What did Ronda do after Olympic bronze?

[OrigFan255]

I have seen her judo Olympic fight and she looked a little out of shape and was striving for the gold but took the bronze.

So, I ask, did she handle that disappointment, even though bronze is still great, much in the same manner?
Was that her last judo match ever? Did her actions look much the same as they do now is what I really am wondering?

 

[nac386]

She went on to dominate WMMA after that.

There is a huge difference, psychologically, between losing in Judo and getting brutally knocked out in front of the entire world in the UFC. As a judoka she was just a normal athlete living in obscurity, so there were not gifs of her all over the Internet, with people laughing and calling her fat.

Everyone loses in the amateurs, but the pro-ranks are a whole different world.

 

[BRASIL WAND]

I don't know about immediately after Beijing, but she used to train with Rhadi Ferguson here at ATT around 09/10.


If you don't know who he is check out his Judo clips he's a beast.

 

[Andre Xiong]

she didn't have anywhere near the media attention and popularity she does for mma so taking bronze (was it even televised anywhere) probably didn't impact her the way losing her UFC WORLD title did in the big stage and promoted in all sorts of avenues up to that and for the world to see.

 

[MechMA]

My friend competes 6 times a year in BJJ tourneys.
Disappointed is the strongest word I'd use when he doesn't medal.

When he got submitted in his title eliminator fight in MMA he was depressed for weeks

 

[El Fernas]

I believe she has mentioned that it was a horrible feeling and never wanted to feel that way again, or something along the lines of that, having said that, is not the same thing at all, the media attention and the hype was huge around her, in the end, she was beating everyone in devastating fashion, she already beat the current challenger twice and made it look easy.....twice, it was the state of WMMA at that point, hasnt changed much anyway, her Judo loss wasnt seen around the world and replayed in gifs over and over, like someone already said, amateur records are not a big deal.

 

[steliokontos]

Pretty sure she started abusing drugs and alcohol and worked in a bar or something.

 

[HHJ]

I don't know about immediately after Beijing, but she used to train with Rhadi Ferguson here at ATT around 09/10.


If you don't know who he is check out his Judo clips he's a beast.

rhadi is one of my fave people. Coffee with rhadi is essential viewing

 

[Akabignasty]

She starting working on her boxing

 

[Phronimos]

I think it involved pie.

 

[Brampton_Boy]

While I'm sure she was dissapointed, the magnitude and gravity of the Holm loss probably weighed on her much more.

Though I don't follow Judo as a sport, I don't think Ronda was ever favored to win the Olympics. If anything, it was considered a major accomplishment that she managed to take the bronze. However, in MMA, she was considered "peerless, transcendent and a once in a lifetime athlete" (Joe Rogan and his hyperbole).

Coming down from that is a difficult adjustment for anyone, and in many ways, Ronda was burdened by impossible expectations. It also didn't help that she seemed to have bought into her own hype as "unbeatable". Reconciling a crushing defeat with what you thought you were can be a hard pill to swallow.

 

[Jimmy jump]

Didn't she become addicted to Vicodin?

 

[blingking]

Thing is Ronda was never a world champ in Judo and she did win 3 straight matches to win the Bronze so she did end on a high note.

 

[WKSlayer]

Eat.

 

[IIIIIIII]

as others have mentioned, getting brutally knocked out is a lot more difficult to deal with. but she is hurt a lot more by being brought back down to earth from her elevated sense of superiority and adoration. i would guess that she lost a lot of what she perceived to be friends, when they were really only along for the ride. it probably didn't help that some of those, "friends" were hollywood-types, and she got dropped like a sack of potatoes. then to top it off, holly holm literally changed positions with her, and holly became the new female mma sensation.

none of this would have been nearly as bad if ronda wasn't a diva to begin with. if she had simply congratulated holly afterwards, none of the aftermath would have been as bad. she decided to hide, and that made it doubly-worse.

 

[Aranha21]

I don't know about immediately after Beijing, but she used to train with Rhadi Ferguson here at ATT around 09/10.


If you don't know who he is check out his Judo clips he's a beast.

Kimbo's cousin right?

 

[Random Passerby]

She went on to try to compete again in Judo in 2010. But she lost in the second round of a tournament to some korean girl named Ye-Sul Hwang.

After that she decided that competing against her athletic peers is too difficult so she tried her luck against her lesser/soccermoms in MMA instead. The rest is history.

 

[Teppodama]

Raised from a young age to excel, to be a champion by a champion. A lot of pressure there. Then almost reaching the top only to fall short a couple of rungs. On to post-judo issues of brief homelessness, brief drug and alcohol issues and a potentially unfulfilling career as a bartender. Then comes MMA, which must have looked like a way to utilize all that judo skill that otherwise was not paying off in the real world. She does well, real well and it's like the fulfillment of a dream. Here is a way to realize all the potential, promise, dreams and financial success that Judo didn't bring.

It's the fulfillment of the ego, the dream, the promise. You build your self-image around it like a drowning man struggling for that last gasp of air. You can't entertain even a modicum of doubt. You ARE this good, you Deserve this, you are Special...otherwise all that effort, suffering, dedication means nothing more than a bronze medal, bartending and slugging back vicodin and brews.

 

[leto1776]

Most people aren't even answering the questions asked, just talking about her mma loss and comparing the two. That's now what the TS asked for.

oh, TS, she wasn't a little out of shape. she buled up to a higher weightclass that I believe was seen to be easier,less competitive.

 

[BRASIL WAND]

Kimbo's cousin right?

Yessir. Couldn't be two more different personalities.


Most people are surprised by that lol