"managed to escape several of Rousey's submission holds in the first two rounds, thus making her the first to ever reach the second and third round against Rousey. Tate and Rousey's rivalry is credited with bringing women's mixed martial arts to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, with UFC president Dana White confirming this during a 2012 interview. In 2013, EA Sports announced that Rousey and Tate were the first-ever female fighters selected for inclusion in a UFC video game. The two also appeared together on ESPN's ""SportsCenter"" while promoting their rematch. In an interview with Yahoo!, Rousey stated, ""I think people"
"with Rousey trying to close the distance but being unable to, frustrated by Holm's stick and move strategy. Rousey stumbled forward after taking a straight left to her chin, and while rising, Holm connected with a kick to the side of Rousey's neck, knocking her out. Holm pounced on the fallen Rousey, causing the referee to end the bout. MMA website Sherdog called the fight their Upset of the Year for 2015. In round one, both fighters exchanged punches at each other. Jędrzejczyk then attempted a combination via a kick, however Létourneau was able to grab Jędrzejczyk's leg and take"
"the bout on September 30 citing an elbow injury and was replaced by Uriah Hall. Ronda Rousey began the Women's Bantamweight bout aggressively. Holly Holm, with her boxing ability, and from her southpaw stance, tagged Rousey repeatedly with her left hand while controlling the distance. Rousey attempted several clinches through the round, including an attempted armbar, but none had a decisive outcome. By the end of the first round, Rousey was bloodied and breathing heavily, with commentators describing the round as the first she had ever lost in her MMA career. Round two followed a similar pattern to the first,"
"women, ultimately ending in a majority draw (29–27 Reneau, 28–28, and 28–28). After the fight, Reneau disagreed with the result and said “I believe she won the first round; maybe she might’ve edged me out a little bit. I think I definitely won the second – and for sure I won the third round."" Correia faced Holly Holm at on June 17, 2017 in Singapore. She lost the fight via a head kick knockout in the third round. Correia was scheduled to face Irene Aldana on August 4, 2018 at UFC 227. The bout was pulled from this event as"
"Ronda Rousey Ronda Jean Rousey (; born February 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, actress, author, mixed martial artist and judoka. She is currently signed to WWE, performing on the Raw brand, where she is the current Raw Women's Champion in her first reign. Her longstanding nickname, ""Rowdy"", was inherited from late professional wrestler Roddy Piper. Rousey began her professional career as a mixed martial artist in 2010, after becoming the first American woman to earn an Olympic medal in judo, by winning bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics. After a string of successful bouts in both King of"
"countries and over 50 million homes. Hard Knocks Fighting produces 15 live events annually, as well as shoulder programming including feature fights, highlight shows, and documentaries. Hard Knocks Fighting Hard Knocks Fighting is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in North America. Hard Knocks Fighting was founded in 2009 by Canadian Olympic wrestler Ari Taub. Hard Knocks Fighting is known for its local fighter support and ongoing charity efforts and where Ronda Rousey secured her second career MMA victory. In 2009, Canadian Olympic wrestler Ari Taub founded Hard Knocks Fighting. Ari Taub an Olympic wrestler and Calgary based lawyer overcomes"
"for the year. Due to illness, she was unable to defend her European titles in Swansea shortly after the Commonwealth games. She split with guide runner Mikhail Huggins in 2015. Her new guide runner is Chris Clarke. She was also made to pull out of the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships after just one race due to an ankle injury and this also meant that she lost funding from British Athletics. In 2016, she was reclassified as a T11 athlete due to her deteriorating eye condition, requiring her to wear a blindfold while racing. Alongside guide Chris Clarke she won"
"Strawweight champion Jessica Aguilar. The event fared well, receiving 900,000 pay-per-view buys. Rousey dedicated her fight to ""Rowdy""Roddy Piper who had died the day before. The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: UFC 190 UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia was a mixed martial arts event held on August 1, 2015, at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was headlined by a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between former UFC Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and #5 contender Bethe Correia. The lightweight and bantamweight finals of """" also took place at this event. The finale was initially planned"
"in 2015, contributed to his being knighted in the New Year's Honours List. Serena and Venus Williams were the two-time defending champions and number one seeds in the women's doubles, but they lost in the first round to Czech pairing Lucie Šafářová and Barbora Strýcová. The defeat ended the sisters' 15 match winning streak in women's doubles at the Olympics, and also marked their first loss together in Olympic competition. Russian duo Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the gold medal, defeating Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis in the final, 6–4, 6–4. Martina Hingis had been attempting to become just"
