
Originally Posted by
EasyDoesIt
I think Rhonda is great. I see many people say she is only good at arm bars. She is a great judo Practitioner and grappler. Her striking skills are pretty good. Most MMA fighters came into the sport based on a one skill background. There are not lots of them with well rounded martial arts backgrounds from traditional martial arts like Chuck Liddell or GSP. Randy Couture came in with a great wrestling background as did Matt Hughes and i would say they did pretty well for guy's with a wrestling background. If Rhonda kicks the sh... out of her opponents till she retires with arm bars it only shows the lack of defense anyone has been able to work around it. She is as exciting to watch as any of them including the men. I have a Martial Arts background for many years. Even many of the Americans trained in Thai Boxing swing there kicks up at an angle in place of a fully committed turn the hip over straight across whip kick. One of the ways a shin can BREAK. They train that way, watch someone holding the pads while round kicking, they angle the pads down in place of vertically which is how the target will be when kicking. Point being every time someone is skilled, people watching want to talk about what they can't do instead of what they do over and over again to win. That's a physically demanding sport and even more mentally demanding. When you're at the top the pressure is something most spectators could not even comprehend.
She is also one of the few females in that sport that doesn't look she is on a hormone diet. Anybody on this site knows the look. Yup i like Rhonda! lol