It just occurred to me a few moments ago, of all the "grudge" matches that have happened in the UFC, very few have had the level of animosity Rousey/Tate 2 has.
These two girls seems to really really hate each other.
Add to that the fact that Ronda is young, emotional (she cries all the damn time), and pretty damn ruthless and mean (how many male fighters ever say "i'm glad I broke his arm" ?)
So now Ronda is getting a chance to fight this woman that she hates, and she's had to deal with the longest amount of buildup she's ever had (going all the way through TUF and all the various interviews)
She's probably about ready to snap (no pun intended)
So let's say she takes Miesha down, gets her in an armbar, and Tate starts tapping the second it's locked, maybe even before. Then Ronda, with all this anger built up from TUF and everything that's happened with Tate---promising to break her other arm at one point---just keeps cranking it and breaks Tate's arm.
I only bring this up because I think
A: The likeliness of it happing if Tate does tap quick is pretty damn high
B: The controversy would be huge. Depending on how long she holds it, or how quickly Tate taps, it could have people calling for Ronda to be kicked out of the UFC ala Paul Daley
These two girls seems to really really hate each other.
Add to that the fact that Ronda is young, emotional (she cries all the damn time), and pretty damn ruthless and mean (how many male fighters ever say "i'm glad I broke his arm" ?)
So now Ronda is getting a chance to fight this woman that she hates, and she's had to deal with the longest amount of buildup she's ever had (going all the way through TUF and all the various interviews)
She's probably about ready to snap (no pun intended)
So let's say she takes Miesha down, gets her in an armbar, and Tate starts tapping the second it's locked, maybe even before. Then Ronda, with all this anger built up from TUF and everything that's happened with Tate---promising to break her other arm at one point---just keeps cranking it and breaks Tate's arm.
I only bring this up because I think
A: The likeliness of it happing if Tate does tap quick is pretty damn high
B: The controversy would be huge. Depending on how long she holds it, or how quickly Tate taps, it could have people calling for Ronda to be kicked out of the UFC ala Paul Daley