Jackson Jambalaya

Remember when Rousey said she could beat any human alive in a fight, male or female? Remember last week when bandwagon sportswriters were saying that Rousey's opponent didn't have a prayer?

Unfortunately for Rousey, she was captured by the UFC money machine. While certainly good, this "greatest" talk (from White, Rousey, and the media) was ridiculous from the beginning.

Women's MMA is in it's infancy, so to believe any early champ can have such a coronation in real time is absurd. Royce was a great fighter, but simply look at the progression of men's MMA and you can see how such talk just doesn't make sense.

Fighting is like football, everyone thinks they can do it and have a valid opinion when the truth is very few can perform or have an educated opinion.

Ladies,

It's called smack talk. It's been in the boxing business since the beginning. What was she supposed to say? She's going to get her ass kicked and she's the 17th best female fighter in the world and can kick 3,457,842,167 of the world's population's ass?

Geez,

That women kicked the S**t out of her. Literally.

8:41:

As a fighter, you touch gloves. You respect a worthy opponent. You "trash talk" all you can justify.

Just a picture, no video?

And on top of the glove touch BS, she was cursing at Holm, an actual religious person who is literally a preacher's daughter, at weighin, as well as getting physical. She deserved that beatdown. And despite the beating, Holm showed concern for her downed opponent still. Class act versus white trash. I fought and wrestled in college and never saw anyone worth spit behave like Rousey in the long term. Too big for her britches, until she needed stitches. And she talks about Mayweather? The smack talk preceded the smackdown.

Ladies,

This isn't local fight club, or high school wrestling. The "smack talk" is part of the show.

"Lennox Lewis, I'm coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!"

7:59, Where do you train?

I like Rousey's long term story, but now is the time for her to put on the gi humbly and take the lessons. I hope she returns wiser and stronger.

Hopefully she starts by ditching Tarverdyan and Travis Browne. If those guys stay in the picture, this will get worse before it gets better.

She looked to be out of shape, slow, and stumbling.

Didn't they start testing for PEDS this year? Serious question.

W/i the last year -/+6 mos testing got serious.

I truly brlieve this issue was poor mindset & terrible choices of people to have around. Not to mention fighting someone who came to win after training with the best.

I hope she improves at all levels.

I can't say I'm sorry to see her take this beat down, and it was a beat down.

I don't expect athletes in a brutal sport like this to be sweet as syrup, but there's a level of respect they should show opponents and Rousey just can't muster it. She will surely be back, but that was a great exhibition of boxing and strategy by Holm.