Is Rousey done?

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

Two brutal losses (playing to her opponents strengths at that) have killed her credibility and her aura which will make it hard to take her seriously as an actress since she's mostly playing badasses. Is she just donezo?

[riseofsetian1981]

Dec 31, 2016 2:46:50 GMT -5 El Cokehead del Knife Fight said:

Two brutal losses (playing to her opponents strengths at that) have killed her credibility and her aura which will make it hard to take her seriously as an actress since she's mostly playing badasses. Is she just donezo?

Who knows. I will say there has to be some concern for her mental state now and I hope people close to her are keeping an eye on and not leaving her alone.

[Raskovnik]

She was 100% done win or lose, but she is 200% done now.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Apparently she told reporters that she's retiring, Ariel Helwani tweeted that she's hurt emotionally

[häšhtå.gdālėÿ]

She was done the second she got totally destroyed by the world's most mediocre MMA fighter, Holly Holm.

[FrankGotch]

She is weak both mentally and physically. She would have lost to both Anne wolf and Lucia Rijker easily. She is lucky she fell into a time when she could dominate as long as she did. Its sad that she has such a weak mental state because if you compare her to the male fighters she is above par. No one expects one of the male fighters to go undefeated their entire career. MMA is a sport that is so diverse that fighters will always have a loss no matte what. Boxing is a science but MMA is like football no matter how ggod you are somebody can and will beat you.

[Deleted]

I would be willing to see WWE attempt to do something with her, for better or worse it would be an interesting project.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Dec 31, 2016 2:46:50 GMT -5 El Cokehead del Knife Fight said:

which will make it hard to take her seriously as an actress since she's mostly playing badasses.

Wait, really? It's acting for pity's sake.

Look at the current crop of Hollywood badasses - guys like Rock, Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, Tom Hardy, Batista, and Chris Hemsworth. All of them make big bucks playing asskickers, and every one of them would get murked by even the undercard guys in UFC, never mind the division champions.

Hell, Rousey herself could probably take them all.

In a business that can make all five feet of Tom Cruise a bankable action star, Ronda Rousey hasn't got anything to worry about when it comes to credibility, two bad beats or not.

[lucas_lee]

As someone who used to fight, she looks done. I saw it in her performance and throughout the media circuit for this fight. She was going through the motions like she didn't want to be there

[Heartbreaker]

She'll play Squirrel Girl in 2025.

[Ryushinku]

At the moment, it looks really likely. She's been outboxed and now outpunched, and neither were flukes.

The invincibility was already gone anyway, but at this point, it's seriously questionable if she wants to continue getting punched in the head for a living.

[Mozenrath]

Look at Ken Shamrock if you think MMA fans have even slight respect for someone's past accomplishments. She needs to just call it a day and move onto something safer for her, since she obviously peaked well before now. Even if she did make a comeback, and she probably couldn't, it wouldn't change much.

[AJ Smudgico]

I came here like so many to say I'm more concerned about her mental state than her career
As someone who suffered depression, I'm more than aware about having something you almost rely on, being snatched from you. I pray to god, she has the right people around her

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

Dec 31, 2016 4:41:45 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Dec 31, 2016 2:46:50 GMT -5 El Cokehead del Knife Fight said:

which will make it hard to take her seriously as an actress since she's mostly playing badasses.

Wait, really? It's acting for pity's sake.

Look at the current crop of Hollywood badasses - guys like Rock, Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, Tom Hardy, Batista, and Chris Hemsworth. All of them make big bucks playing asskickers, and every one of them would get murked by even the undercard guys in UFC, never mind the division champions.

Hell, Rousey herself could probably take them all.

In a business that can make all five feet of Tom Cruise a bankable action star, Ronda Rousey hasn't got anything to worry about when it comes to credibility, two bad beats or not.

It hurts her marketability as a badass, which is all her acting career is built on. We haven't seen Tom Cruise or Tom Hardy actually get the shit kicked out of them by one of the extras in their movies so we can lose ourselves in the fantasy the film presents, but we've seen that with Rousey twice now. We live in a world where people get upset about female Ghostbusters, you can be sure the YouTube comments for the first trailer of a Rousey action film will be more brutal than usual.

[Alice Syndrome]

I dunno. Depends on if she stops trying to do Rocky impressions and actually defends these damn punches.

