Ex-Olympian Rousey submits Canadian Budd
Posted November 19, 2011 11:28 am.
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
LAS VEGAS — Former Olympic judo medallist (Rowdy) Ronda Rousey added Julia (The Jewel) Budd to her list of armbar victims, forcing the Canadian to tap after 39 seconds at a Strikeforce Challengers event Friday night.
The unbeaten 145-pound Rousey has won her four MMA fights — all by armbar — in a combined two minutes 10 seconds.
“I got tagged a couple more time than I would have liked to, but I’m stoked. It was really good,” said Rousey who competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a bronze in Beijing.
Not so good for Budd (2-2), who got off the canvas with her right arm hanging awkwardly.
Budd connected with some strikes as the fight started but Rousey took the blows and drove her back to the fence. Rousey tried for a hip throw, then tripped Budd and took her down.
Rousey moved into mount and grabbed an arm. Budd rolled but Rousey kept cranking the arm and the 28-year-old from Port Moody, B.C., eventually tapped.
Budd tweeted later that her dislocated arm had been reset in the cage post-fight by the doctor.
“Merely a flesh wound,” she joked.
“Truly in all my heart I didn’t want to tap I thought about tapping then figured I could still get outta it,” she added.
Rousey said her plan is to move down to 135 pounds and go after Victoria’s Sara Kaufman and then champion Miesha Tate.
In the main event at The Palms, middleweight Lumumba (Heavy Hands) Sayers (5-2) knocked out Antwain (The Juggernaut) Britt (11-6) at 28 seconds of the first round.
