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To: nickcarraway

If the armbar was Rousey’s signature move, why wasn’t Carano more prepared for it?


6 posted on 05/18/2026 12:02:04 PM PDT by montag813
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To: montag813
If the armbar was Rousey’s signature move, why wasn’t Carano more prepared for it?

Rousey was a legit, highly decorated, world class, 6th degree Judo blackbelt. Carano had a limited Muay Thai career (at a time when women's Muay Thai was even more niche than women's MMA), then fought at a time when women's MMA was essentially a circus sideshow. I doubt the result would have been any different had Gina signed with the UFC back when Ronda was champion.

19 posted on 05/18/2026 12:38:23 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: montag813

See my posts 11 and 17.

That should explain it.


21 posted on 05/18/2026 12:44:07 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: montag813
If the armbar was Rousey’s signature move, why wasn’t Carano more prepared for it?

As Mike Tyson once said, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.

29 posted on 05/18/2026 1:54:35 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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