth noting that Campbell took them over when they were in a fairly bad position already. Lampard might be an excellent coach in time. Campbell could be terrible- but their starting positions don’t indicate that it is an equal playing field, especially considering both their playing achievements and coaching qualifications are similar.
@EnKy: Understand your point but I’ve read from various sources, mostly managers, that Lampard was the hardest working player they’d ever come across. First in each morning, last out, and a habitual student of the game, so he clearly feels his success is down to his work ethic and not his family links within the game or his ethnicity. He acknowledges that there is a wider issue, which there is, but he’s not comfortable in being held as an example of someone who has been given an armchair ride.
@Robert de Brún: again, nobody said he hasn’t worked hard. He took Derby from 6th to 6th and that got him the Chelsea job. Nobody is saying he didn’t work tirelessly to achieve that.
@Dave O Keeffe: That alone didn’t get him the chelsea job that’s very unfair, he got 6th with derby but had amazing success with youth players and fantastic football (incl beating Man Utd),which he’s doin at chelsea now, his work with the youth was a huge part in getting the chelsea job and also the fact he’s a chelsea legend??
@Philip Mckenna: I agree but he also had to be given the opportunity to prove himself. He didn’t have to start at a failing club. He did great work with Derby but at the end of the day fell short of their goals.
Hon Lamps
I don’t think Sterling ever said anybody didn’t work hard.
English media have never been shy in telling the public how intelligent Lampard is and how he speaks Latin etc. It’s strange that he would make a comment on this when the comparisons made by Sterling seem valid. Even if Is it the case that Cole and Campbell have not worked as hard as Lampard- the difference in the levels they are currently at now seem a prime example of systemic racism.
@Aidan Baragry: Soccer is a results based game. Look how over-represented black players are compared to their population percentage, don’t think there is any systemic racism, in general clubs will hire the best people they can who they think will get them results regardless of colour
Gerard got his first managers job at a big club Rangers. The point seams to be would a black manager get the same opportunity? How about we look at another Liverpool legend, John Barnes, first managerial job was Celtic. Campbell and Cole is a narrow example. Darren Moore’s first managerial role was with West Brom in the premier league. So maybe we can compare Gerard and Lampard with Barnes and Moore and it doesn’t appear as bad. Off course there are fewer black mangers than there should be.
@Kingshu: big club hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha haha hahahaha haha hahahaha haha
Name one coloured coach who has excelled more than chris Houghton one of our own, always give his all , thats what sterling should aspire to be,
Rudd guiltt crap , terry o connor crap,
If not up to the job. P45 same as anyone else
@Richy Fitz: I’ll name one. Chris Hughton