"UFC 190 UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia was a mixed martial arts event held on August 1, 2015, at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was headlined by a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between former UFC Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and #5 contender Bethe Correia. The lightweight and bantamweight finals of """" also took place at this event. The finale was initially planned to take place on June 27, 2015 in São Paulo, Brazil. However, on May 15, the event was moved to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. It was"
"""can win the boxing world title"" while discussing a potential fight with Cris Cyborg. After noting that ""Ronda spars with boxing world champions that punch way harder than Cyborg"", Tarverdyan claimed that she ""has never lost a round in the gym. A round. With boxing world champions"". Layla McCarter is the current Big Knockout Boxing female champion and immediately challenged Ronda Rousey to boxing match. Alongside Amanda Serrano went on to criticize Rousey's stand-up fighting technique stating in the Guardian “She’s very good at what she does, but she needs to stay in her lane because boxing takes a lot"
"Towards this goal, she continued training in kickboxing under former world champion Luis Ruiz and incorporated Brazilian jiujitsu working with brown belt Gabriel Marte at the Dojo NYC. On July 31, 2015, Ronda Rousey's trainer, Edmond Tarverdyan, expressed the belief that his fighter ""can win the boxing world title"" while discussing a potential fight with Justino. After noting that ""Ronda spars with boxing world champions that punch way harder than Cyborg"", Tarverdyan claimed that she ""has never lost a round in the gym. A round. With boxing world champions"". Within a week, Serrano responded by stating that ""Rousey's trainer does"
"2015. Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao has the second most number of awards won with victories in 2009 and 2011. It has been presented to one woman in its history, American bantamweight mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey in 2015. , boxers have been most successful at the ESPY Awards with nine victories and twenty-four nominations, followed by mixed martial arts with three wins and nineteen nominations. The winner of the 2018 Best Fighter ESPY Award was American light welterweight boxer Terence Crawford who claimed his third boxing title by defeating Australian Jeff Horn and extended his winning record to 33–0."
"UFC 170 UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann was a mixed martial arts held on February 22, 2014, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. A bout between women's bantamweight champion and former Olympian Ronda Rousey and former Olympian Sara McMann headlined the event. A bout between Gilbert Melendez and Khabib Nurmagomedov was briefly linked to this event. The fight was later cancelled. Lucas Martins was expected to face Bryan Caraway at this event. However, Caraway pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by UFC newcomer Aljamain Sterling. Martins ended up also getting injured"
"Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury, billed as ""Kollisionskurs"" (German for ""Collision Course""), was a professional boxing match contested for the WBA (Super), WBO, IBF, IBO, ""The Ring"" magazine, and lineal heavyweight titles. The fight took place on November 28, 2015 at Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Fury was declared the winner by unanimous decision. This ended Klitschko's reign of nearly 10 years, the second longest in heavyweight history. Klitschko was entitled to a rematch per the fight contract. Despite this, Fury was stripped of the IBF heavyweight title for agreeing to the rematch instead of"
"first female UFC champion, the first Olympic medalist with a UFC title, and the first woman to defend a UFC title. She would successfully defend her title six times over a grand total of 1,074 days, before she was defeated by Holly Holm on November 15, 2015, at UFC 193. On December 11, 2013, the UFC purchased the contracts of 11 female fighters from Invicta Fighting Championships to launch their 115-pound Strawweight division. Eight of the Invicta fighters took part in the 20th season of ""The Ultimate Fighter"", """", along with eight additional fighters signed up for the tournament via"
"earlier victory over Duke, a member of Rousey's informal ""Four Horsewomen"" stable, Correia began campaigning for a title shot against Rousey, holding four fingers to the camera and symbolically putting one down. She did likewise after beating Horsewoman Baszler. In March 2015, UFC officials confirmed that Correia would fight Rousey for the title on August 1, 2015, at UFC 190. Despite the fact that Rousey had finished all but one of her previous fights within a round, Correia displayed much confidence heading into the bout, stating that she planned to give Rousey the worst beating of her career. Subsequently, Correia"
"on March 15, 2014 at UFC 171. She lost the back-and-forth fight via split decision. Pennington was scheduled to face Holly Holm at UFC 181 on December 6, 2014. However, Holm pulled out of the fight in mid-November, citing a neck injury. Holm was replaced by UFC newcomer Ashlee Evans-Smith. Pennington won the fight via technical submission due to a bulldog choke at the end of the first round. She became the 4th fighter in UFC history to finish a fight with that move. Pennington fought Holly Holm at UFC 184 on February 28, 2015, a bout that was originally"
