You’ve probably seen the Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm headkick heard ’round the world dozens of times by now, but not like this. UFC commentator Joe Rogan hooked his good friend and Australian kickboxing champion John Wayne Parr up with seats right next to the cage, and Parr captured the historic moment Holm knocked Rousey out on his phone.
https://twitter.com/johnwayneparr/status/666047797079076865
Seeing the finish through the cage adds extra drama to the whole situation; there’s no cycling through camera angles. Just Ronda Rousey lying unconscious on the canvas as officials tend to her. And then at the end, Joe Rogan reacting to the whole thing.
He has a similar two-step reaction to everyone else watching:
Step One: “I can’t believe that just happened!”
Step Two: “Holy sh*t, that really just happened!”
That’s just the way things go in mixed martial arts; no one is completely safe, not even the seemingly indestructible champions towering above their respective divisions. People thought Georges St-Pierre was unstoppable. Matt Serra knocked him out. No one was ever going to defeat Anderson Silva. Until Chris Weidman defeated him twice. And now Ronda Rousey is the latest invincible fighter to go down. Expect the unexpected in MMA, and you’ll never be disappointed.
