Rousey vs. Honchak

[The Sandmen]

Ronda Rousey raises her fists in her corner. She seems confident.
Barb Honchak doesn't look concerned about anything her opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Honchak is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. She will have to do her best to score a win.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.

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Round 1
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Rousey and Honchak move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!


The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Honchak leads with a punch
Ronda Rousey evades but whiffs with a counter.
Rousey clumsily fails here and it's time for Barb Honchak to fight back!
Inside leg kick from Honchak
that lands on Ronda Rousey's leg.
Rousey hyper-extended her leg


Honchak fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Ronda Rousey didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!


Barb Honchak is in open guard over Rousey
Honchak positions herself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Rousey's being punished here!


Barb Honchak is in open guard over Rousey
Honchak cornermen are yelling for her man to escape from the ground as Rousey can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give her the chance.
Rousey reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Honchak blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.


The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Barb Honchak is in half guard over Rousey
Rousey reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
You can see the pain reflected in Honchak's eyes...
Honchak struggles to free herself
You can see the pain reflected in Honchak's eyes...
Rousey is locking that Kneebar...
Honchak blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.


Barb Honchak is in half guard over Rousey
Rousey measures the resilience of Honchak's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Honchak's side.
Hard blow to Honchak's mid-section, she seems hurt


Barb Honchak is in half guard over Rousey
Rousey switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
Rousey is locking that Triangle Choke...
Punishing hold!
Crippling lock!
Honchak struggles to free herself
Honchak struggles and her head turns red from the choke, but she manages to slip her head of the lock!


Barb Honchak is in half guard over Rousey
Ronda Rousey attempts to move to full guard
Ronda Rousey manages to switch to full guard.


Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Rousey
Rousey measures the resilience of Honchak's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Honchak's side.


Barb Honchak is in closed guard over Rousey
Rousey moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Punishing hold!
That was incredible! Honchak is tapping out before knowing what happened.

Winner is Ronda Rousey by Submission (armbar) at 1:55 Round 1

Statistics: Ronda Rousey
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/4 (100%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 86 s

Statistics: Barb Honchak
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 3/3 (100%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 86 s


Honchak started out really, really well. Kick, takedown, GnP. Then Rousey turned all Hulk and took over. Keep the female upgrades coming people. This division needs to get deeper.

Also, Honchak did more than pretty much anyone who fought Rousey since Cannon upgraded the dick off her.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Minus D'Alelio... But she's coming for Rousey too... But whoever has Honchak... PLEASE develop her!!! I'm still kicking myself for not taking her... She's Legit! Treat her well.

[Deleted]

No worries. I won't be wasting my upgrades on a 4-3 fighter. Not a chance. Mind you I think that only leaves me one fighter above that now LOL

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Apr 10, 2013 19:13:27 GMT -5 xx - Former Rebel Storm said:

No worries. I won't be wasting my upgrades on a 4-3 fighter. Not a chance. Mind you I think that only leaves me one fighter above that now LOL

That's why you'd fail dude... Honchak is legit. If you're that negged on her... trade her to me... please. lol

[Deleted]

I will watch and cheer her on. She wins one lose one win lose one

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Apr 10, 2013 21:20:18 GMT -5 xx - Former Rebel Storm said:

I will watch and cheer her on. She wins one lose one win lose one

But she won't get any better unless you upgrade her dude.

[Deleted]

No worries. They usually get worse whe I upgrade them. She is safe for now

[The Sandmen]

They don;t get worse, they just fight different competition. The first 5 or so fights of any fighter are kind of a feeling for where they are process. After that, they start to fall more in line. Honchak looks upper-middle of the pack right now to me. As much as that sounds shitty, it's actually very, very good. Since most people drop their crappy fighters fast, the low end of the pack are still good fighters, they are just the REST of the best, rather than the BEST of the best.

Moral, if there were 30 women, I would guess Honchak at about 12-14. So yes, if you get bored and want to work on a woman, upgrade her. haha. In the women's division, it's not THAT hard to move from 12 to 6. It's only that last push into the top 5 that is an absolute bitch. Like that in all divisions too. But isn't that kinda the way it is in all MMA, in real life too? I suggest yes, it is.

[Ferocity]

its a good division for movement for sure. Plus someone needs to kick Cyborg off her throne.