Amanda Nunes Expected Dominant Triumph Over Ronda Rousey at UFC 207

For weeks, virtually the only thing that the sports and MMA media wanted to talk about regarding UFC 207 was the glorious return of Ronda Rousey.Once thought impervious to defeat and invincible to damage, “Rowdy” Ronda fell from grace when she suffered a head-kick knockout loss Holly Holm at UFC 193 in November 2015. Heading into UFC 207, Rousey remained the hot topic even though Amanda Nunes, her opponent, was the defending UFC women’s bantamweight champion. For weeks, Rousey refused to do any interviews and her behavior was both applauded and ridiculed. She was simultaneously heralded as a real champion who is so focused on regaining her title that even the slightest distractions were avoided, and she was criticized for being a selfish prima donna. As it turned out, it didn’t matter what Rousey did pre-fight because Nunes clobbered her within a minute to retain her title in a shellacking that could send the Olympic judoka into retirement. Seconds into their main event battle inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, a three-punch combo to the head rocked the Glendale Fighting Club representative. …

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