Revolution girl style NOW, motherfuckers!
oh my god so women's MMA finally happened prime time and oh god i have so many feelings and FEELINGS and Ronda Rousey is now the UFC female bantamweight CHAMPION and Liz Carmouche gave her a hell of a time and Liz is also the first openly gay fighter in the UFC and she fought with a rainbow mouth guard and she showed it off during her walk in and
GOD WHY AREN'T WE ALL RIOTING IN THE STREET IN JOY WHYYY
IS IT THAT PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT SOCIAL PROGRESS FROM THE BRO-TASTICEST LAND IN THE BRO-O-SPHERE, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS? A SPORT THAT IS NOT ONLY A SPORT, BUT A SPORT THAT CONSISTS OF TWO PEOPLE PUNCHING EACH OTHER OR CHOKING EACH OTHER INTO SEMI-CONSCIOUSNESS, A SPORT AFFLICTED WITH HILARIOUS TACKY T SHIRTS WITH SKULLS AND WINGS AND TRIBAL TATS AND MORE SKULLS AND DRAGONS ON THEM, USUALLY ALL AT ONCE?
But, so, seriously, let me take a breath and back up.
UFC stands for Ultimate Fighting Championship. This is the premiere mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, which has basically been solely responsible for dragging MMA out of dirty cages in the desert and into the Nike sponsorship prime time. Dana White, the UFC president and all around hilarious person (a dude in a suit that got to yell "DO YOU WANT TO BE A FUCKING FIGHTER?" at reality TV contestants; the show was called, surprisingly, The Ultimate Fighter) famously stated that women would "never" be in the UFC. Never!
BUT ENTER RONDA "ROWDY" ROUSEY.
World class trash talker and OLYMPIC MEDALIST IN JUDO.
This girl! She has a record of, now, 7-0! All of her victories have been by ARM BAR. ALL of them. ALL of them have been in the FIRST ROUND. And FIVE of them have been in the. FIRST. FUCKING. MINUTE.
She is the daughter of yet ANOTHER person with an OLYMPIC MEDAL in judo. Her dad, right, you'd think? No. HER MOM.
god
this is just so bad ass I could, I don't know, explode.
also, seriously, she is such a trash talker. A while ago, long before her UFC debut, she once told the press that she could beat up her opponent AND her opponent's boyfriend. Said boyfriend was also an MMA fighter. Said boyfriend got piiiissed and threatened to beat her up. Major lulz were had by the jerks of the world (I laughed--I'm sorry, friends, I laughed) when Rhonda won that fight by arm bar.
Anyway, amazing, and this makes me weep for how the world is changing--YOU GUYS, IT IS CHANGING.
But my massive respect boner and straight up boner boner for Rousey aside, her challenger for the UFC title, Liz Carmouche, is also a badass, super cute, a former marine, and did I mention the FIRST OPENLY GAY FIGHTER IN THE UFC? DID I? DID I? BECAUSE I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED, YOU GUYS.
What did I do after watching the fight of the year, you guys? I waited for the party at our house to clear up (leave, people! leave!) and then stayed up until 3 AM writing a pitch to xojane about the fight. And stuff.
I meant to update about my life but WHO CARES ABOUT MY LIFE WHEN AWESOMENESS ON THIS DEGREE IS HAPPENING?
GOD WHY AREN'T WE ALL RIOTING IN THE STREET IN JOY WHYYY
IS IT THAT PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT SOCIAL PROGRESS FROM THE BRO-TASTICEST LAND IN THE BRO-O-SPHERE, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS? A SPORT THAT IS NOT ONLY A SPORT, BUT A SPORT THAT CONSISTS OF TWO PEOPLE PUNCHING EACH OTHER OR CHOKING EACH OTHER INTO SEMI-CONSCIOUSNESS, A SPORT AFFLICTED WITH HILARIOUS TACKY T SHIRTS WITH SKULLS AND WINGS AND TRIBAL TATS AND MORE SKULLS AND DRAGONS ON THEM, USUALLY ALL AT ONCE?
But, so, seriously, let me take a breath and back up.
UFC stands for Ultimate Fighting Championship. This is the premiere mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, which has basically been solely responsible for dragging MMA out of dirty cages in the desert and into the Nike sponsorship prime time. Dana White, the UFC president and all around hilarious person (a dude in a suit that got to yell "DO YOU WANT TO BE A FUCKING FIGHTER?" at reality TV contestants; the show was called, surprisingly, The Ultimate Fighter) famously stated that women would "never" be in the UFC. Never!
BUT ENTER RONDA "ROWDY" ROUSEY.
World class trash talker and OLYMPIC MEDALIST IN JUDO.
This girl! She has a record of, now, 7-0! All of her victories have been by ARM BAR. ALL of them. ALL of them have been in the FIRST ROUND. And FIVE of them have been in the. FIRST. FUCKING. MINUTE.
She is the daughter of yet ANOTHER person with an OLYMPIC MEDAL in judo. Her dad, right, you'd think? No. HER MOM.
god
this is just so bad ass I could, I don't know, explode.
also, seriously, she is such a trash talker. A while ago, long before her UFC debut, she once told the press that she could beat up her opponent AND her opponent's boyfriend. Said boyfriend was also an MMA fighter. Said boyfriend got piiiissed and threatened to beat her up. Major lulz were had by the jerks of the world (I laughed--I'm sorry, friends, I laughed) when Rhonda won that fight by arm bar.
Anyway, amazing, and this makes me weep for how the world is changing--YOU GUYS, IT IS CHANGING.
But my massive respect boner and straight up boner boner for Rousey aside, her challenger for the UFC title, Liz Carmouche, is also a badass, super cute, a former marine, and did I mention the FIRST OPENLY GAY FIGHTER IN THE UFC? DID I? DID I? BECAUSE I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED, YOU GUYS.
What did I do after watching the fight of the year, you guys? I waited for the party at our house to clear up (leave, people! leave!) and then stayed up until 3 AM writing a pitch to xojane about the fight. And stuff.
I meant to update about my life but WHO CARES ABOUT MY LIFE WHEN AWESOMENESS ON THIS DEGREE IS HAPPENING?