UFC 207 will feature the long-awaited yield of Ronda Rousey. Since Rousey dropped the UFC bantamweight title to Holly Holm at UFC 193, the strap has been tossed around like a game of hot potato from Holm into Miesha Tate to Amanda Nunes. Rousey doesn’t have a simple task to recover the title, as Nunes is an aggressive finisher.
The co-main event features another title fight, as Dominick Cruz looks to defend his bantamweight title against heavy-hitting Cody Garbrandt. With Cruz and Garbrandt chirping each other leading into the struggle, you need to expect some fireworks.
Amanda Nunes vs Ronda Rousey
Nunes is one of the best finishers in MMA now, as 12 of her 13 victories have come via stoppage. Throughout the early part of her career, she got by on her bodily presents but has been gaining the technical abilities to go along with it. The biggest leaps and bounds have come from the standup game, as she is learning how to exploit her length and electricity thanks to her work at American Top Team.
Nunes’ wrestling skills aren’t exactly stellar offensively, but she is great at keeping the fight standing so that she can use her normal power. If she can get in the clinch, she is powerful and will frequently use this power as a faux wrestling match by knocking her opponent to the ground with her strikes.
Best control is essential to Nunes on the ground, as any excess stress on her cardio is damning for your winner. If she can attain top position, she’s brutal ground and pound which capitalizes on her power and her long reach relative to the branch. The Brazilian has a black belt in BJJ, but seldom uses it from the top unless she can find her opponent’s back.
There were two big knocks on Nunes throughout her career: you is cardio and the other one is fight IQ. To be very frank, her cardio is poor. She gases early and she’s never been able to put forth much of an effort past the second round. Nunes has made some questionable decisions in the Octagon, but training at ATT and simply having more expertise in the cage have helped to temper this issue.
MMA is a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately sport. Rousey has been its biggest celebrity until her mystique-shattering reduction to Holly Holm. Ever since, people have been quick to talk down Rousey. However, occasionally a loss is exactly what a fighter needs to get back on course (*cough* Conor McGregor *cough*).

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