First comment on a totally unrelated topic. I asked a friend with significant MMA experience about this. He's won a few tournaments, trained with UFC fighters, and even done some grappling with Roxanne Modafferi, a UFC pro, and woman. He's about 6'3", 195 when he's cut.
My questions:
1. Do you think you could take RR?
2. If so, what round/how hard would it be?
His long, not-to-form answer:
"Ok against Ronda I have really one thing going for me, I am bigger, stronger and more powerful than her. However I used to get balled up by a guy named Mike Joy who walks around between 160-170lbs. I was bigger stronger and more powerfull than him but his skill technique and experience prevailed. granted this guy went toe to toe with Chad Mendes and lost in a decision (Extremely impressive, Chad mendes would undeniably destroy Ronda Rousey). So in that regard thing Rousey still has the upper hand despite the size and strength differential. On a differnet not I do have a tiny bit of experience grappling with elite female mixed martial artist (Roxanne Modafferi) Despite her fighting in the UFC and widely regarded as a very good woman Pro i pretty much man handled her...Now again RR is on a whole different level than any woman in the world as it stands.....with all that being said let me answer your questions
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1.) Even if I had a proper camp and clearly no weight requirement I still think I would lose to Ronda. (5/10 confidence in that answer)
2.) 3rd round VIA Armbar from her guard (2/10 Confidence)
sooo much speculation, but allow me to spar one round of grappling and one round of striking with her and I could bring the confidence in the answers up to 9 or 10
me:
would you think a "street fight" element makes it better or worse for Ronda? no weapons, obviously, but pretty much no other rules?
him again:
im well above average in at least size so chances are more likely than not that the person i train with is smaller
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I hate getting into the street fight aspect of it...there are different types of street fights too....like the world star hip hop ones where are trying to take each others heads off....or an actaul life or death scenario where you are utilizing groin shots, eye gouges, biting, scratching
me:
eh, i think they were talking about posturing outside a bar with people to break you up if shit got too real
him:
The "street fights" they are probably refering to are the ones where someone gets sucker punched or they square off and the first haymaker to land wins...in which case ill still take RR against some large man with no training
Go Irish. Excited for 2015!
