Leaked Ronda Rousey SI Swimsuit Photo

Former UFC Bantamweight Champion, Ronda Rousey, has given her Instagram followers a sneak peak of her feature in the 2016 SI Swimsuit Edition.  This will not be her first time being featured in the annual issue of the magazine.  Be sure to check out her post here.  The magazine features the former champion posing covered only be body paint.

Alexis Davis Meets Ronda Rousey at UFC 175

The UFC has announced that top contender, Alexis Davis will be competing for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship at UFC 175 on July 5th.  Davis currently has a 16-5 record in her MMA career and is currently 3-0 in the UFC.  She holds significant over some of WMMA's best fighters including Julie Kedzie, Amanda Nunes, Shana Baszler, Rosi Sexton, Liz Carmouche and most recently Jessica Eye.  Alexis Davis is a very well-rounded fighter with amazing striking and grappling.

The current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion, Ronda Rousey has been an unstoppable force since arriving to WMMA.  She is undefeated and has been competing on a high-level since she began her career.  Ronda Rousey has been able to finish all nine of her opponents.  She has 8 submission wins and 1 TKO win with 8 of 9 fights ending in the first round.

It will be an interesting fight for Rousey seeing as Davis is truly the most well-rounded opponent that Rousey has faced.  Seeing how easily Davis beat Liz Carmouche in their fight is truly a testament to her skills.  She is a master at technical striking and a genius on the ground.  Though I might not be a huge fan of Ronda Rousey, I can't deny how talented that she truly is.  I feel that in a few years we will be talking about her in a similar way that we talk about Anderson Silva, Fedor and Big Nog.  She has been a true superstar in not only WMMA, but in MMA in general.  Ronda Rousey has the ability to overwhelm her opponents with her inhuman Judo abilities and her signature armbar.  She has already beaten some of the best in the world and Alexis Davis will be no exception.

Gina Carano Not Opposed to Continuing MMA Career

Film star and former MMA competitor Gina Carano has recently stated that she wouldn't be opposed to competing in MMA again.  Carano last fought in 2009 against Cris Cyborg for the Strikeforce Featherweight Championship.  The fight was Gina Carano's first and only loss and since then Carano has been focusing on her fim career.  There have been many rumors of Rousey's possible opponent being Gina Carano, but nothing has been confirmed.  In a recent interview, Carano stated that if the conditions were right, she would absolutely return to fight.

Carano is a pioneer for the sport of WMMA and it would be a privilege to watch her compete again.  Rousey says that she is willing to go up to 145 lbs for a fight with Carano.  Carano hinted at the fact that she may already have plans to compete again, but couldn't release any details.  Carano still has four fights left on her Zuffa contract after signing with Strikeforce to fight in 2009, so it makes the fight with Rousey very possible.  Rousey began her career at 145 lbs before capturing the Strikeforce Bantamweight Champion in 2012.

UFC 170 Results

Main Card:

Ronda Rousey def. Sara McMann via first-round TKO
Daniel Cormier def. Patrick Cummins via first-round TKO
Rory MacDonald def. Demian Maia via unanimous decision
Mike Pyle def. TJ Waldburger via third-round TKO
Stephen Thompson def. Robert Whittaker via first-round TKO

Preliminary Card:

Alexis Davis def. Jessica Eye via split decision
Raphael Assuncao def. Pedro Munhoz via unanimous decision
Aljamain Sterling def. Cody Gibson via unanimous decision
Zach Makovsky def. Josh Sampo via unanimous decision
Erik Koch def. Rafaello Oliveira via first-round TKO
Ernest Chavez def. Yosdenis Cedeno via split decision

Cris Cyborg Planning a Drop to Bantamweight, Wants Rousey in December

Invicta FC Featherweight Champion, Cristiane Santos aka Cris Cyborg has recently announced a plan to drop down to 135 lbs this year and already has her sights on a specific opponents. Cyborg says she wants a bout with the current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion, Ronda Rousey. When the UFC was first introducing the female bantamweight division, the UFC had a super fight between Rousey and Cyborg, but Cyborg said that she couldn't medically make the 135 lb weight requirement.  Cyborg Is planning on working with her doctor so that she can make the cut in the healthiest way possible.

