Ronda Rousey lost again in devastating fashion on Friday. She barely put up a fight. For the record I have nothing against her - I just think she was massively over hyped. People ignored her obvious flaws (and after two losses in a row, it's safe to say that she has serious flaws in her fighting game) and focused on her charisma and personality. She's an extremely likable person and a very good fighter overall, but she's obviously not indestructible.
In boxing and MMA, it's all about winning. One loss is crushing to your record and I've never understood why but that's the way it is. People love you when you win and it seems like a winning streak will last forever. To some fighters winning comes so easily to them that when they finally do lose (and virtually everyone will at one point) they don't know how to handle it. It effects them not only professionally but also personally. I think that's what happened with Rousey. After being so overhyped and told how wonderful she is on a daily basis she might have begun to believe her own hype. I don't think she stopped working hard, apparently she intensely trained for this fight, and it's clear she wanted to win badly-but it's obvious she never recovered from her first loss.
She needs to retire. Two devastating losses in a row will probably lead to a third. I hope MMA does the right thing and doesn't allow her to fight again. We don't want her to become seriously messed up over this.
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