#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
Ronda Rousey Successfully Defends Title At UFC 170, Drops Sara McMann With Vicious Knee To The Liver In First Round
In her first 8 professional mixed martial arts fights, “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey had been the Arm Bar Assassin. Nobody could stop her trademark manuever. Even great fighters like Sarah Kaufman, Liz Carmouche and Miesha Tate fell in the first round. Only in a rematch with Tate did Ronda even have to go past round 1. … Continue reading
Ronda Rousey Submits Liz Carmouche Via Arm-Bar In A Thrilling First Female-Headliner At UFC 157
A lot of things were different for Ronda Rousey going into her match against Liz Carmouche at UFC 157. Yet in the end, it was the same ending as all of her other MMA fights. One key difference was that for the first time in the history of the UFC, a women’s match was the … 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
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