What do you all think about Cat's plan?

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To come out guns blazing like that with a flying knee, that could (and did) put her in a really bad predicament? Think she was just trying to get a quick start to open the fight, because she's had some slow starts? Or was hoping to immediately turn it into a brawl? Really sucks that fight ended that way for her...she was crushed at the presser.
 

Shy Guy

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I think the fight ended before we got a chance to see what the plan was.

I think the flying knee was ill advised. She needed to wear Ronda out, use footwork and frustrate her with lateral movement.


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Zeph

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She listened to people telling her that she was a slow starter and changed her game from what got her to the final. If flying knees at the bell haven't got you to the championship, i don't think you should be throwing them against the Champion.

That said, it was a sick reversal by Ronda and she was quick to take the back. Once there she got the armbar, her bread and butter, but a different type of armbar rarely seen. Ronda is another level than these gals. Tyson eat your heart out.
 

ThatOneDude

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Sick reversal by Rhonda, I want to see a rematch or Cyborg. Holly has nothing for rhonds
 

ThatOneDude

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Rhondas judo and reversals are head and shoulders above everyone one else on the class. Her judo really shined.
 

WoodenPupa

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The slow-starter tag is being misunderstood here. In fact, Cat misunderstood it herself. The fact is, she's started out several fights with this kamikaze shit, so she's not a "slow starter" in that sense at all. She's far from overly cautious or timid. She DOES fall behind in fights though (Nunes fight is a perfect example), which is what people meant.

So if she really thought that people meant that she's passive or too conservative or something like that, she fucked her self. She fucked herself by trying to prove something wrong that wasn't even being said about her.

Anyway---yeah, stupid gameplan. A move like that has a high chance of ending up in a wild scramble, and Ronda loves nothing better than that on the ground. She's full of horrifying bionic newaza off scrambles and Cat should have realized that.
 

WoodenPupa

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Another thing, WTF at Cat not watching tape on Ronda? Can't be many top level fighters with that approach.
 

dacofty

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well it wasnt the best plan, i think she was just wired and was looking for anything. She actually looked like an amateur that didnt belong in the UFC making moves like that. Patience would have been better leg kicks and jabs.
 

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Flying knees are such a high risk, why would anybody rush in especially with Ronda. Cats awesome but she should've kept distance amdntried to exchange for the first 5 minutes amdnstuff any take downs and do anything to keep it on the feet.
 

Pitbull9

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I love cat but what a fucking stupid moronic thing to do. You try a dumb move like that of course You will end up in RONDAs clinch which is her world and boom done. I can't fathom why the fuck she would do that.

Cyborg will crush RONDA I feel that now
More than ever. Wait till she feels cyborgs power its a game changer and will change the whole gsme lol
 

ECC170

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I see a jbj thing going on with Ronda..everybody looking too the next person to beat her..Cyborg its the only one who has a chance..cyborgs not invincible to arm bars either..but the power ronda will taste in order to get it its what I'm excited to see...could be a sick fight
 

Tiiimmmaaayyy

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Probably a bad game plan, but it was definitely unexpected. If she would have clipped Ronda with it and knocked her out in one minute everyone would think it was genius. If cat fighters her again maybe she would have a better plan, but so would mcmann and tate. It has been said a million times, I'll make it a million and 1. There is only one fight that makes sense and that is Cyborg.


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Such a bad idea, and i'm starting to question whether cyborg can take ronda now....
 

Pitbull9

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Gilbosh;n32397 said:
Such a bad idea, and i'm starting to question whether cyborg can take ronda now....
Really that was a horrible way to judge how cyborg would do and it's what all the fuckheads on the other site are doing, don't be that guy lol
 

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I don`t think it was a bad plan.Seemed to me like she was trying to set the tone.

She rolled the dice....and it came up Snake Eyes.
 

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Pitbull3744;n32413 said:
Really that was a horrible way to judge how cyborg would do and it's what all the fuckheads on the other site are doing, don't be that guy lol
haha it's nothing on cyborg but more of my estimation of ronda keeps growing, either way I want that fight to happen asap!
 

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Shy Guy;n32254 said:
I think the fight ended before we got a chance to see what the plan was.

I think the flying knee was ill advised. She needed to wear Ronda out, use footwork and frustrate her with lateral movement.


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This.

Not sure what happened? She started out like a lot of amateurs and was finished like one as a result.
 

Pitbull9

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Gilbosh;n32421 said:
haha it's nothing on cyborg but more of my estimation of ronda keeps growing, either way I want that fight to happen asap!
I don't know man I don't see Ronda growing I see her beating these girls but she is so ahead of them it's the same as people saying cyborg is fighting cans. What makes cyborgs opponents cans and not RONDAs because they are in the ufc? Same ol story we heard about SF fighters and now most of them are the top 5 at MW one just fought for the LHW strap, I believe we heard the same about the WEC LWs and they are dominating all. I just hate the disrespect (not from you) that cyborg gets and others get because they don't figjt in the ufc. It's a smoke show.
 

Milt

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Bum rush an Olympic level judoka? Hopefully that wasn't the game plan.
 

lookoutawhale

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Not sure what the game plan was. She tried to hip toss an expert in hip tosses? I was hoping she would try and take the centre of the cage and then when Rousey got aggressive quick move forward for the double leg or low head tackle and work from there GSP style.

But she went in with a flying knee that never works and leaves her hanging if missing it. It was a really amateur move which is unfortunate because that fight could have been so much more interesting if it went on longer.
 

D241

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I think bumrushing a clinch specialist as soon as the fight starts is about the stupidest move you could make.

I think a fighter like Holly Holm who has good reach/distance, and great hands and doesn't rely on 1 punch ko but more so punches in bunches is the perfect fighter to beat Ronda. Ronda will be very dangerous the early rounds, but if Holly keeps an active pace, late in round 3 HH could start picking up the pace more and start putting it on Ronda. By the end rounds Ronda's explosion won't be as much of a factor.