Rousey vs Kaufman peaked at 676,000

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Lol @ running to 135, she went and got the belt and than said she would win 145, guess what happened? Cyborg got popped like Rhonda said she would

Cyborg has been talking smack for a month now before Rhonda beat Kaufman, Rhonda responded and she holds all the cards, Cyborg needs to drop or go some where else

If anything, Rhonda should have her make 140 against someone else and not fail a drug test, that's how she should play if she will do a catch weight fight

 

[EmpireWF]

Why do you keep saying Cyborg 'cant' come down? That's just her excuse. There's no logical reason to believe she cannot cut 10 pounds...while clean, too.

 

[Steel Mamba]

She's much bigger and taller than Ronda, she walks around at 160+lbs and people expect her to cut to 135? Plus, it isn't as easy for women to cut weight as it is for the guys. So it's not an excuse.

she went and got the belt and than said she would win 145

Good, then she should have no problem sticking to her word then. lol. Her plan was to win BOTH belts, now that she has the easier one to obtain she says she shouldn't have to move up, even though that's what she said she would do before hand. lol

 

[EmpireWF]

She's much bigger and taller than Ronda, she walks around at 160+lbs and people expect her to cut to 135? Plus, it isn't as easy for women to cut weight as it is for the guys. So it's not an excuse.

Rousey is only two inches shorter than Cyborg....plus, Ronda competed at about 155 at the Olympics 4 years ago. So, how is it impossible for Cyborg to get off the juice and make 135?

While, Rousey did talk in the past of winning gold in both weight classes, this is also a quote from Cyborg herself prior to testing positive for steroids...

"I'm going to put in a valiant effort to try and make 135," Santos said through in interpreter. "Maybe if I can make a catchweight and fight at 140 first and slowly make my way down to 135, but I'm going to put in a good effort to get down to 135."

Point is, there's no reason for Rousey to leave 135 now to make things easier for a cheater.

 

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So reason to run up and fight Cyborg after she failed a test, cyborg needs to pass a test first to get a Rhonda fight

There is no more 145 belt, so no point going for it

 

[SHOGUN]

Rousey is only two inches shorter than Cyborg....plus, Ronda competed at about 155 at the Olympics 4 years ago. So, how is it impossible for Cyborg to get off the juice and make 135?

To be fair, Ronda was very chubby when she competed at the Olympics. Cyborg is built like shit brickhouse at her normal weight.

 

[Steel Mamba]

Cyborg still carries more weight than Ronda in her offseason, and she's still taller and has a bigger build. No matter what way you try to defend Ronda, fact is it's still harder for Cyborg to make the weight. Like I said, Ronda wanted no parts of Cyborg (at least initially) thus her reason to moving to 135. Plus, she said she would fight in both weight classes, so she's going back on her word. It's not about trying to appease a "cheater", it's about staying true to her word.

 

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Lol @ true to her word after cyborg gets popped

The word has now been changed

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Yeah, I don't understand this mindset at all. There is absolutely no reason to accommodate Cyborg whatsoever. Ronda is on top, Ronda is the star, Ronda is the champ in the only weight class that exists. Cyborg is the cheat. Either Cyborg plays ball or Cyborg can gtfo. I don't care how much harder it is for Cyborg to make weight, tough shit. If Cyborg never gets popped, then you can make the case Ronda should move up. But at this point, I wouldn't even meet her at catch weight. 135 or get lost.

 

[SHOGUN]

I agree. Cyborg blew her chance at a compromise when she got popped. Now she needs to adapt or call it a day.

 

[Steel Mamba]

Marloes knows what's up

http://www.mmamania.com/2012/9/17/3346692/marloes-coenen-ronda-rousey-135-pounds-cris-cyborg

"She is a great grappler. The way she took out Sarah Kaufman was amazing and so unexpected to me. But she does lack balls, she judoed at 154lbs, entered Strikeforce at 145lbs and when she had to fight Cris Cyborg she dropped to 135lbs. Using me as an example. Let me tell you this, I fought Cyborg (and will do so in the future again) and then was asked by Strikeforce to drop to 135lbs. Having said all this, career wise it was really smart of her and she deserves a master in PR. She doesn’t care how she gets there, as long as she gets there. And she’s successful at it, looking at the magazine covers like ESPN and changing Dana White’s mind."

Pure marketing, protect your million dollar baby.

 

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lol @ agreeing with someone because they're trying to get a fight

You do Judu at a much higher weight because you're competing every week, you can't keep cutting, Rhonda was chubby in Judo

Marloes would get armbarred also, just throw another arm in the fire place for Rhonda, it's almost winter

 

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also, Rhonda never 'had to fight cyborg' yet, she wasnt pushed as the number 1 contender

The MMA masses complained that she shouldnt even be fighting for the 135 title when she dropped, it wasnt even close to a Cyborg fight yet for Rhonda and then she got busted, people love to rewrite history

I still dont understand why people say she is ducking Cyborg, she clearly is a 135 lber, she has no trouble making weight, thats her weight class and her MMA career just started, now people already calling for her to go up? lol, and And1 gets to fight Bonnar and he shouldnt fight Jones, LOL

How about Cyborg tests clean and has a fight first before she asks the champ to fight her, she had trouble making 145 during her run anyway

 

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I don't know why I even respond to mamba anymore, takes like 3 weeks to get a reply, getting as bad as KOF

 

[Steel Mamba]

lol @ agreeing with someone because they're trying to get a fight

You do Judu at a much higher weight because you're competing every week, you can't keep cutting, Rhonda was chubby in Judo

Marloes would get armbarred also, just throw another arm in the fire place for Rhonda, it's almost winter

The big point there is that SF told her to move down. They know Cyborg is a career killer so they're keeping their stars away from her. Actually Ronda was on Ariel's show recently and didn't disagree when asked about moving down to avoid fighting Cyborg. They're treating Ronda the same way boxing promoters handle their stars, and you know how that game goes.

 

[EmpireWF]

Regardless, there is no reason to give the woman serving a suspension over drugs a break.

All her leverage dissipated when she injected anabolic steroids (or however else she may have ingested the substances).

 

[Steel Mamba]

You guys sound like a broken record lol. I get that. BUT she moved to 135 BEFORE she popped for roids, thus the writing was already on the wall. Now all she has is a good excuse.

 

[Steel Mamba]

The woman herself didn't even deny it! I give her props for not lieing, but that says it all right there when she didn't deny the claims.

 

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She said she was going to win the 135 belt and then fight Cyborg at 145 them she got popped

Cyborg is irrelevant at this point, so your whole argument is silly, she started yapping about Rhonda before the Sarah fight and Rhonda said I'm the champ and come fight me at 135, its all on Cyroid now

 

[Steel Mamba]

You must have missed her recent interview with Ariel. She basically admitted that she knows Cyborg won't drop, yet she continues to run her mouth anyway. If you know she's not going to drop, and you admit that, why are you running your mouth? If you don't want to fight her at 145, fine, but what's the sense in constantly calling her out?