UFC
193 will take place this Saturday night at the Etihad Stadium in
Melbourne, Australia. This will be the organization's first time
having an event in Melbourne, and second time in it's history having
both the main and co-main event headlined by women fighters. Below
are reasons why I'm excited for the two title bouts:
Main
Event Title Bout
The
main event will be for the Women’s Bantamweight Championship
between the current champion, Ronda Rousey, and top contender Holly
Holm. From what she has accomplished in both judo, and mixed martial
arts so far, Ronda Rousey has definitely established herself as one
of the most dominating athletes in the world. She has help changed
the way how people view women in sports today. Rousey is currently
undefeated (12-0) in MMA, and is the pound for pound ranked #4
fighter in the UFC. She possesses phenomenal takedown, and submission
abilities. Her upcoming opponent, is someone who shouldn’t be
taken likely. Holly Holm has an impressive professional boxing
record with a total of thirty-three wins out of thirty-eight fights.
She held multiple titles from different boxing organizations. Similar
to Rousey, she has an undefeated record (9-0) in MMA as well. What
I’m going to keep an eye on in this title bout, is how Rousey
matches with Holm standing up, and how Holm matches up with Rousey on
the ground.
Co-Main Event Title Bout
The
co-main event will be for the Women’s Strawweight Championship
between the dangerous Polish striker and current champion, Joanna
Jędrzejczyk, and her challenger Valérie Létourneau. In her
previous bouts, Joanna Jędrzejczyk has shown the MMA world her great
takedown defense, but most notably, her superb striking ability.
Prior to her MMA career, Jędrzejczyk had competed in Muay Thai for
10 years. She has won seventy matches, and held ten championships.
She has complied a total of 37 wins during her amateur kickboxing
career, and 27 wins during her professional kickboxing career. Her
upcoming opponent, the French Canadian MMA fighter, Valerie
Letourneau, has also shown the world her impressive stand up skills
in a slug fest against Elizabeth Phillips at UFC 174. Letourneau was
able to earned that win because, she kept pressuring her Phillips, and
was able to land combinations throughout the fight. I can't wait to
see how Jędrzejczyk matches up Létourneau this Saturday night.
FIGHT
PREDICTIONS:
Ronda Rousey
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Mark Hunt
Uriah Hall
Stefan Struve
Fight On!
Ronda Rousey
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Mark Hunt
Uriah Hall
Stefan Struve
Fight On!