On Saturday, Ronda Rousey defeated Cat Zingano in the main event of UFC 184, improved her record to 11-0, had the quickest title fight (14 seconds) in UFC history and earned the title of "the female version" of Mike Tyson.
During last night's post-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White was asked by a reporter about comparing Rousey to Tyson in his prime.
"She is without a doubt that female version (of Tyson)," White said during the post-fight press conference. "I told her. There's very few situations where a fight goes 14 seconds and the crowd is cheering and going crazy and they're looking at each other with their mouths open and everybody knows how awesome Ronda is, but everybody was looking at each other with their mouths open because she was fighting Cat Zingano. This was going to be a tough-ass fight."
During his prime, Tyson was an unstoppable force in the ring, defeating his opponents with ease and quickness. After securing the WBC Heavyweight title with his TKO win over Trevor Berbick in 1986, Iron Mike went on a rampage, winning nine straight bouts, in the seventh round or earlier, before losing to Buster Douglas in 1990.
At the moment, Rousey is working in a very similar fashion, mowing down her opponents and only letting one fighter get past the first round in her 11 total fights (Meisha Tate lost in the third round via armbar submission).
Is it fair to call her the female version of Iron Mike? We're going to say "yes" for the sake of our arms.
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[via Sporting News]
