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Ronda Rousey Is Fighting The Anti-Ronda Rousey

UPDATE (Nov. 15, 10:36 a.m.): Well, the anti-Ronda Rousey won. In a matchup of opposites, Holly Holm, a champion boxer and kickboxer, knocked out Rousey in the second-round in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday night. Rousey’s major weakness was striking defense; and Holm is as skilled a striker as there is in MMA. As we wrote […]

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Ronda Rousey Is Fighting The Anti-Ronda Rousey

UPDATE (Nov. 15, 10:36 a.m.): Well, the anti-Ronda Rousey won. In a matchup of opposites, Holly Holm, a champion boxer and kickboxer, knocked out Rousey in the second-round in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday night. Rousey’s major weakness was striking defense; and Holm is as skilled a striker as there is in MMA. As we wrote […]

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Ronda Rousey Fights Like An Outlier

UPDATE (Nov. 13, 1:00 p.m.): Ronda Rousey defends her bantamweight title against Holly Holm this weekend in Australia. We wrote the story below before Rousey knocked out Bethe Correia in 34 seconds in August. Ronda Rousey is the rare athlete who dominates her sport while transcending it. You might recognize her from a cameo in […]

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