Rousey has had five pro fights. She's dislocated two of her opponents elbows in those five encounters. I actually don't care at a personal level although given the stated mission of this site I'm pretty amazed no one has come out and said something.

I get that Ann hangs in the MMA space with her dude so maybe she thinks it's OK. It's just interesting we're not seeing tons of positive Rousey kudos or negative "you shouldn't have done that to another sister's elbow posts.

If there was ever an opportunity for a pure girl power play this was it, unless breaking another woman's arm at a basic level wasn't cool. Maybe it's too much girl power for the general population or maybe your version of girlpower only works on dudes and you can crush other women as much as you'd like and say nothing.

You've created a space to pander to academic gender feminists and attorneys to crush the "them" on your equality issues but you sit by and watch things like this happen?

You can't have it both ways. Take a stand. It's your deal.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 2:27am EST

I can't speak for Ann, but since I am the one covering a lot of the MMA and wrote this article, maybe I can shed some light.

In a lot of sports there are injuries, including football, boxing, and MMA. In terms of the latter two, it's up to two people to stop a fight - the fighter herself or the ref. The ref was basically too late to stop what was going on, and Tate wasn't willing to tap until she knew she was unable to continue. It's always been up to the fighter to know "when to say when" and emotions may have gotten away from her.

It's the same with their male counterparts, and it was two females fighting. So there isn't any controversy there.

However, you did miss the injustice in the fact Rousey and Tate, who were the main event and the draw to the card, were paid lower than a lot of the male fighters. I fell even more sorry for Alexis Davis, who deserved more than $4000 for her efforts.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 5:14am EST

I understand how MMA works and certainly Tate could have tapped out and the damage could have been avoided. As I indicated my surprise was the lack of comment here about either the injury or the fight generally, particularly since this was the biggest women's MMA fight since 2009. It was effectively a "relaunch" of high profile women's MMA.

I saw the size of the purses and they certainly weren't much for any of the women. I don't know the reason but I imagine that since women's MMA is a new venture for this company they are being conservative with their purses until they establish a baseline for the business. I'm sure the purses will increase over time after the women become more established and they find a market. I wouldn't call it "injustice", I'd call it free enterprise. No one forced these fighters to sign the their contracts. If the promoter doesn't make money then there won't be any fights in the future.

Which brings me full circle on my comment. Since it is a business and will only work if people are willing to pay to watch it a question that should be asked is do people have the stomach for the type of contests that regularly result in a woman with a broken arm? I imagine the promoters are asking themselves that question right now.

I"m not saying it is right or wrong to break an arm. That's the sport. The real issue is are there enough paying customers to build a business off this approach. The truth is the general public feels differently when they see a dude get hurt in a fight than they do when they see a woman get her elbow twisted out of it's socket. Will be interesting to see how it develops.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 12:03pm EST

Lack of comment about the fight in general? We had someone on-site. See the link below for all of our coverage. Not sure what your point is.

http://www.womentalksports.com/events/view/2160

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 12:09pm EST

I think the managers definitely have a lot to do with that, but in this case, Rousey and Tate were the draw to the card and in turn should have been paid more. One guy got $85,000 for his match, and it wasn't the most entertaining fight on the card.

I am also disappointed that Fight of the night; sub of the night; or KO of the night bonuses weren't given (or if they were, wish they were announced).

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 2:09pm EST