A drop to 135 lbs is exciting news for the UFC and WMMA community alike.  Not long ago, Cyborg parted ways with her manager and UFC public enemy number one, Tito Ortiz. With Ortiz out of the way, negotiations with the UFC could begin. Dana White was unwilling to sign Cyborg as long as Ortiz was her manager.  I think a fight involving Cyborg and Rousey would mean big bucks for the UFC and fireworks for MMA fans. With Rousey scheduled to fight Sarah McMann this weekend, if McMann we're to fail this weekend, Cyborg would be the next biggest threat to Rousey's belt.

UFC 170 Weigh-in Results

Main Card:

Ronda Rousey (135) vs. Sara McMann (135)
Daniel Cormier (205) vs. Patrick Cummins (205)
Rory MacDonald (171) vs. Demian Maia (170)
Mike Pyle (171) vs. T.J. Waldburger (171)
Stephen Thompson (170.5) vs. Robert Whittaker (170)

Preliminary Card:

Alexis Davis (135) vs. Jessica Eye (136)
Raphael Assuncao (136) vs. Pedro Munhoz (135)
Aljamaine Sterling (135.5) vs. Cody Gibson (135.5)
Zach Makovsky (125) vs. Josh Sampo (126)
Erik Koch (155) vs. Rafaello Oliveira (155)
Ernest Chavez (156) vs. Yosdenis Cedeno (155.5)

UFC 170: Countdown to UFC 170/Rousey vs. McMann

UFC 168: Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate

For your viewing pleasure UFC.com has featured the UFC 168 title fight between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate that earned them Fight of the Night honors, to get us ready for UFC 170.  Enjoy:

Miesha Tate Would Fight Rousey 100 Times if Allowed

The UFC's Miesha Tate recently went to war with UFC Champ Ronda Rousey this past December and even though she has now lost to Rousey twice, Tate is still willing to go to war with her as many times as Dana White will allow her to. She stated that even if she lost 99 of the 100 times she would still go to war with Rousey even if it is not for the title.

I would be willing to watch Tate and rousey clash at least five of those hundred times considering Tate was able to last longer against Rousey than her first attempt and the attempt of any other of Rousey's opponents. Rousey and Tate have a legitimate feud that fed both of the competitors to become better fighters and it was evident when they clashed at UFC 168. Tate has admitted to not feeling 100% in her fight with Tate. Imagine what would've occured had we had a 100% Miesha in the cage with Rousey.

5 Female UFC Stars Make Maxim Hot 100 List

Maxim has began compiling their annual Hot 100 List and 5 UFC stars need your votes for the list.  Ring Girls: Arrianny Celeste and Brittany Palmer, fighters: Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate and UFC program host Kenda Perez all made the list.  You can vote at http://www.maxim.com/hot100/2014 to make sure they all make it high on the list.

Who gets your top vote on Maxim's Top 100 list

Ronda Rousey

Miesha Tate

Arriany Celeste

Brittany Palmer

Kenda Perez

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UFC 170: Alexis Davis Gets Jessica Eye as Next Opponent

UFC 170 will be headlined by the UFC's Women's Bantamweight Championship fight between Ronda Rousey and Sara McMann, but there will be another female bout added to the card.  Alexis Davis, who is coming off of a dominating decision win over Liz Carmouche at UFC Fight for the Troops 3.  She believed that she was ready for Ronda Rousey after her win, but the UFC did not agree; instead they gave Sara McMann the title shot and gave her a different opponent. Her opponent in place of Rousey is Jessica Eye who is coming off of a split decision victory over top contender Sara Kaufman in her UFC debut.

UFC 170: Rousey and McMann Clash for the Title

After her victory over Miesha Tate, it was announced that the UFC had already chosen her next opponent and the fight would be occurring very shortly.  Sara McMann has been chosen as the next gladiator to step I to the cage with the UFC's hungry dragon named Ronda Rousey.

