Jason Whitlock is glad the Ronda Rousey hype is over | THE HERD

Jason Whitlock explains why he is glad that Ronda Rousey lost to Holly Holm at UFC 193.
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Jason Whitlock is glad the Ronda Rousey hype is over | THE HERD
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[@jundialhaqiqa9907]

I agree with him on one thing, I agree that it was way too soon for people to be calling Rousey the greatest of all time. You need more than a 12-0 record to be considered GOAT. Fedor went 31 fights without a loss, Barao went 34 wins without a loss and Silva dominated his division and fought at light heavyweight on a few occasions and looked good there as well. It takes time to be the greatest, and maybe years down the road Ronda will be remembered as a GOAT.

[@samwell707]

GSP 45 fights 2 losses

[@samwell707]

+chief5billion by the numbers, dominate.

[@jundialhaqiqa9907]

***** He dominated by lay and prey. To be honest though some of his fights were really exciting even if he was just lying on a guy and punching his face in for five rounds.

[@jundialhaqiqa9907]

Tecolote Alcón It is actually 25 wins and 2 losses, and the 2 losses he avenged. So, I'd say he is definitely one of the GOAT's.

[@MsMoneyHunny1]

+Misbahuddin Hunafa she should be remembered as the first woman inducted in the WWA. We call peoples legends way to early in their game. Neither did she invent the WWA. I agree with him. But women should be able to play whatever sport they desire if they are capable.

[@bigdee2507]

He's right; I blame the Media for misusing Ronda Rousey

[@whitedevil2]

if Whitlock doesn't think women resort to violence then he's completely oblivious to what they can do to the cars of men who cheat on them

[@SeanP7195]

I'm convinced everyone who gets a job as a sports writer or hosting a sports show is purely lucky.

[@Max547]

Absolutely the truth, haven't heard anyone say it better.

[@gogogoode]

MMA is an incredible SPORT. Boxing has been a thing for a very long time, MMA is only slightly different. If we're going to talk about violence in sports, football is also violent, as is rugby and wrestling and others. Our entire society is based off of violence. We've sent teenagers to fight our wars for the past decade. This dude should get off his high horse. I'm glad Rondas ego was knocked down to size but the hate on the UFC makes no sense. It can be brutal to watch but it's not 'pro-wrestling', these are the best fighters in the world going up against each other. If you can't handle watching two people really fight each other, then maybe steer clear of fighting championships.

[@garymaccagnone3669]

For about three minutes he made sense. Then, he starts shaming men for being men.

[@TheExgymnast]

"I know everything and everyone should bow down to me as their GOD because I am so damn smart and I know everything" - Every commentator on this video

[@bigblackbearhunter]

He's a clever man !

[@bigblackbearhunter]

haha, no, i'am in love with Holly !

[@pioneer2321]

Ronda will never be "goat". A "goat" never gets annihilated in her prime like she did. So one sided. Just proves she was a average fighter who they hyped up.

[@godgunsandgoldens]

Fighting in the ring is a sport with rules so is not violence. True violence is inflicted to cause harm in an illegal manner.

[@chinese302]

No lies detected. Well said

[@ryanc6128]

nice hat fool lol

[@eldiefarrar3329]

Damn is his head sitting on a couch

[@michaelsimmons2745]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marquisedavis4708]

Very well spoken

[@ZiplineShazam]

Ronda's demise began the moment she started schilling burgers for Carl's Jr.

[@jessedabody]

She had a awesome ground game otherwise a so so fighter if you take her ground game away as Holly did.

[@levarmitchell3962]

I don't agree with everything he said, but he has a unique perspective I haven't heard before.

[@cuivre2004]

It only took him to 1:37 to come out as a FloMoDownLowBro. Typical. If he doesn't like the sport, why is he even being spoken to on the subject?

[@noelxxx1007]

Holmes was submitted by a choke hold by the New champ . The same skills- making your opponent tap- Ronda uses, what a numnut Whitlock is, force(violence) when needed, self defense, is not necessarily a bad thing.

