Ronda Rousey Vs. Liz Carmouche Preview: UFC 157 Where To Watch Live Online Stream, Betting Odds, Undercards, Tale Of The Tape
The only thing missing from Ronda Rousey’s resume is a Ultimate Fighting Championship title.
The two-time Olympian defends her women’s bantamweight championship belt against challenger Liz Carmouche Saturday night in UFC 157 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Rousey and Carmouche both make their UFC debuts, though the former comes in with much more hype to live up to. The 26-year-old Venice, Califorinia product appeared in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics in judo, and captured the Strikeforce championship in March of last year with her devastating arm bar submission of American Miesha Tate.
This is the second title defense for Rousey after she took out Canadian Sarah Kaufman back in August.
Now undefeated at 6-0, and winning every professional fight via first round submission, Rousey was promoted to UFC and takes on a formidable and crafty opponent in Carmouche.
A military brat, Carmouche reportedly grew up in Japan, and is trained in Kenpo and Jiu-Jitsu. The 29-year-old’s last fight resulted in a submission by a rear-naked choke hold last July against Kaitlin Young, and earned Carmouche the No. 6 ranking in the 135-pound division, and a shot at Rousey’s title.
Rousey’s explosive strikes should be an interesting matchup versus Carmouche’s slower, ground and pound style. Rousey’s average fight clocks in at 1:36, compared to Carmouche’s 12:15 standard.
Most of the preliminaries begin at 8 pm and will air on FX, with the main card starting at 10 pm, and you can watch via Pay-Per-View, or purchase a live online stream at UFC’s official website here.
Tale Of The Tape
Main Event
Liz Carmouche
Age: 29
Height: 5’6”
Weight: 133 lbs.
Reach: 65 inches
Record: 7-2
Ronda Rousey
Age: 26
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 134
Reach: 66 inches
Record: 6-0
Main Card
Dan Henderson Vs. Lyoto Machida
Ivan Menjivar Vs. Urijah Faber
Josh Neer Vs. Court McGee
Robbie Lawler Vs. Josh Koscheck
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