Sarah McMann is an undefeated competitor who is 7-0 in her professional MMA career. She holds notable wins over Shana Baszler and Shiela Gaff.  Of her seven wins 6 come by way of stoppage (3 submissions, 3 TKOs) with one decision.  McMann is a silver medaliat at thw 2004 Olympic Games in women's freestyle wrestling at 63 kg (~138 lbs.)  This will be a clash of two Olympic medalists from the same year, but different sports.

This will be a great clash between two female titans in the UFC. I believe that McMann poses the greatest threat to Rousey's title, even over Zingano who is the rightful contender for the title. They will be replacing Rashad Evans and Daniel Cormier as the headlining bout at UFC 170 in February.

UFC 168: Salaries

Main Card:

Chris Weidman ($200,000 + $200,000 =
$400,000) def. Anderson Silva
($600,000)
Ronda Rousey ($50,000 + $50,000 =
$100,000) def. Miesha Tate ($28,000)
Travis Browne ($28,000 + $28,000 =
$56,000) def. Josh Barnett ($170,000)
Jim Miller ($46,000 + $46,000 = $92,000)
def. Fabricio Camoes ($8,000)
Dustin Poirier ($23,000 + $23,000 =
$46,000) def. Diego Brandao ($20,000)

Preliminary Card:

Uriah Hall ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000)
def. Chris Leben ($51,000)
Michael Johnson ($18,000 + $18,000 =
$36,000) def. Gleison Tibau ($39,000)
Dennis Siver ($33,000 + $33,000 =
$66,000) def. Manny Gamburyan
($25,000)
John Howard ($16,000 + $16,000 =
$32,000) def. Siyar Bahadurzada
($17,000)
William Macario ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Bobby Voelker ($12,000)
Robert Peralta ($12,000 + $12,000 =
$24,000) def. Estevan Payan ($10,000)

UFC 168: Recap

Despite UFC 167 being the 20th anniversary for the UFC, tonight's event had just as much pressure to be a five-star event.  The main card featured a night in which there was not a single fight that went the distance.  Also in the prelims we got a chance to see Uriah Hall rise back from the brink of being cut to making Leben quit between rounds.

The first fight on the main card was between Dustin Poirier and Diego Brandao.  It was a fight in which Dustin Poirier used great speed in his stand-up game which eventually got him the victory via TKO due to strikes.  It would be a great match to see him face off against Frankie Edgar after he faces Penn or possibly in a rematch against Cub Swanson who beat him via unanimous decision.  Another option for Poirier would be a clash with fellow UFC 168 winner, Dennis Siver, who defeated Manny Gamburyan by decision in the prelims.

Next on the card was a fight in the lightweight divison in which Jim Miller took on Fabricio Camoes.  Miller was able to submit Camoes off of his back with an armbar in the first round.  I think a good fight to make for Miller would be against Donald Cerrone if he beats Martins in there clash early 2014.

The evening kept rolling with another fight in the UFC's Heavyweight Division.  Travis Browne and Josh Barnett met in the center of the Octagon and instantly went to work.  Travis Browne got the better of the stand-up striking exchanges which led Barnett to look for a takedown.  While Barnett shot for the take down and pressed Browne against the cage, Browne landed a knee and a series of elbow strikes to the side of Barnett's head, which left him out cold.  Dana White has already announced that Browne's next opponent will be submission specialist, Fabricio Werdum.

The next match was the most exciting fight of the evening in the first title fight of the night, Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate.  Tate and Rousey came out swinging to the fences as soon as the fight began. Both women were landing clean shots until the fight inevitably went to the ground.  For three rounds, Rousey and Tate scrambled on the ground for position.  There were times that Tate was in conntrol and Rousey and vise-versa.  It took Ronda Rousey five armbar attempts at the armbar before the final one was enough for Tate to tap in the third.  Miesha Tate's grappling defense was one of the best performances of submission defense that I have seen in a long time.  Tate gave Rousey her toughest fight in her MMA career.  The fight between Rousey and Tate was just as exciting if not more exciting as the inaugural UFC Women's Bantamweight title fight.  After the fight, Dana White announced that Rousey would be returning to action very shortly to headline the UFC 170 card and defend her title against Sara McMann.  It will feature two Olympic medalists from the same year fighting for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.

