# Beating Rhonda Rousey. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204 "2015-07-26T01:56:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![liontamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b487fb/32.png) [@liontamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liontamer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/1 "2015-07-26T01:56:16Z")
Does anyone on here think they could beat her in the octagon? I’m thinking you can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/2 "2015-07-26T02:07:51Z")
So? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/3 "2015-07-26T03:02:13Z")
I could if I wanted to, but I don’t feel like it. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/4 "2015-07-26T03:04:46Z")
> [@liontamer](#): > > Does anyone on here think they could beat her in the octagon? > > I’m thinking you can’t. I assume you’re including men in this. If so: She weighs 135, according to wiki, and I’ve always thought that they have weight classes for a reason. The best 135-pounder in the world will lose to a world class 150-pounder, and to a very good 170-pounder, and to a pretty good 200-pounder, and to a competent 230-pounder. Not every time, but that’s the way I’d bet. Note that I’m not saying she couldn’t kick the ass of most guys who weigh 230, since most guys who weigh 230 are probably obese, but by “competent,” I mean a trained fighter in good shape, but nowhere near world class. ---
**Author:** ![liontamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b487fb/32.png) [@liontamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liontamer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/5 "2015-07-26T03:14:43Z")
I was talking about people who post here. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/6 "2015-07-26T03:15:25Z")
Assuming I could stay away from her arm bar I feel I could probably beat her. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/7 "2015-07-26T03:49:44Z")
Nooooo. I’m a woman but I’m more than 2x her weight and only 2 inches on her. She’s one of the best female judoka in the world too so she knows how to take people down and make their size work against them. That’s a skill besides her unrelenting desire to beat the snot out of her opponents. I’ll pass 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/8 "2015-07-26T04:13:16Z")
That depends. How am I armed? ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/9 "2015-07-26T04:14:25Z")
The thing about MMA fighters is they practice it every day for a living. I might know a few moves but she knows all the counter moves plus a hundred more I’ve never even heard of. She’s apparently good at armbars. Unless I could quit my job for six months to train, I’d throw the first punch, there would be a blur and I’d be on the ground in an armbar thinking ‘how the heck…’ Really, what you’re asking is, ‘has anyone here been training in all the MMA moves for 10 hours a day for the past few years?’ or ‘are there any Andre The Giants here?’ because that’s the two types of people that stand a chance. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/10 "2015-07-26T04:16:45Z")
> [@liontamer](#): > > I was talking about people who post here. Statistically, there are bound to be competent 230-pounders among Dopers. I was one myself, 30 years ago. But also statistically, the people most likely to be able to beat her are not going to be reading this on a Saturday night. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/11 "2015-07-26T06:12:58Z")
I estimate it would take Ronda Rousey less than 10 seconds to beat me. :eek: Most of that would be her crossing the Octagon. However I could certainly beat her at chess. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/12 "2015-07-26T06:30:10Z")
> [@liontamer](#): > > I was talking about people who post here. I’d like to see an answer to the very pertinent question raised in post #2. ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/13 "2015-07-26T08:11:06Z")
There’s some crude double entendre to be made here but damned if I see it. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/14 "2015-07-26T13:28:46Z")
> [@Waymore](#): > > There’s some crude double entendre to be made here but damned if I see it. “I’d punch her right in the octagon!” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/15 "2015-07-26T13:34:45Z")
Reading the question, I was first surprised that someone gave theirs a first and last name, then even more surprised that they wanted to discuss it. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/16 "2015-07-26T13:37:25Z")
> [@liontamer](#): > > Does anyone on here think they could beat her in the octagon? The new “Yes means Yes” doctrine is quite specific. Q: What makes you think she even likes spanking? …other than that, the “Don King” mousse is over in aisle 5… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/17 "2015-07-26T13:47:37Z")
Anyone well trained and significantly larger than her has a good chance. We could find many people larger then her here on the Dope, but they will tend to be men and Rhonda isn’t interested in mixed gender matches. So we’re looking for looking for a female Doper well versed in at least one martial art, or any Doper pretending to be one on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/18 "2015-07-26T15:40:45Z")
So the question is essentially could Rousey defeat your average, non-trained male specimen. You can give the weight advantage to the male and we’ll throw in that he’s in good to excellent physical shape. My prediction is that Rousey hands his ass to him six ways to Tuesday. I’d venture that that in the style of old carney huckstering, unless the guy has had some formal training, Rousey could take on and defeat all comers. Now that I think of it, in the **Rolling Stone** article from a few months ago, while in high school, Rousey would indeed challenge any male, place a side wager with the winner taking the cash and Rousey coming out on top every time. Of the videos out there of a trained fighter squaring off against a larger (untrained) opponent, I’ll offer up [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL3VzjcptBI) Specifics: just under 8 minutes and is a bit but not terribly dated. It features a world-class 150 pound jiu jitsu fighter squaring off against a 250 pound body builder. It takes place in a gym in front of a crowd with a referee who provides the narration for the video and points out some of the techniques on display. For those who think that a weight advantage makes all of the difference, I submit you are gravely mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/19 "2015-07-26T16:18:32Z")
Well, back in the day… nope. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204/20 "2015-07-26T16:24:26Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > For those who think that a weight advantage makes all of the difference, I submit you are gravely mistaken. Does anyone think that? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-rhonda-rousey/726204.md?page=2)