Tonight we saw a MMA striker standup with a polished boxer

[Gervinho]

I hope boxing gets more respect in the heavyweights after tonight, cause that shit is sweet science that take years and years to master. That slip, that footwork, that understanding on when to go forward and plant her punches. Lets just pay respect to boxing. Ronda being cover of that boxing paper is even bigger joke now. Never has a Champion in MMA history been as exposed as tonight

 

[Shoot Boxe Hero]

Ronda is a MMA fighter, she isn't a MMA striker. Joanna is a MMA striker. Ronda got a couple (T)KOs, and as is usual for grapplers, she fell in love with her striking and dearly paid for it.

 

[johncola]

Ronda isnt an MMA striker though. She's never stood and traded in an MMA fight for any prolonged period, and when she has vs Bethe and Miesha, she didnt look good. She's an ultra aggressive judoka with power who specializes in armbars, and that's more than enough to beat most WMMA fighters. Not a good style to beat Holly though

 

[Gervinho]

Ronda is dropping boxing champions

 

[EndlessCritic]

You do realize Holm trained her entire career at Jackson's MMA right? Her striking is from an MMA camp.

 

[Doug22]

Ronda is a grappler, a one trick pony that made a career out of using her excellent judo to get into top position and sink an arm bar. Blame the media and the fans for creating the absurd hype around her that had people thinking she was a striking god despite spending 10 seconds of fight time actually throwing punches.

 

[asharak]

OP, change to kickboxer, and you have a point.

 

[koquerelle]

Not really. We saw a good striker against a poor striker. Look at Hendo-Bisping. The Count wasn't even circling on the good side. We're talking about a top 10 guy. We see guys with poor fundamentals in mma and we see them in boxing too. We see it more in mma because they train more different things.

 

[Showman]

That moment when she ducked under Ronda's left hook and made her trip, just made Ronda look like an amateur. Holly was on point.

https://streamable.com/qxyl

 

[Kalmah]

Holm is more of a kickboxer, but ok.

 

[Philippou4Life]

Holly has been kickboxing for as long as Ronda has been doing Judo but, Holly's kickboxing and boxing credentials, arguably, stack up higher against Ronda's Judo credentials.


So, you have to ask yourself, in MMA terms, how much does each fighter make up the remaining areas in being a well rounded MMA fighter?

Well, in MMA terms, you got your answer tonight.

 

[Boomslang]

That moment when she ducked under Ronda's left hook and made her trip, just made Ronda look like an amateur. Holly was on point.

https://streamable.com/qxyl

That was awesome. She saw the punch coming a mile away.

 

[Doug22]

Also ts, you must have missed Holm vs Pennington if you have some delusion that Holm's striking is elite and blows the other MMA strikers away.

 

[pinkybrief]

*cough* it was a crocop kick that did the job

 

[Jer713]

*cough* it was a crocop kick that did the job

Mirko bless

 

[johnmangala]

Holly beat Ronda with Kickboxing not just boxing.

 

[RoadKing Custom]

Ronda is a MMA fighter, she isn't a MMA striker. Joanna is a MMA striker. Ronda got a couple (T)KOs, and as is usual for grapplers, she fell in love with her striking and dearly paid for it.

This.