#1 SERENA WILLIAMS (Tennis), $28.9 Million After an 11-year reign as the top female money earner in sports, counting endorsements combined with prizemoney, the provisionally suspended Maria Sharapova fell to #2 as 21-time singles Major winner Serena Williams tops the Forbes 2016 list, measuring money over the last 12 months. Considering that some of her … Continue reading
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Holly Holm Knocks Out Ronda Rousey At UFC 193, Wins UFC Women’s Bantamweight Title
Stubborn. There are a lot of words to describe Ronda Rousey. Talented. Powerful. Fierce. Confident. Champion. Well, she’s no longer the UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion after being knocked out by Holly Holm at UFC 193. With all due respect to Holly, the focus of my post will be Ronda. There will be plenty to say … Continue reading
Ronda Rousey Continues Dominant Form With 34 Second Knockout Of Bethe Correia
64 seconds. That’s how long it has taken Ronda Rousey to dispatch her last three opponents. 16 seconds for Alexis Davis. 14 seconds for Cat Zingano. And now 34 seconds for Bethe Correia. Cat and Bethe came in sporting undefeated records. Only Ronda still maintains one at 12-0, all stoppages. I guess if you’re trying … Continue reading
Ronda Rousey Blitzes Cat Zingano In 14 Seconds At UFC 184
What was Cat Zingano thinking? Facing the incredible Ronda Rousey, the most dominant woman in mixed martial arts (sorry, Cyborg), Zingano raced across the Octagon at the opening bell and jumped into a flying knee. Maybe Cat figured that everybody else had tried unsuccessfully to use orthodox methods against Rousey. What the heck, try something … Continue reading
Caroline Wozniacki and Ronda Rousey In 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition
Cover model Hannah Davis and the rest of the beautiful ladies who grace the pages of the 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition are joined this year by two high profile female athletes, former tennis world #1 Caroline Wozniacki and UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey. The 22-time WTA singles champion Wozniacki has seen a resurgence … Continue reading
Ronda Rousey Successfully Defends Strikeforce Bantamweight Title With Quick Armbar Submission Of Former Champion Sarah Kaufman
Oh. my. goodness. Wow. Going into the Ronda Rousey vs Sarah Kaufman Strikeforce Bantamweight Championship fight, I thought that win or lose, Sarah would be the first opponent to push Ronda to a second round. Guess not. With breathtaking ease, Rousey took the aggression straight to Kaufman, firing off a combination of strikes that pushed … Continue reading
Ronda Rousey Responds To Cyborg Trash Talk; Ready For Sarah Kaufman
Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey is focused on her match with former champion Sarah Kaufman on Saturday, August 18th, 2012. For all of the stardom that Ronda has achieved, she is in with a dangerous striker in Sarah. It will not be an easy defense. Ronda has yet to be pushed past the first … Continue reading
Ronda Rousey Adjusting To Life As A Mixed Martial Arts Star, Ready For Sarah Kaufman
She’s brash, confident and cocky. Oh, and one more thing, supremely talented. The last time we saw Ronda Rousey in the cage fighting, she was living up to her reputation as the Arm Bar Assassin, taking the Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight title away from Miesha Tate. There were questions about Ronda going in. She answered them … Continue reading
Ronda Rousey Backs Up The Talk, Defeats Miesha Tate For Strikeforce Bantamweight Title
She could be the one. Sure, there have been, and still are, other mixed martial arts women out there with longer resumes and marketability. Still, Ronda Rousey seems to have all the elements; American, former Olympic medalist (judo), bravado, a constantly running non-PC mouth and let’s face it, the looks. Going into her Strikeforce bantamweight … Continue reading