The main event was between Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva who both had a lot to prove in their fight.  For Weidman it was an opportunity to prove that his first victory wasn't a fluke.  For Silva it was an opportunity to prove that he could beat the only man to beat him in the UFC.  As soon as Silva came out to exactly the same song that he used at UFC 162, it felt like deja vu.  Anderson Silva was in the blue corner for the first time since he won the title at UFC 64.  When the fight began Weidman was able to get a takedown early in the first round.  Silva was able to get back up instantly but was forced to get into a clinching situation with Weidman.  Weidman got the better of the clinch game and eventually dropped Silva and controlled him with great ground and pound from the guard.  Silva was able to use his jiu jitsu in order to survive the barrage of punches until the round ended.  In the second round we saw Silva get looser on his feet and began to look more comfortable.  The second wouldn't last that long as Silva threw two kicks that would seal his fate.  The first one he threw was speculated to have fractured his leg when it was checked by Weidman and the second one thrown broke Silva's leg.

Chris Weidman successfully defended his UFC Middleweight Championship via TKO by way of checked leg kick.  Vitor Belfort will be the next man to face Weidman for the belt.  This could be the last time that we saw Anderson Silva in the UFC.  We hope to see a healthy Anderson Silva whether he fights again or not.

UFC 168: Post Fight Bonuses

The UFC has released its results for the post fight bonuses for UFC 168 and here they are:

Fight of the Night Bonus: Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate

Submission of the Night Bonus: Ronda Rousey

Knockout of the Night Bonus: Travis Browne

UFC 168 Results

Main Card:

Chris Weidman def. Anderson Silva due to injury (leg fracture) Round 2
Ronda Rousey def. Meisha Tate via submission Round 3
Travis Browne def. Josh Barnett via TKO (elbow strikes) Round 1
Jim Miller def. Fabricio Camoes via submission (armbar) Round 1
Dustin Poirier def. Diego Brandao via TKO (punches) Round 1

Preliminary Card:

Uriah Hall def. Chris Leben via TKO (corner stoppage) Round 1
Michael Johnson def. Gleison Tibau via KO (punches) Round 1
Dennis Siver def. Manny Gamburyan via unanimous decision
John Howard def. Siyar Bahadurzada via unanimous decision
William Macario Patolino def. Bobby Voelker via unanimous decision
Robbie Peralta def. Estevan Payan via KO (punches) Round 3
145 lbs.: Estevan Payan vs. Robbie Peralta -- Peralta wins by KO (punches) - 0:12 rd. 3

UFC 168: Weigh-in Results

Main Card:

UFC Middleweight Championship: Chris Weidman (184) vs. Anderson Silva (185)
UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship: Ronda Rousey (135) vs. Miesha Tate (135)
Josh Barnett (252) vs. Travis Browne (242)
Jim Miller (156) vs. Fabrício Camões (156)
Dustin Poirier (146) vs. Diego Brandao (153)

Preliminary Card:

Chris Leben (185.5) vs. Uriah Hall (185)
Gleison Tibau (156) vs. Michael Johnson (156)
Dennis Siver (145) vs. Manvel Gamburyan (146)
John Howard (171) vs. Siyar Bahadurzada (171)
William Patolino (171) vs. Bobby Voelker (171)
Robbie Peralta (145.5) vs. Estevan Payan (145)

New Ronda Rousey Photo

This is a recently released photo of Ronda Rousey for a T-Shirt for skin cancer awareness.

UFC 168: Extended Preview

Will Anderson Silva be able to win his title back from Chris Weidman?--Tough Spar MMA

Yes--he will do it in impressive fashion

Yes--he will do so, but it will be a tough fight

No--Weidman will finish him again

No--Weidman by decision

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UFC 168: Best Friends Trailer

A fun teaser of Tate and Rousey a week before the actually fight