[Alice Syndrome]

Dec 31, 2016 8:22:52 GMT -5 Citizen Snips Has Left said:

Dec 31, 2016 4:41:45 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Wait, really? It's acting for pity's sake.

Look at the current crop of Hollywood badasses - guys like Rock, Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, Tom Hardy, Batista, and Chris Hemsworth. All of them make big bucks playing asskickers, and every one of them would get murked by even the undercard guys in UFC, never mind the division champions.

Hell, Rousey herself could probably take them all.

In a business that can make all five feet of Tom Cruise a bankable action star, Ronda Rousey hasn't got anything to worry about when it comes to credibility, two bad beats or not.

It hurts her marketability as a badass, which is all her acting career is built on. We haven't seen Tom Cruise or Tom Hardy actually get the shit kicked out of them by one of the extras in their movies so we can lose ourselves in the fantasy the film presents, but we've seen that with Rousey twice now. We live in a world where people get upset about female Ghostbusters, you can be sure the YouTube comments for the first trailer of a Rousey action film will be more brutal than usual.

Gina Carano still gets work as a badass and she hasn't fought in years.

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

Gina Carano's career seems to be mainly as a supporting actor, which would be fine for Rousey as well. I think when her acting career is brought up, it's under the impression that she'd ride her UFC dominance into starring roles and become "the female Rock/Diesel/Statham". That I think is off the table now, but she could certainly still find work in Hollywood as a character actress.

[Mozenrath]

Dec 31, 2016 8:22:52 GMT -5 Citizen Snips Has Left said:

Dec 31, 2016 4:41:45 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Wait, really? It's acting for pity's sake.

Look at the current crop of Hollywood badasses - guys like Rock, Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, Tom Hardy, Batista, and Chris Hemsworth. All of them make big bucks playing asskickers, and every one of them would get murked by even the undercard guys in UFC, never mind the division champions.

Hell, Rousey herself could probably take them all.

In a business that can make all five feet of Tom Cruise a bankable action star, Ronda Rousey hasn't got anything to worry about when it comes to credibility, two bad beats or not.

It hurts her marketability as a badass, which is all her acting career is built on. We haven't seen Tom Cruise or Tom Hardy actually get the shit kicked out of them by one of the extras in their movies so we can lose ourselves in the fantasy the film presents, but we've seen that with Rousey twice now. We live in a world where people get upset about female Ghostbusters, you can be sure the YouTube comments for the first trailer of a Rousey action film will be more brutal than usual.

We've seen Rock in a tutu, Batista duct taped to a ring post, Vin Diesel in the Pacifier, and other stuff like that. It's mostly going to come down to having the right projects. I'd be more concerned with her mediocre acting ability in Expendables 2, I think it was. One of those films.

I feel like she could probably settle into a Cynthia Rothrock or Steven Segal kind of career, doing smaller films for Netflix or WWE's studio or something, modern day limited run or direct to video fare.

[Kevin Hamilton]

As a fighter? Yeah there's no coming back from that at least as any sort of major draw. Her whole run was predicated on her being a dominant force, and that's gone now. Even if she decided to go back to the drawing board and regroup to fight again, the days of her being a main even draw just got crushed.

As a mainstream Hollywood draw that potentially stars in her own movies and such? Yeah, that's gone too; for the same reasons as above. Her whole image as a destroyer has just been shattered.

Now she can likely still go to WWE or maybe go the Gina Carano route in movies where she's a member of the cast/bad guy's henchwomen and like that, or maybe make direct to dvd movies and such.

But as far as making any huge money as the top draw somewhere? Over.

[lucas_lee]

Dec 31, 2016 8:26:20 GMT -5 Alice Syndrome said:

Dec 31, 2016 8:22:52 GMT -5 Citizen Snips Has Left said:

It hurts her marketability as a badass, which is all her acting career is built on. We haven't seen Tom Cruise or Tom Hardy actually get the shit kicked out of them by one of the extras in their movies so we can lose ourselves in the fantasy the film presents, but we've seen that with Rousey twice now. We live in a world where people get upset about female Ghostbusters, you can be sure the YouTube comments for the first trailer of a Rousey action film will be more brutal than usual.

Gina Carano still gets work as a badass and she hasn't fought in years.

To be fair Carano went out on her shield against Cyborg and didn't try to springboard her way back up after said ass kicking