Sara McMann - I am the one to dethrone Rousey

D-level trash talk.

People think because she got a Silver medal in the Olympics, she's a good athlete. What people don't realize is how big of a joke women's wrestling is. There're two Japanese chicks, both barely B-level athletes themselves, who have been dominating women's wrestling for the past 12+ years, winning more titles than Karelin and Burroughs combined. Joke sport.

I wonder which level athlete you consider yourself?
 
So Icho is really awesome, except that time she beat McMann for a gold medal?

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Let's not forget that McMann also beat her. :icon_chee

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I still believe Sara have tons of potential, she should move to a serious and decent training camp if she want to make some noises in the division
 
Men's wrestling has been completely dominated for 30+ years by a couple of backwards provinces in the Caucasus with combined populations of ~ >15 million
- 'Guys from that area are just beasts!'

Karelin dominates his division for over a decade
- 'That guy was just a beast!'

Japan, one of the richest countries in the world with a population of <120 million dominates women's wrestling
- 'LOL women's wrestling must be a joke'

Yoshida dominates her division for over a decade
- 'LOL women's wrestling must be a joke'

That is not really comparable, these provinces in the Caucasus have lots of wrestlers and they are facing wrestlers from all around the world with a deep talent pool while there are very few female wrestlers at all.

And yes Karelin was dominant among other reasons because of size but at least it is a physical characteristic that would translate to mma, these women dominate mainly because of lack of competition.
 
She's in the bottom 5 W135ers on the roster

Good luck with all that
 
If it wasn't for Herb, McMann would have ended up with her face on the canvas just like Bethe from unprotected shots to the side of the head.

Yeah.... because those follow up shots were sooo devastating.
 
Men's wrestling has been completely dominated for 30+ years by a couple of backwards provinces in the Caucasus with combined populations of ~ >15 million
- 'Guys from that area are just beasts!'

Karelin dominates his division for over a decade
- 'That guy was just a beast!'

Japan, one of the richest countries in the world with a population of <120 million dominates women's wrestling
- 'LOL women's wrestling must be a joke'

Yoshida dominates her division for over a decade
- 'LOL women's wrestling must be a joke'

excellent post
 
her guard against tate can only be described as "turtle guard"
 
Nice to see Sara starting to sell this narrative. She really needed to beat Tate. I felt like she had that fight in the bag if she didn't instinctively shoot for the takedown when she got hurt. She has some glaring weaknesses off her back but it's not something she has to worry about against 99% of opponents, and she does have the best chance to keep it standing against Rousey and the most power in the division to hurt her on the feet.
 

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