Henderson: Dern ‘will be bigger than Ronda Rousey'

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Tuc Ouiner

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Congrats to Harry Henderson's BJJ Academy. I especially like their rainforest crunch takedowns. You have to give Gillette some credit for sponsorship.
 

SC MMA MD

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Her BJJ is obviously significantly better than the other women in her weight class, but her initial fight against a "striker" ended in a decision- despite Dern being able to take her down fairly easially and maintain a dominant position on the ground she could not get a sub.
On the plus side, she looked reasonably athletic on her feet and did not freak out when hit. I think she will do well in MMA, but it seems unlikely that she (or anyone else) is going to be as dominant as Ronda was- especially now that WMMA is maturing a bit.
 

Jonny Quest

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Feb 12, 2015
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Krons good at BJJ too, but would get his shit pushed in by any top 10 guy. She would too.
 

bully4me

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But she will be a popular champ who draws good PPV numbers (if and when she gets there) for pulling out crazy submissions.
You imply she will be Champ. Joanna has some pretty damn good TD defense and on the feet will destroy Dern, no matter how good of a student and how hard she works will get to the level of the current Champs striking. That's a very bold prediction with only one fight under her belt.
 

Atto

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People Judge so quickly that she can't be a star .. let her have some fights under her belt then we will know if she is capable or not..
If below average looking and fake talking holly can get some fans here then she can get 100 times more ..