Originally Posted by JMTD:
“First point, Mayweather/Pacquiao isn't even close to a similar case as this. Them taking however many years to finally get the fight in place had nothing to do with a weight issue. They aren't comparable what so ever. There's one thing stopping Rousey and Cyborg from being the biggest fight in Women's MMA history and that's the weight. And to point out, I never said they wouldn't fight, I said there's close to no chance of the two fighting at catch weight anytime soon.
On point two, Rousey has made it clear time and time again why she still does this. She loves the sport and she thrives on going out there and being the best. It's no different to any other dominant sports person or team.
Holm needs some time to find her feet. She seems pretty grounded and smart enough on that front too. There's no rush to throw her in at the deep end yet. She's got the nervous debut out of the way and now the aim should be to give her a few more fights to build on that. Maybe look at giving her the winner of Nunes/Bayszler which is later this month or Andrade.
For me that was a good showing from Holm last night on her first night in the UFC. Pennington was a decent challenge for her, felt Holm controlled the majority of it and comfortably got the job done in the end. We'll see what Holm is made of within time, certainly a potential contender to face Rousey though.
Looking forward to seeing Pena return next month and how she looks after the crazy injury and over a year out.”
I only used the Manny and Floyd example as a fight that the fans wanted to see, just like Cyborg and Rousey, I understand the issues surrounding the weight issue, I was trying to think of some way of this potential fight happening, and the only way I thought would be at a catch-weight as neither would drop or move up a weight, so with out either as an option, I could only think of catch-weight, if all three options are ruled out, then sadly this fight might not happen.
But I hope that something can be done to make it happen, as otherwise I don't know who there is for Rousey to face,that will give her a competitive bout.
Yes she loves the sport, and loves getting better and better at it, but having bouts that last mere seconds doesn't push her at all, which in a way is a shame, as we probably have yet to really see her at her very best, which initself is a scary thought!
I think the rest of the division could have some fantastic matches between them, but as for producing someone worthy of a title challenge, who could be a genuine threat to Rousey, I just don't see anyone there, that is how dominant and great she actually is, and that is of huge credit to her and her team.
They love a good bit of build up hype in the UFC, and all of the video packages etc, but I don't quite see how they can fully do all of that and get behind Rousey's next opponent, such is the divide in class, but it will be interesting to see how they do go about building up her next opponent.
As for Holly, she could have a good fight with Cat, I think that would be a good fight stylistically, but she might have to have a fight before that to get to that.
There are good matches that I would love to see away from Rousey, that is just how good the division is, and how talented the people are in it.