The UFC has a couple of regular videos they release following most pay-per-view events. There’s the phantom cam feature, showing all the best action from the fights at up to 10,000 frames per second. And then there’s The Thrill And The Agony series, which is all about showing the winners and losers reacting with joy or despair to the outcomes of their fights. The UFC has just put out that one for UFC 207, and of course it has some new painful shots of Ronda Rousey’s family and corner taking in her devastating 48 second loss to champion Amanda Nunes.
The first clip shows Ronda’s sister Maria Burns-Ortiz and mom AnnMaria De Mars looking shocked and scared as things start to go horribly awry in Ronda’s comeback fight. Then it switches to her much-maligned head coach Edmond Tarverdyan as he screams in frustration.
The blank stares of Rousey’s other cornermen say just as much as Edmond’s yelling. This is not how her big return was supposed to go.
As the name of the series implies, it’s not all agony. The video kicks off with new men’s bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt tearing up alongside longtime coach and recently retired legend Urijah Faber. Garbrandt did what Faber and two other members of Team Alpha Male couldn’t: he defeated Dominick Cruz. And it wasn’t just a close win — Garbrandt dominated Cruz throughout the fight in a performance for the ages.
What we’re watching here is just the preview video for the full episode. To see even more of the UFC 207 fighters handling victory and defeat you’ll have to sign up for UFC Fight Pass.