[@dirtycash101]

This dude's got some incredibly small hands

[@darrenhawkins7970]

Thanks Holly Holms for humbling Ronda Congratulations from TMT.

[@feeshtacos]

he said he dosnt know enough about rousey and he's a pacifist that see's violence as weakness ... who the hell asked this clowns worthless opunion ???

[@theinevitable590]

Excellent Answer

[@waterysquirt7299]

Good based on female under 6 foot low weight fighting

[@jozada0051]

wise words

[@kevinc7161]

There is a no more perfect example of the attitude of the American loyalty 'ethic', especially in the role as fans, than through the internet. Comments and blogs, in particular. And that attitude in Americans is this: jumping on and jumping off bandwagons. When you're hot, or rich, or suddenly become well known, everyone suddenly loves you and wants to be like you. Everyone becomes a hero worshiper. But when that same person loses, everyone drops you. They don't want to know you anymore. They become hypercritical of you, as if they feel humiliated that they adored you and were 'tricked' into thinking that you were perfect when you never were.......This has always been that way with Americans, and Ronda Rousey is the perfect 'object' of how fans act. When her fame rose in the 18-24 months prior to her latest fight, everyone marveled at how she ended her fights faster than contestants spinning the wheel on The Price Is Right. Everyone loved her confidence. Everyone wanted to know about her fascinating background and biography. Everyone noted how attractive she remained while in such a violent sport. Every day, one couldn't get enough of wanting to worship Ronda Rousey! Because of that, she took note of that part of fame and made interviews, movie deals, and tv appearances all over the place. You just know it was consuming her preparation for her upcoming fight against an unknown competitor, who was comparatively allowed time to fully train and prepare herself physically and totally psyche herself for it. So what happened? Ronda, who was never left alone by the media and the masses (fans such as myself), lost. To this day, everyone now suddenly looks at it as Rocky defeating Apollo Creed, and jumps off the Ronda Rousey bandwagon. Suddenly everyone comes out and says that Ronda was totally arrogant and had it coming. Or journalists such as Jason Whitlock saying he's so glad the hype is over. THAT is the attitudinal character flaw of the typical American fan: they only care about the moment. And it is always "subject to change without further notice."

[@sugarbear1225]

Jason you are so right

[@vvrriissvvllaadd]

with no real experience ,no cardio ,no boxing skills ,she beat Miesha Tate two times , she was not over hipped ,she just lost boxing match with no gloves to the best female boxer in last 10 years

[@twonsky0586]

+vvrriissvvllaadd hyped not hipped thank me later.

[@oliverr6246]

+vvrriissvvllaadd Shouldn't the greatest female athlete in the world have a bit cardio though?

[@vvrriissvvllaadd]

+Oliver R yes sure you right ,but also when she makes ufc 100mil per fight ,and you know how UFC pays fighters back ,she would fight few more fight and quit forever anyway ,now she will rededicate herself and start ripping arms again ,if she is planing to stay in this country and make money after ufc

[@humblehugh23]

The only thing i have ever agreed with Whitlock.

[@larrypadilla8706]

I respect Jason Whitlock but I feel he's partially off-base directly equating fighting with violence. In my opinion, violence is uncontrolled aggression or emotion. It truly is a sign of weakness, however a little controlled aggression paired with preparation and calculation can be a good thing. If you want to succeed at the highest levels, not just in sports, there is no room for uncontrolled anything. Operating on uncontrolled emotion is so mind-numbingly basic and probably the quickest way to fail. I think Rousey is/was an exception to this however. She was able to be hyper-aggressive and violent because her opponents allowed her to and it worked for her.. She'd get into her opponents' heads, bring them into the same dumb emotional state where training and technique fly out the window, and she could fight her fight and brawl them into submission. Rousey is the epitome of a bully. She needs the encounter to be emotional; it's where she's at home, it's what she knows and it's where she's comfortable. But promoting that or using that as a template for other up-and-coming fighters is a terrible message and an egregious mistake by the UFC. Holly Holm, who is a consummate professional with almost 50 fights on her record, took the UFC hype machine and flushed that shit right down the toilet by utilizing real discipline and real technique. She coincidentally happens to be the least aggressive, non-violent person I've seen in a really long time..

