Holly looked nothing like the fighter that beat Ronda

[rothnroll]

By this I mean that she looked very nervous in the walkout and before the touch of gloves. She looked like her heart rate was 200 and she was constantly jittering, moving. Before Ronda she looked like a world champion, like he had been there before.
Also, her body looked nothing like the person who wrecked Ronda. She wasn't as ripped and had a small tummy (with top abs.. weird). Against Miesha she looked like a wrecking machine.
It's crazy this was the same fighter that fought Ronda just a few months ago.
I am a Holly fan, but congrats to Miesha and her juicy booty.

Does anyone have comparison photos?

 

[tombombadil]

She seemed really, really jittery pacing before the Ronda fight. Shes just highenergy.

 

[Megatronlee]

Miesha didn't run blindly at her like Ronda

 

[KB Warrior]

Its not east being a rockstar

 

[Haj01]

I agree in terms of Holly didn't look as confident or as fired up for this fight as she was in the Ronda fight. Maybe because she was studying to fight Ronda for a longer time. But the clash of styles was totally different.

 

[IWANTTOTRAINUFC]

I've been saying this, if Holly fought Miesha before Rousey, Meisha would have been the heavy favorite.
And I rewatched Holly's fights. She's always like that when she comes out.

 

[Woliwo]

It's because Meisha didn't help her look good unlike Ronda.
Holly wasn't looking very well against her 2 first UFC matches either.

 

[Arkridge]

Miesha didn't play right into Holly's strengths like Ronda did.

 

[lsa]

Its one thing coming into a fight as the challenger and underdog its whole other one been the champ.
The pressure on the champs are real.

 

[egk]

Miesha didn't run blindly at her like Ronda

This! Tate fought a very smart fight. She got hit a few times but she mostly stayed away standing and didn't take much damage. Ronda bought in to what people around here were saying. That she was a great striker who could beat a better pure boxer standing. She wades in to the pocket and always takes shots trying to land one. Against a better boxer with footwork, it was like a child fighting an adult.

 

[Flex Plexico]

I told my buddy last night: Holly looks like she should be deaf, to me... and that's not even a joke about her lame walkout tradition

just something about her face

and I think this does make me a bad person

 

[Rod Farva]

They say it's easier to become the champ than stay the champ. Maybe this was the case this time out

 

[rothnroll]

Guys, what about her body looking different?

 

[Luke Rockhard]

C'mon. Lets not all forget that up to the 5th, it was 3-1 Holm. She won the 1st, 3rd, 4th rounds, and it looked like the 5th was going the same way. If you don't charge at Holly, all of her fights are look like last night. Her first two UFC fights she didn't look like a terminator, more like a point fighter

 

[jase0910]

Holm always looks like that right before the fight, pacing with nervous energy. Joe Rogan made a good point during the fight that it's much like with Anderson Silva during his prime, in that she's a counter-striker and it's hard to generate offense as effectively when someone's not charging you aggressively like Ronda did in their fight. Miesha played it cool and it ended up looking like a lot of Holly's fights, pre-Ronda, with the exception of the takedowns, which were THE difference in this fights. Holly's got some stuff to work on, and much props to "Tough As Nails" Tate.

 

[Steve-French]

This is bullshit. What we saw is a product of good coaching and bad coaching. Misha had a game plan Ronda didn't.

Look at Holly's first two UFC fights. She's a counter fighter and Ronda Bull Rushing people played perfectly into Holly's game.

 

[Verace]

I think she looked the same. She was doing pretty well on the feet.

Its meisha who didnt engage forward like an idiot.

Ronda couldnt get her down too.

 

[bladez]

Miesha didn't run blindly at her like Ronda

This.

Ronda was fueled with arrogance and hype, in which she believed.
And without a plan b at all. Rousey was lost and exposed. Going to be interesting to see what happens next.

Holly looked the same.

Ive always thought..as insane as it seems that rousey would lose the 3rd fight vs meisha.
Funny too, people were saying no one wanted to see that (meisha rousey 3).

Now what?

 

[Darwinambrosius]

She's forever our savior, but no, she didn't look the same. I underestimated Miesha too.

 

[Mau]

Guys, what about her body looking different?

It wasn't different. Shut up.