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Originally Posted by quaker oats
this is basically correct. Rousey's striking has been grossly overrated recently. her offensive boxing is actually pretty solid (she used a nifty trick to catch Holm with a left hook at the end of the first round), but her defensive boxing has always been terrible. She's been too willing to eat punches in the past, but it's paid off cuz she clinches and tears people up. Holm defended against the hip tosses as good as you possibly can. more so than stiffarming and throwing short elbows (which she also did), her elbow was constantly tucked and digging into Rousey's hips. It really was perfect. Rousey was a few seconds away from cinching that armbar, too, but Holm scrambled to her feet well.
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that's a weird schism you've created with offensive and defensive boxing.
if your footwork is atrocious and head movement/ability to slip is non-existent and you don't know what a feint is you are not a boxer. even if you sort of throw punches well, which i don't think she does particularly.