[@omarmartinez7204]

What a handsome well built Black man

[@Vimi240]

Let me tell you something: All the talks about how Ronda lost its been attributed to how good Holly is and that is true but what everybody seems to be missing is how at the 30 second mark, Holly landed a shot that took Ronda out of her fighting mode and from that point it was pure heart, no strategy, she wasn't together. In fighting things like that happens to anybody. A rematch will solidify my point.

[@TheGatesOfFire]

you have to take into consideration the quality of the opponents. if someone had just 6 fights but they were knockouts against Tyson, Ali, Klitshco, Mayweather, Holyfied and Lewis in their prime, then maybe you could be forgiven for calling them the greatest of OUR time.

[@kkroyu]

JW with the knowledge!

[@georgejungismyhero]

Violence directed at a victim(someone who can't, won't or doesn't want to fight back) can accurately be called weakness. Mutual combat agreed upon between two professional athletes in a prize fight is not weakness. Whitlock is way off base here. Football is a very violent sport. Does that make football players weak? If he really believes that, I'd love to see him tell Jon Jones or either of his brothers that they're weak people because they participate in violent sports.

[@georgejungismyhero]

For example, if Ali went home and beat his wife and kids, that would make him weak but you'd have to be an idiot to believe beating Joe Frazier made him weak.

[@ScorpionTrail]

right

[@voltron736]

JW working hard to bring that hat look back.

[@robgoodwin1262]

Funny because I see doughnuts as weakness. I see doughnuts as a tool you go to when you are weak,.

[@Brian_tim]

+Rob Goodwin Exactly. This fat shit who clearly doesn't even have enough discipline to push himself away from the dinner table has the gall to condescend to people who have the discipline to put in hours of road work, sparring, dieting and cutting to make weight. He's the one who's weak.

[@Blake953]

this guy has and interesting perspective. guy on the right is an alien.

[@wahoomcd187]

Lovely makeup, Colin.

[@bennyrobinson1935]

he looks like a mix of janel monet and jabba the hut

[@Fish4Man61]

I was in to everything he said... _Until_ he opened his mouth about violence and weakness. It is a sport. There are plenty of benefits to do it - and it actually can make these people less violent in the real world.

[@ellisjames7192]

+Fish4Man61 What he said about Rousey was true. After that, I stopped listening.

[@i.c.stupidpeople4590]

This started with Anderson Silva. Saying he is "the greatest fighter of all time". Anyone should know this was promotion hyperbole at its most desperate.

[@searcheryellow9678]

who the fuck is Jason Whitlock?

[@GBLynden]

Good question lol

[@phucyu7754]

A better person than you haha

[@levilynn2]

i like this man.

[@doleac100]

food is this guys weakness

[@bennyrobinson1935]

it's tough to sneak one by you

[@SuperMathewson]

Of course Whitlock is a pacifist. It's hard to fight somebody when your right cross is slower than churning butter.

[@thefearmakerlive]

Does Whitlock abhor violence, because he's not a person who was ever capable of being good at it? As violence is part of human nature, not just male nature. Male's resorted to it because we're bigger, stronger, and faster, and for thousands of years, violence determined who led our tribes, and kingdoms. But in an age of intellectual enlightment, the person who knows that they couldn't survive if society reverted back to one of violence and/or is scared of it, saying that violence isn't good, may just be strategy based on fear. Having the guts to punch another man in the face and get punched back is never weak. Is it socially acceptable now? No. But it is never weak.

