Rousey v Holm

[G.T.]

The brawls mostly happen with the strikers. Thats all boxing and kickboxing is, is striking and defense.

My combat background is pistol shooting, medieval combat and lower level Krav Maga. Three styles where you don't stand around and make nice with the other guy (or the targets). You aggressively seek out and destroy you enemy. The amount of juking snd jiving in most MMA/UFC fight bores me to death.

you musta loved diego sanchez in the early days

 

[Anathema]

Tell that to Chuck Norris

And not if she's as good at acting as she's shown.

She being considered as a female Captain Marvel.

She's not Chuck Norris. Her acting roles to date have been somewhat limited snd while she has the right attitude for Captain Marvel she doesn't have the body for it. Then again I don't belueve anyone does.

 

[Anathema]

you musta loved diego sanchez in the early days

Before my time. I'll have to check out Youtube.

 

[mudwhistle]

Tell that to Chuck Norris

And not if she's as good at acting as she's shown.

She being considered as a female Captain Marvel.

She's not Chuck Norris. Her acting roles to date have been somewhat limited snd while she has the right attitude for Captain Marvel she doesn't have the body for it. Then again I don't belueve anyone does.

Chuck Norris is a lousy actor....and many of his movies at first were amateur at best.

If they can turn Scarlett Johansson into a superhero, they can sure as shit do it with Rhonda Rousey.


Oh.....and Arnold started out as a bodybuilder. He still can't act.

 

[mudwhistle]

The brawls mostly happen with the strikers. Thats all boxing and kickboxing is, is striking and defense.

My combat background is pistol shooting, medieval combat and lower level Krav Maga. Three styles where you don't stand around and make nice with the other guy (or the targets). You aggressively seek out and destroy you enemy. The amount of juking snd jiving in most MMA/UFC fight bores me to death.

Oh....you're one of those nerds that dress up as Knights of the Roundtable and runs around with plastic swords wearing dresses.

No wonder you're such a dick.

 

[Anathema]

Chuck Norris is a lousy actor....and many of his movies at first were amateur at best.

If they can turn Scarlett Johansson into a superhero, they can sure as shit do it with Rhonda Rousey.

Oh.....and Arnold started out as a bodybuilder. He still can't act.

Chuck and Arnold have their niches in the movie industry. Not a huge call for women i similar roles.

Scarlett has been mediocre ax Black Widow. The acting has been decent but she needs about 2-3 more cup sizes to fill out the role if you know what I mean.

Likewise Captain Marvel and She-Hulk both call for muscle bound actresses with large chests. Not many of those around.

 

[G.T.]

The brawls mostly happen with the strikers. Thats all boxing and kickboxing is, is striking and defense.

My combat background is pistol shooting, medieval combat and lower level Krav Maga. Three styles where you don't stand around and make nice with the other guy (or the targets). You aggressively seek out and destroy you enemy. The amount of juking snd jiving in most MMA/UFC fight bores me to death.

Oh....you're one of those nerds that dress up as Knights of the Roundtable and runs around with plastic swords wearing dresses.

No wonder you're such a dick.

krav maga is no joke though

 

[Anathema]

Oh....you're one of those nerds that dress up as Knights of the Roundtable and runs around with plastic swords wearing dresses.

No wonder you're such a dick.

Nope. I'm one of those geeks who puts,on 30 poinds of leather and netal, inluding a 12 lb. Steel helm and goes full speed and full force with rattan weapons in uncoreographed individual and melee combat. Check out "SCA combat" on Youtube if you want to see what we do.

 

[Anathema]

krav maga is no joke though

Definitely not. Though vwry enjoyable to learn as well. Our beginner class (white - orange belts) has 15-25 attendees most nights which makes for a good variety in sizes to work with/against.

 

[Montrovant]

Yes, but you typed 1994 and 1998.

Which has now been corrected. Thank you for noticing the errors so they could be fixed.

Regardless of the dates, the events show s very thi. Skinned and less than resilient mentailty to losing, which I understand very well from my own competitiveness issues.

Not sure I agree. she was in the Olympics at 17 in 2004, and she did win gold at the World Juniors that year.
And she medalled in 2008, although I don't understand how you give two bronzes out for the same competition.

Yes, she became over hyped, and yes, I know people can't stand her for that and other reasons, that doesn't change the facf that she won a ton of stuff, and then ran into a fighter that negated her strengths.

MMA Champions usually have short reigns:

Since the birth of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993, 11 different men have held the light heavyweight championship. The duration of their reigns ranges from Randy Couture’s 127 days to Tito Ortiz’s 1,260 days. Amazingly, only one of those 11 champions has successfully defended the title at least five times and five of them failed to retain it even once, making it one of the more volatile divisions from a historical standpoint.​

Sherdog.com has compiled an infographic which chronicles the journey of the UFC light heavyweight championship, beginning with Frank Shamrock in December 1997 -- it was then recognized as the middleweight crown -- and running through current titleholder Jon Jones.

A Linear History: UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
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So much of the so-called hype

That's just LHW, and doesn't show that Jon Jones ended up holding the title for around 4 years, with 8 successful defenses. He also didn't lose, he had to leave the UFC because he was an idiot who was involved in a hit and run.

