Ronda Rousey is an American mixed martial artist and judoka. She is the first and current UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion. Also, she is the former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion. She has defeated all of her opponents in the first round by an armbar. Ronda was the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in Judo at the summer Olympics in Beijing in 2008. She trains under Gokor Chivichyan of the Hayastan MMA academy. She also trains under Edmond Tarverdyan of the Glendale Fighting Club. This woman is number one pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world! She is also ranked number one at 135 pounds, according to all the rankings. Rousey made her mixed martial arts debut as an amateur on August 6, 2010. She defeated Hayden Munoz by submission due to an armbar in 23 seconds. Rousey has been to different kickboxing tournaments. She decided to enter the quarterfinals of Tuff-N-Uff 145 pounds women’s tournament on November 12, 2010 and submitted promotional veteran Autumn Richardson with an armbar in 57 seconds. As you see Ronda is big on her armbars, that is her favorite submission to pull. Most of all of her fights she has won are off of armbar submissions and has not even been a minute yet. After she defeated Autumn in the Tuff-N-Uff tournament, she decided to go pro and was replaced in the tournament. Her nickname is Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey. Ronda’s record in the UFC is 7-0 and in her Amateur fights she is 3-0. She is undefeated in UFC right now. One quote she always says to herself before she fights is, “No one has the right to beat you!”
One of Ronda Rousey’s famous quotes is “I’ve been through so much that there isn’t much left that can be scare me. I’ve felt the most pain that I could feel, and I’ve felt the most pressure that I could feel and there’s nothing else left. And I believe that I’m capable of doing anything.”
In MMA you have to be smart physically, mentally, and emotionally. If you are willing and wanting to take all the risks in the cage to fight then you have to train your butt off! Some submissions, moves, take downs, and other things about MMA, I will tell you about it later. When you are in the cage, you can’t only think about what you’re about to do; You have to think about what you’re gonna do after that, then after that, and after that. You should always think ahead. When you first start training you have to remember, you’re gonna get hit back regardless. You can not blackout. If you blackout, you’re most likely gonna get beat up because you will not know what you are doing. When you are fighting in the cage or training against someone at your gym, you need to remember to always breathe out every punch or take down you make. If you ever start training, MMA is a very aggressive and tough sport so you have to take it seriously. You will get very intense sometimes, but it’s okay because everybody does. The more you train, the more you are improving. When you hit 18 and start fighting MMA, your hands are gonna be considered weapons. At this point, if you get into a fight on the streets you can go to jail. Fighting on the streets and in the cage is two DIFFERENT things. Some people don’t understand where I am coming from until they actually come to my gym and see for themselves. In training you will learn what to do in different situations and learn what not to do. One of my favorite quotes is from Anderson Silva, he says,”My ultimate goal is to go down in history as the most efficient and technical fighter that has ever fought.” This quote inspires me about my MMA fighting. Remember, always be smart and be thinking ahead of yourself when you’re in the cage or even training.
What’s up guys, I’m Alyssa
Satterfield. I am a sophomore in high school. I plan to go to the Air Force
after graduating from high school. I am originally from Texas,
but I live in North Carolina.
Well let’s talk about how much I love MMA (mixed martial arts,) and why I love
it so much. While I was growing up I was a tomboy and loved to wrestle with my
father. My dad and I would watch all the UFC fights that came on TV. If you are
wondering what UFC is, it stands for Ultimate Fighting Championship. I am
sixteen years of age and I have been training MMA for 2 years. Every time my
dad and I watched an MMA match on TV, I would always say to him, “That is going
to be me one day daddy!” I have loved MMA ever since I’ve started watching it
when I was younger. I guess this sport interested me because I was never a
girly girl, I was the total opposite and loved the outdoors. Some words that
would describe me as why I would train as a MMA fighter would be, aggressive,
competitive, and tough. If you would ever meet me you will learn that I am a
very active and outgoing person. Some of my favorite quotes that might tell you
more about me are, “When I’m in there, I’m not there to survive, I’m there to
hunt!” This quote is from a MMA fighter, George St. Pierre. Another one of my
favorites is by a female MMA fighter named, Ronda Rousey. She says, “Some
people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think, ‘How dare you
assume I should think less of myself?’” Later on in my other blog posts, you
will read and learn about great different MMA fighters!
