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Ronda Rousey's annus mirabilis in 2015 made women's MMA and MMA in general explode. And you know what the biggest thing for that was? When Holly Holm figured ou
by 1-more 5y ago
Ronda Rousey's annus mirabilis in 2015 made women's MMA and MMA in general explode. And you know what the biggest thing for that was? When Holly Holm figured out how to defend against her arm-bar and beat her with striking! Maybe someone will start drilling heretofore "impossible" moves and rise to the occasion.
- travisjungroth 5y agoI think it's way less likely someone will upset Biles in the same way. Gymnastics is indirect competition, so there's no rock-paper-scissors aspect like MMA.
- 1-more 5y agoyeah the whole competing against the platonic ideal of the movement thing does sort of hamper a 1:1 comparison.