Rose tonight reminded me of the worse of Valentina's game, that complete inability to force the action and impose their will on an obviously inferior opponent unless they literally give them an opening.
Imagine losing your title because you laid a complete turd of a fight against an opponent you're perfectly capable of beating if you just put the effort in. Say what you will about Joanna, Amanda or even Ronda, they lost their titles like warriors.
This was like an old school Nunes fight. Nunes blows through her gas tank chasing after the quick finish, while her opponent weathers the storm then pounces once Nunes ran dry.
Pena's trash talk got to Nunes and she reverted to old habits, blowing through her gas tank chasing the quick finish and just like Davis and Zingano before her Pena weathered the storm then pounced on the gassed Nunes.
Nunes always had stamina problems, especially when she goes in Clubber mode and blows her load early or gets suckered into grappling exchanges. I thought ATT trained that shit out of her but it seems Pena's trash talk let her suckered into old habits.
If the rematch turns out like Rose/Joanna II then it's going to end badly for Rose because Weili's attacks will have a harder cumulative toll on Rose than Joanna's attacks over 5 rounds. Of course it could also be like Cody/TJ where Weili gets finished again.
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