Ronda Rousey had her big comeback match against Amanda Nunes, and she was knocked out within 48 seconds by the bantamweight champion. There was much hype about Ronda Rousey’s comeback on the social media, but the fans were left disappointed when they saw her battered by Nunes.
Nunes knew that she had a competition ahead and decided to make the most of it from the very beginning. Ronda Rousey started with some punches but was soon overpowered by Nunes. Nunes packed in some mean punches, a great defense accompanied by charging forward hits.
The fans stood in shock while they watched Ronda Rousey get a beating. She is one of the greatest mixed martial art champions in the world, and it was hard to believe that she could be defeated so easily.
However, one thing was pretty clear, and that is Amanda Nunes was a better component in that match, and she didn’t give Rousey a chance to make a comeback in the game. Given that the comeback match of Rousey was much-anticipated, there were a lot of expert opinion on what went wrong with the game.
Holly Holm, who had defeated Ronda Rousey in 2015 said that the primary cause of loss would have been the mental game that Rousey plays. She had asked the MMA media to stay away and wouldn’t ever talk about her fights and the training she was undergoing.
Holm said that a player couldn’t be ready for a match if he/she can’t even talk about it normally in the time leading up to the big game. Holms said that if a player can’t talk about her preparation and the fight that she is preparing for, then she won’t be able to go in there and fight it out.
Many felt that Rousey couldn’t recover after the first few punches from Nunes. She might have been overwhelmed by the past when she got hit and went to the point of no return. According to Yahoo! News, Ronda Rousey’s game had deteriorated since the time she lost to Holm.
Stephen Thompson, the welterweight contender, said that her coach should have noticed that Rousey hadn’t improved her game and in such a situation, he shouldn’t have allowed her to come into the match with Amanda Nunes.
Since the match against Nunes was a comeback match, there was a lot of pressure on Rousey to perform. It was wrong on the part of her coach to send her to fight for a title match instead of making her play small matches that would grow her confidence and get her into better shape.
With Ronda Rousey’s defeat, her head coach Edmond Tarverdy was criticized by the fans. In fact, Nunes thanked Tarverdy for convincing Rousey that she was ready for the match and thereby helping Nunes get the easy victory.
The defeat in the hands of Amanda Nunes might have ended Rousey’s career. She had taken a lot of time to make a comeback after her shocking defeat at the hands of Holly Holm, and it is hard to watch her go down in her first match against Rousey.
While many came forward to criticize Rousey and her coach’s decision to play the match, James LeBron spoke to Akron Beacon Journal and said that he sympathizes with Rousey. LeBron stated that it is easy for the fans to put an athlete on a pedestal and immediately bring him/her down after a defeat.