Jones also should have had an undefeated record. His only loss in the UFC was a disqualification which happened when he beat his opponent with '12 to 6' elbows. That is a silly rule that should never have been implemented in the first place.

Jones was in the conversation with Anderson Silva and GSP for most dominant chamption before he got himself kicked out. I liked watching Jones, so his moronic behavior outside the ring really annoyed me. Apparently he's been reinstated and is likely to fight again next year.

Overall, though, you're right. Most UFC champions don't stay as champion for very long.

 

[Unkotare]

The brawls mostly happen with the strikers. Thats all boxing and kickboxing is, is striking and defense.

My combat background is pistol shooting, medieval combat and lower level Krav Maga. ....

= you're a ridiculous old LARPer clown who likes to play make-pretend and tries to tell himself he's a hard-guy.

 

[Unkotare]

Oh....you're one of those nerds that dress up as Knights of the Roundtable and runs around with plastic swords wearing dresses.

No wonder you're such a dick.

Nope. I'm one of those geeks who puts,on 30 poinds of leather and netal, inluding a 12 lb. Steel helm and goes full speed and full force with rattan weapons in uncoreographed [sic] individual and melee combat. ....

= pathetic old basement nerd playing dress-up with the other losers.

 

[mudwhistle]

Chuck Norris is a lousy actor....and many of his movies at first were amateur at best.

If they can turn Scarlett Johansson into a superhero, they can sure as shit do it with Rhonda Rousey.

Oh.....and Arnold started out as a bodybuilder. He still can't act.

Chuck and Arnold have their niches in the movie industry. Not a huge call for women i similar roles.

Scarlett has been mediocre ax Black Widow. The acting has been decent but she needs about 2-3 more cup sizes to fill out the role if you know what I mean.

Likewise Captain Marvel and She-Hulk both call for muscle bound actresses with large chests. Not many of those around.

Usually women with large chests don't have muscles.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Oh....you're one of those nerds that dress up as Knights of the Roundtable and runs around with plastic swords wearing dresses.

No wonder you're such a dick.

Nope. I'm one of those geeks who puts,on 30 poinds of leather and netal, inluding a 12 lb. Steel helm and goes full speed and full force with rattan weapons in uncoreographed [sic] individual and melee combat. ....

= pathetic old basement nerd playing dress-up with the other losers.

It does sound like a less boring way to keep in shape.

 

[Anathema]

= you're a ridiculous old LARPer clown who likes to play make-pretend and tries to tell himself he's a hard-guy.

Never LARPed in my life, but Im not going to waste my time trying to explain the difference to you or anyone else.

 

[Unkotare]

Oh....you're one of those nerds that dress up as Knights of the Roundtable and runs around with plastic swords wearing dresses.

No wonder you're such a dick.

Nope. I'm one of those geeks who puts,on 30 poinds of leather and netal, inluding a 12 lb. Steel helm and goes full speed and full force with rattan weapons in uncoreographed [sic] individual and melee combat. ....

= pathetic old basement nerd playing dress-up with the other losers.

It does sound like a less boring way to keep in shape.

Except that those overgrown LARPers are almost never in shape. They don't 'train,' they just dress-up and play with their toys every once in a while.

Think something along these lines, but older, fatter, and dressed in cheap plastic 'armor.'

 

[Unkotare]

= you're a ridiculous old LARPer clown who likes to play make-pretend and tries to tell himself he's a hard-guy.

Never LARPed in my life, but Im not going to waste my time trying to explain the difference to you or anyone else.

Keep telling yourself that, loser.

 

[Anathema]

Usually women with large chests don't have muscles.

Exactly. That's why most female comic book characters don't translate well to the screen..... Not too many ballerinas or brick houses (the 2 superheroine body types) have a F or G cups in real life so casting those parts becomes difficult.

 

[mudwhistle]

Usually women with large chests don't have muscles.

Exactly. That's why most female comic book characters don't translate well to the screen..... Not too many ballerinas or brick houses (the 2 superheroine body types) have a F or G cups in real life so casting those parts becomes difficult.

I think sex appeal and believably is more important than just a large set of coconuts.

 

[Montrovant]

Usually women with large chests don't have muscles.

Exactly. That's why most female comic book characters don't translate well to the screen..... Not too many ballerinas or brick houses (the 2 superheroine body types) have a F or G cups in real life so casting those parts becomes difficult.

I think sex appeal and believably is more important than just a large set of coconuts.

Considering comic books are generally not a realistic representation of the human form, it's a pretty silly argument. Admittedly, it's usually more extreme with female characters, but the men who have played comic book movie roles aren't exactly physical matches to the drawings of their characters, either.

If someone wants the actors in comic book movies to be near matches to the drawn proportions of the characters, they probably shouldn't be watching comic book based movies.

Good acting is much more important than close physical resemblance. Michael Keaton was a good Batman despite his lack of physical prowess. Heath Ledger looked very little like any of the comic book versions of the Joker I can recall, yet he deservedly won an Oscar for his performance. Hugh Jackman is 6'2" and plays Wolverine, who is generally described as little more than 5' tall, yet he has become synonymous with the character to many. I'll take a good performance over a badly acted physical match any day.