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Miesha Tate gets a rematch against UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey at December’s UFC 168. If you don’t remember what happened the last time they fought, here’s a reminder.
Warning: This video is graphic, and is more or less the WMMA equivalent of Bo Jackson breaking a bat over his knee.
That armbar sent a message to Miesha Tate, and she made it clear in an interview with Bleacher Report: You would rather die than have to be in that move again. Literally die. Correct use of “literally.”
“It’s never too early to train and practice that gameplan over and over and over, I’m going to beat it into my skull if I have to,” Tate said. “Swear to God, she’s not going to armbar me if it’s the last thing I do. I will seriously shoot myself in the face before I leave that cage if she armbars me again. It can’t happen.”
Admittedly, it’d be pretty bad-ass to see Miesha bring a gun into the cage and have Ronda still armbar her. It’d be like every fight Gina Carano’s had in a movie ever.
The Rousey/Tate beef is an interesting one, because it starts with sex hypocrisy, extends into naked photoshoot hypocrisy (here’s Miesha Tate naked in ESPN’s Body Issue, in case you missed it) and ends in threats of gun suicide. So … December will be interesting.
If you need more armbar hype, here’s a lady who’d rather die than feel it again explaining its signature power:
As far as the gameplan, Miesha explained that Rousey’s judo and trademark move that’s stopped all seven women that she’s faced requires special training. That’s something she’s planning on focusing in on right away.
“Everyone thinks it’s an armbar, it’s not. It’s like a move of it’s own,” said Tate.
Miesha, here’s my advice: bring that gun, and bring a lot of extra arms.
[h/t to Cage Potato]
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I don’t believe arms are suppose to bend that way.
The pain from joint-locks is unique in that they are absolute agony. It’s like the real-life (Muggle?) equivalent of the Cruciatus Curse.
That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. If someone is causing you pain or anguish you shoot THEM you don’t shoot yourself for allowing it to happen. Kill her after the match if she does it again, AND SAY THAT so she’ll be too scared to do it. God it would be soo much better if the Mob ran everything.
Yeah not clicking the video because I’ve seen it and it still occasionally gives me nightmares.
That being said, I have to give Ms. Tate massive props because it took her arm bending ALMOST COMPLETELY the other way for her to tap. That takes an ABSURD level of toughness. I’d legit be crying and screaming for my mother if that happened to me.
You know, at the point where the arm looks like it’s going to be ripped off, the ref should step in. Kind of like when the fighter is clearly knocked out and is about to get hit 3 or 4 times the ref steps in? This should happen with some submissions.
maybe miesha was saying “if you stop this fight, i will shoot you” to the ref.
not screaming it, because that would be a verbal tap.
They stop the fight when the dude is knocked out because they don’t want him to be beaten death. That’s not an acceptable risk.
Losing an arm is.
also, an arm or leg getting actually removed would require brock lesnar to submit an atomweight.
Oh no, remember when that tall, lanky beanpole dude from the Ultimate Fighter tried to leg-kick his opponent and his own leg literally snapped in two (mid-shin)?! And then it was all flip-flopping all over the place while he rolled on the mat in agony?! Yeah, that.
Ref shouldn’t stop that shit.
Tap or snap mother fucker.
Well now I hope Rousey breaks her arm again.
I guess she didn’t tap out because of bravado and pride and whatnot, but at a certain point, isn’t it just stupid and irresponsible as an athlete to let someone do that to your arm? Seriously, since you clearly were not getting out of it, maybe don’t endure a horrific injury to your elbow and fight another day.
Ronda’s armbar is friggin’ weird. They tell us constantly at class not to cross out feet but Ronda uses hers to do that “bite” thing and pull the shoulder in. So her legs are all bowed out and it’s the strangest thing. Still, Ronda knows how to armbar people better than I ever will.
you should have had your mom ambush you (armbush?) with them like cato on inspector clouseau from birth.
Rousey seems like the type of chick that if you broke up with her she would stab in your sleep.