[@rondremolo5052]

its stupid, we as a species SHOULD ve able to talk out our problems but it seens most people are incapable of rational thought...and dont give me that human nature shit, we are not dogs we flew to the fucking moon and split the atom, if we were slaves to our instincts we would have never gotten near those feats

[@thefearmakerlive]

Violence is rational thought. If I can physically impose my will on you, you will either do what I say or die. Simplicity at it's finest, and a sentiment echoed in most wars today. Also we are more like dogs, or any other mammal, than unlike them. Just because we can achieve higher forms of thinking, doesn't mean that we lose our base instincts that have guided us for 40,000 years. And don't mistake scientific and societal advancement for a lessening of our bloodlust. When the Greeks were creating philosophy, they also had wrestling, boxing, and pankration, which sometimes led to death between opponents. And that's before the Romans and the Coliseums. People that abhor violence are usually people who fear that they can't thrive within it. And of course, if I didn't think I could thrive within a system, I would reject it.

[@thefearmakerlive]

Wow, I see that once someone disproves what you're saying that you instantly turn into a petulant child and hurl ridiculous, unfounded remarks at them, that have no meaning. I guess it must be frustrating to have a small brain and be scared of physical conflict. But first, you know nothing about me, or my beliefs, and the fact that I'm handsome, and you're probably not, hence the lack of picture, makes you want to call me a hermaphrodite because you're insecure, so be it. But no, I'm not a communist, probably grow and have less body hair than you, so you'd more closely resemble an ape, and my kind are definitely not on the decline, especially if you meant the "fittest" and most "adaptable" in Darwin related terms.

[@user-dp7td7fj1l]

you cant be humane amd violent at the same time

[@brianblair8043]

I'm Anti War against Every Stupid War The US has Done for over 50 Years Besides World War 11 Since Then of The 1900s And 2000s Not 1 War We Should have Been n All Were BS .

[@BigJimbo106]

she didn't attract more talented women, dana white would not allow anyone in that he considered a threat to ronda.

[@MultiPizzapizza]

One thing is clear...Jason Whitlock is not an athlete.

[@8178TheLeoLady]

Reading these comments makes me realize how sensitive the modern man has become. Cue 'bitch', 'cunt', 'whore', and dissertations.Anywho, he was right, ronda was overhyped and holly is just a superior all around fighter. People got duped HARD. But no one more than Ronda. Well, maybe her diehard fans. And yeah, feminists were riding the wave of her hype to push their agenda. But how much of a sham modern feminism is and how embarrassing it is as a woman to watch is a whole other story. Ugh.....

[@emmess7780]

Yup, God forbid a strong woman does well.

[@mookiestewart3776]

Holmes is stronger

[@drumzmagoo]

Fedora

[@Levord1980]

mangina much?

[@hanggaosnawngllc2976]

contact sport & violence is way too different from each other..

[@ragrag5470]

Bullshit! The only reason I watch UFC is its female division!

[@Juan_rivera]

female's "superiority" you had me until that part

[@geukawhitsett1763]

conor fans will disappear as well I can't wait

[@HardTruthsReviews]

When??

[@geukawhitsett1763]

***** boy get real fuckin lame ass fan lol

[@geukawhitsett1763]

***** boy I'll take every female you have that's if you have any lmao what a goofy ass fan that hides behind the keyboard and conors profile your pathetic bro look at you with your gayish wannabe mcgregor quotes

[@geukawhitsett1763]

***** lmao ok bro that would be last thing you want trust me run along gay fan ....

[@geukawhitsett1763]

***** not at all I really don't care wtf lmao you have wet dreams about the man lol

[@MarkHorp]

It is a sport, you goof!

[@Callahan757575]

This guy lost me with the pseudo intellectual equality bullsh_t.. It is a sport not two chicks fighting over a BF at the mall!

[@doleac100]

@:27 second mark.. the pig he ate this morning tried to desperately make his escape...he quickly swallowed it back down

[@snorelax3908]

I'm sure Rousey could get in the ring with a ranked male boxer and make a case for herself in terms of equality of the sexes. No need to harp on Mayweather.