"mixed martial artists Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir (), who named themselves ""The Four Horsewomen"" in 2013, with the blessing of Anderson and Flair. After Bethe Correia defeated Duke, she held up four fingers and symbolically put one down. She did this again after beating Baszler. As Shafir is not in the UFC, these two wins set the stage for a bantamweight title fight between her and Rousey (the ""Ric Flair of the Four Horsewomen"") at UFC 190. Rousey knocked Correia out in 34 seconds. The group was shown at ringside during WrestleMania 31, where Rousey"
"2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France. In 2016 with Aldersey changed-out for Genevieve Horton from the Mosman Rowing Club, the double qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Kehoe and Horton were eliminated at the semi-final stage and ultimately raced in a B final. Sally Kehoe Sally Kehoe (born 25 September 1986) is an Australian rower who is a national champion, three-time Olympian and a representative at multiple world championships. From 2014 she was a world-record holder in the women's double scull over 2000m. Kehoe was born on 25 September 1986 in Toowoomba, Queensland. She went to"
"ex-boyfriend then blocked the door and refused to move when Rousey tried to leave. Rousey goes on to write that the ex-boyfriend jumped in her car and, when he refused to exit, she proceeded to hit him further. Rousey deleted the photos and erased his hard drive, however fear that the pictures may still be out there influenced her to pose for ""ESPN"" magazine's ""Body Issue"" so that nude pictures of her would be seen on her own terms. Ronda Rousey Ronda Jean Rousey (; born February 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, actress, author, mixed martial artist and"
"the NSAC and his win over Rountree Jr. was overturned to a no contest. The suspensions will run concurrently. UFC 219 UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on December 30, 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. A UFC Women's Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Cris Cyborg (who is also a former Strikeforce Women's Featherweight Champion and Invicta FC Featherweight Champion) and former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm headlined this event. Former WEC Bantamweight Champion and two time"
"Hard Knocks Fighting Hard Knocks Fighting is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in North America. Hard Knocks Fighting was founded in 2009 by Canadian Olympic wrestler Ari Taub. Hard Knocks Fighting is known for its local fighter support and ongoing charity efforts and where Ronda Rousey secured her second career MMA victory. In 2009, Canadian Olympic wrestler Ari Taub founded Hard Knocks Fighting. Ari Taub an Olympic wrestler and Calgary based lawyer overcomes local city bylaws to win legal challenges to get MMA sanctioned in Calgary. In December 2011, media giant ESPN began airing Hard Knocks Fighting in 40"
"MMA. In many interviews Rousey has used harsh language and openly downplayed the abilities of her opponents, which she explains as a way to generate more publicity for the sport. Rousey has challenged the notion of MMA being anti-woman. She argued, ""There are so many ridiculous arguments that MMA is somehow anti-woman. Fighting is not a man's thing, it is a human thing. To say that it is anti-woman is an anti-feminist statement."" Some journalists have characterized Rousey as a feminist, while others have described her as ""antifeminist"". Rousey is a professional wrestling fan. Her nickname, ""Rowdy"", was taken from"
"Layla McCarter Layla Eveleen McCarter (born April 19, 1979) is an American boxer. She is a former WBA Lightweight and Super-Welterweight World Champion, IFBA Featherweight Champion, GBU Lightweight and Super-Lightweight Champion who fights under the nickname Amazing. In 2016 January Ring magazine considered Layla McCarter the 10th best female boxer of all time. She was also awarded by the Nevada and California Boxing Hall of Fame, and recently in February of 2017 she was signed by Mayweather Promotions, as its second female boxer. ring tv On July 31, 2015, Ronda Rousey's trainer, Edmond Tarverdyan, expressed the belief that his fighter"
"UFC 184 UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano was a mixed martial arts event held on February 28, 2015, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort was expected to serve as the event headliner. The much delayed pairing was previously scheduled to take place at UFC 173 and also at UFC 181. However, on January 30, the UFC announced that Weidman had pulled out of the bout, citing an injury he sustained in training. Subsequently, a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Ronda Rousey and top contender Cat"
"Championship team. Because Treniere Moser, who was on the world championships team for the 1500 meters, pulled out of the 1500 meters at the Moscow world championships due to a hamstring injury, Rowbury could have run the 1500 meters at the world championships, but was forced to run the 5000 meters due to a technicality. Rowbury finished 7th in the 5000 meters in Moscow at the 2013 IAAF World Championship, just behind her compatriot Molly Huddle. After the 2013 season, Rowbury's coach, John Cook, retired, and she switched coaches to Alberto Salazar, becoming a member of the Nike Oregon Project."
