UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) repeated history with another submission victory over rival Miesha Tate (13-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 168 co-main event. “Rowdy” finally put her storied rivalry with Tate behind her with a second successful defense of her 135-pound title, which took place at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena. Although the champ was a near 7-1 favorite in the pay-per-view bout, Tate put forth a tremendous effort, giving Rousey the longest and most difficult fight of her MMA career. To see what fighters thought of Rousey’s victory, check out the Twitter reactions below. Here we go rousey vs Tate 2! #ufc168 — Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) December 29, 2013 Shoutout to Ronda’s 3 sports bras #UFC168 — Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunsonMMA) December 29, 2013 Rousey looks meaner than me lol — Abel Trujillo (@AbelTrujillo1) December 29, 2013 Ronda Rousey face — Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) December 29, 2013 WOWZA WHAT A ROUND!!! — Julie Kedzie (@julesk_fighter) December 29, 2013 Dammmmmm! What a round! — Cung Le (@CungLe185) December 29, 2013 Wow! First time Ronda sees rd 2! — Louis Gaudinot (@LouGaudinotUFC) December 29, 2013 OMG how many times are you goin to be thrown stay on your feet — Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) December 29, 2013 Women’s title fight … No comment — Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) December 29, 2013 My god those throws are exquisite — Julie Kedzie (@julesk_fighter) December 29, 2013 Holy fack! Great fight Meishas gameplan shouldn’t involve double legs or any type of grappling — TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) December 29, 2013 Great fight — glover teixeira (@gloverteixeira) December 29, 2013 I like @MieshaTate heart she is doing it rocky style — Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) December 29, 2013 Armbars, throws and even a reverse triangle attempt yet Tate is still in it Although not mounting much offense #ufc168 — Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) December 29, 2013 Miesha gave up — Jessica Eye (@jessicaevileye) December 29, 2013 #GirlPower — Joseph Benavidez (@JoeJitsu) December 29, 2013 Terrible! Wow — Jamie Varner (@jamievarner) December 29, 2013 This fight has me screaming and pacing the floors! Great fight! @ufc #168 — Shannon Knapp (@shanknapp) December 29, 2013 I think the Tate camp could have come up with a better game plan
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Twitter reacts to Ronda Rousey’s UFC 168 submission of Miesha Tate – MMA Junkie