UFC 207 will comprise the long-awaited yield of Ronda Rousey. Since Rousey dropped the UFC bantamweight name to Holly Holm in UFC 193, the ring has been tossed around like a game of hot potato from Holm to Miesha Tate to Amanda Nunes. Rousey doesn’t have an easy task to reclaim the name, as Nunes is a competitive finisher.
The co-main event features another name fight, as Dominick Cruz looks to shield his bantamweight title against heavy-hitting Cody Garbrandt. With Cruz and Garbrandt chirping every other leading into the fight, you need to expect some fireworks.
Amanda Nunes vs Ronda Rousey
Nunes is one of the best finishers in MMA now, as 12 of her 13 victories have come via stoppage. Through the early part of her career, she got by on her bodily gifts but has been gaining the technical abilities to cooperate with it. The biggest leaps and bounds have come in the standup game, as she is learning how to harness her span and electricity thanks to her job at American Top Team.
Nunes’ wrestling abilities aren’t exactly stellar , but she is great at maintaining the fight standing so that she can use her natural power. If she can get in the clinch, she is strong and will routinely use this ability as a faux wrestling game by minding her opponent into the floor with her strikes.
Best controller is vital to Nunes around the floor, as any excess stress on her cardio is damning for your champion. If she can reach top position, she has brutal ground and pound which capitalizes on her ability and her long reach relative to the division. The Brazilian has a black belt in BJJ, but rarely uses it in the very best unless she can find her opponent’s back.
There have been two large knocks on Nunes during her career: one is aerobic and the other is struggle IQ. To be very frank, her cardio is poor. She parts ancient and she has never been in a position to put forth much of an effort past the second round. Nunes has made some questionable decisions in the Octagon, but coaching at ATT and only having more expertise in the cage have helped to temper this situation.
MMA is a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately sport. Rousey has been its biggest celebrity until her mystique-shattering reduction to Holly Holm. Ever since then, people are quick to talk down Rousey. However, occasionally a reduction is exactly what a fighter should get back on track (*cough* Conor McGregor *cough*).
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