"anybody, I apologise to anyone that's been hurt by it."" Tyson Fury Tyson Luke Fury (born 12 August 1988) is a British professional boxer. In 2015 he won the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, ""Ring"" magazine and lineal heavyweight titles by defeating long-reigning champion Wladimir Klitschko. The victory earned Fury Fighter of the Year and Upset of the Year awards by ""The Ring"". In August 2016, Fury was ranked by BoxRec as the world's sixth best active boxer, pound for pound. He was subsequently stripped of the IBF title later in 2015 for failing to grant a fight against"
"unanimous decision. This was Holm's last amateur competition. Her overall amateur kickboxing record is 6–0–2. Holm has held several welterweight boxing titles, been highly regarded as one of the best female welterweights in the world, and is considered among the best of all time, by some. She also has been named Ring Magazine female Fighter of the Year, twice in consecutive years in 2005 and 2006. She is a big draw in her home town of Albuquerque, having all but three of her fights there and just one of her fights outside of her home state of New Mexico. In"
"under the ""24/7 Hardcore rule."" Holly competed in the 2001 King Of The Ring Tournament but lost to Kurt Angle in the first round. In early 2002, Howard worked as a trainer for ""Tough Enough II"", a reality television show produced by WWE and MTV where participants underwent professional wrestling training and competed for a contract with WWE. In 2002, Holly turned heel on ""SmackDown!"" and began a short feud with Randy Orton. Holly suffered a broken neck during a 2002 match against Brock Lesnar, when he was powerbombed neck first on the mat. He had a thirteen-month hiatus from"
"2015 and 207, including eighth in the 1500 m at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Arafi was initially bronze medallist at 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 1500 m, but she was later disqualified because she made contact with Heather Kampf resulting in Kampf's fall. She also competed at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2007, but failed to finish the race. She has won gold medals in the 1500 m at the Arab Athletics Championships (2013), Islamic Solidarity Games (2013 and 2017) and the Jeux de la Francophonie (2013 and 2017). Disqualified in the final Rababe"
"Kay Hansen Kay Hansen (born August 14, 1999) is an American mixed marital artist (MMA) fighting in the strawweight division of the Invicta Fighting Championships. Hansen originally played softball, planning to continue her career at Harvard. After seeing Ronda Rousey defeat Bethe Correia in UFC 190, she decided she would rather train in MMA. She trained under Erik Paulson at Combat Submission Wrestling (CSW), competing in Pankration Youth Fights for an undefeated record of 4-0: two armbars, one Americana, and one unanimous decision. Hansen made her amateur debut in September 2017, less than a month and a half after her"
"to leg kicks inflicted by Holm. Holm returned to MMA on September 9, 2011, at Fresquez Productions: Clash in the Cage against Strikeforce veteran Jan Finney. She defeated Finney by TKO in the third round. On February 28, 2013, Holm made her Bellator MMA debut against Katie Merrill at Bellator 91 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Holm won the bout via TKO in the second round. Holm announced that she would retire from boxing after her May 11, 2013, boxing match against Mary McGee so that she can fully concentrate on her MMA career. The message came as a punctuation"