Rounda Rousey sparring Vic Darchinyan

I think in a MMA match Floyd vs Rhonda the biggest challenge for Floyd would be
not getting a hard on..That would be perhaps his biggest test far..
Rousey would be up against stiff competition

 

:rofl

 

Rousey never was much of a striker. But she can snap an arm pretty well

 

I disagree. I think her boxing has been improving a lot and she actually looks like a really good MMA who feels limited. She is aggressive and every punch she throws would usually lead to skin on skin action, however she is restricted and isn't programmed to think defence after, or with, offence. That is what she is working on. For example, when Vic could have lit her up on the ropes and she's getting tagged, in MMA she would have immediately gone into grapple mode.

Vic would also be an awful fighter to box with as he's relaxed, slipping, frustrating you with his awkwardness.

 

Its easy for casuals to look at her sparring with Vic and laugh. Especially after all the garbage from Zuffa about how she can beat elite pro boxers in the cage/octagon/streets. BUT in truth she deserves credit for trying to expand her skills and getting a good training partner to learn from.
Two years later she appears to have picked up a few things from work like this.

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Her boxing looked aggressive and devastating but vs Beth you could see that punches lead to grappling/touching and not defence. She'll be fine as long as someone can't stop her aggressiveness. When someone can tame that aggressiveness then she's in trouble defensively.