TUF 20: Women Strawweights

[Nemesis21]

I thought this was a good card, didn't know many fighters on it. Some of these women can throw down! I thought Herrig looked good.

[CPT]

I watched pretty much start to finish.

Angela Hill looked really good in her win. Stuffed a lot of takedowns, and won a legit 30-26, maybe even 30-25. Glad to see it. She looked like she had potential, but then got matched up with Carla, and that was it.

Joanne got the win over Seo-hee Ham. Still wasn't that impressed, to be honest. She had a HUGE size advantage and it still felt fairly close. Ham should stick around, but it's a shame they don't have an atomweight division. Penne and some others from the show would be fighting there if they did.

Penne vs. Randa was pretty good; they should both stick around. Randa will probably get one of the other losers from tonight (Bec, perhaps) and win that fight. Jojo vs. Penne for the next title shot (after the first defense) would make sense, and probably be a pretty good fight. That is, unless they bring in Aguilar or something.

Stephens vs. Oliveira was good. Stephens spent probably 80% of the fight defending submissions, so even though he had some highlights (one pretty brutal slam to fight off an armbar), I'm glad the judges got it right and gave the fight to Oliveira.

The main event was a bit of a letdown. I guess Carla was really just on another level. Hope one of the next contenders is able to take her out though. I don't like her style. Rose should bounce back. I'm not sure what would be a good fight for her though. There are lots of possibilities I guess.

[REDDzone]

We'll I picked Rose so I suck at predictions but based on last night I think Carla has a chance at a long reign. Her pressure and passing is bananas and her wrestling is picture perfect.

She just seemed like she was a lil psyched out by Tecia for some reason but otherwise she has looked great dating back to invicta.

[cowboyronnie]

Penne vs. Randa was pretty good; they should both stick around. Randa will probably get one of the other losers from tonight (Bec, perhaps) and win that fight. Jojo vs. Penne for the next title shot (after the first defense) would make sense, and probably be a pretty good fight. That is, unless they bring in Aguilar or something.

I thought that was a great fight. High level stuff, exciting. Randa's striking was a little off in the angles but damn she throws hard and is totally fearless. She'll be around for a long time. A couple of her TD defenses were terrible, from exhaustion or what, I'm not sure.

This season of women has really been a credit to women's fighting. They're legit...and improving.

[cowboyronnie]

Mike Kogan, mma manager to the likes of the Diaz bros, tweeted calling Randa a raghead.

What a piece of sh*t. He said his phone was stolen but similar tweets were found on his feed from a few years back.

Are you **** kidding me!??

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2014/12/12/7 ... -markos-no

I'm pretty sure he represents a whole world of this idiocy.

(and, strangely enough, he's mistaking her people for Sikhs)

[Cammo101]

Great fights. These Strawweight women can really bring it.

Up next for all involved should be...

Esparza vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (for the SW title)
Namajunas vs. Tina Lahdemaki
Oliveira vs. Cub Swanson
Stephens vs. Dustin Poirier
Cruickshank vs. Noons 2
Noons vs. Cruickshank 2
Medeiros vs. Drew Dober
Proctor vs. Joe Ellenberger
Penne vs. Claudia Gadelha
Markos vs. Kailin Curran
Herrig vs. Juliana Lima
Ellis vs. Nina Anasaroff
Clark vs. Hill
Rawlings vs. Chambers
Calderwood vs. Paige VanZant
Hee Ham vs. Magana
Torres vs. Daly
Magana vs. Hee Ham
Daly vs. Torres
Chambers vs. Rawlings
Hill vs. Clark

Cut List: Kagan.