Yes, Ronda was tricked into believing she was a good striker (I blame Edmond, Rogan, and Ronda herself for that nonsense). But her problem wasn't that she fell in love with striking. It was her takedowns. All of her takedowns came from the clinch. But if you avoided the clinch with her, she had no clue how to get it to the ground. In other words, she had great judo but zero wrestling. And high-end fighters can generally avoid judo throws. Also, she didn't have good enough striking to consistently close the distance and initiate the clinch.If she does, for the love of God, use that judo and stop pretending like she's got great standup
GSP didn't get absolutely obliterated and humiliated in his last two fights though.
GSP also never stopped training, even though he was out 4 years. Rousey's been training in FAKE fighting. Pena would kill her. That said, I love the idea. Pena's been in the trenches for a long time. She deserves the PPV money.
She lost to Charlotte Flair, she shouldn’t get a title shotShe should come back to the UFC and beat Pena for the title, then retire again. Dana would 100% book this fight and I'd favor Ronda.
How would you like taking a job making less money so you can get punched in the face?