Written by Brock Hebner at No Coast Bias
That. Just. Happened.
Saturday night in Melbourne, Australia, where it was Sunday Afternoon, UFC 193 took place. It wasn’t a particularly great card, there were a lot of lackluster fights, and the Melbourne crowd was certainly bored through most of it. They even did the wave during Joanna Jedrzejcyk’s title defense against Valerie Letourneau, a fight in which Jedrzejcyk put on a Muay Thai clinic and retained her belt.
But then the main event happened.
Ronda Rousey, the biggest star in the UFC, and arguably the biggest star in all of female sport, was set to defend her title against decorated boxing and kickboxing star, Holly Holm.
Many thought this was a bad fight, that Holm wasn’t ready, and that she needed a few more fights before Rousey.
The expectation for this fight was another 30 second finish from Rousey, and for her legacy to continue as the greatest female fighter we’ve ever seen, and then one thing happened that she’s really never truly experienced before.
She got punched in the face.
As the great Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” and that couldn’t be anymore of the truth as it pertains to this fight.
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