URonda Rousey uhamba esiya eOctagon ukuya kujongana noAmanda Nunes waseBrazil kwimidlalo yabo yobuntshatsheli yabasetyhini ye-UFC ngexesha lomsitho we-UFC 207 nge-30 kaDisemba ngo-2016 eLas Vegas, eNevada.Ifoto nguChristian Petersen / Getty Izithombe UFC 207 iphelile kwaye abaninzi baxela kwangaphambili ngesiphumo: URonda Rousey ukhutshiwe kwakhona. Ndixubushe ngeziphumo ezinokubakho kwiveki engaphambi komlo kunye nomhlobo kunye nomnye umlweli: sobabini sivumile ukuba amazwi kaRousey kutshanje Ngokuchasene Imbonakalo-kwaye ukuhlala kwakhe nomqeqeshi u-Edmund Tarverdyan -ziphantse zangumqondiso wokuba lo mlo awuzukubuya ubhloka.
Umsebenzi we-MMA weRousey unomdla. Akuzange nanini na ngaphambili ukuba umlweli alungelelanise uluntu ngokuziphatha kwabo. Ababukeli bathontelana ukuya kwimidlalo yakhe ngethemba lokumbona ephumelela okanye ukumbona ekhutshelwa ngaphandle. Yonke imilo yazisa umceli mngeni oza kuthi ekugqibeleni abonise bonke ubuthathaka bukaRousey obukhanyayo ngokutsho kwabagxeki, ukanti yonke imilo yaphela ngomnye umboniso wolawulo olugqibeleleyo lukaRousey. Ngaphandle komdlalo wakhe wesibini kunye neMiesha Tate, eyayikumjikelo wesithathu yayiyeyona inde kakhulu awakhe wajongana nayo, ingxelo evela kubagxeki yayikukuba uTate wamsa kwimijikelo emithathu. Inyani yile yokuba u-Rousey wabeka iklinikhi ye-judo kwihlabathi kunye no-Tate njenge-dummy yakhe, eyakha i-hype ukuya kwinqanaba lokuba abo bamthandayo bacinge ukuba akoyiswa kwaye abagxeki bakhe ngekhe bamthiye ngakumbi kunangaphambili.
Emva koko konke kwaphazamiseka. Iindima ezimbalwa zomdlalo bhanyabhanya, ukuzibophelela okukhulu kwimithombo yeendaba, inkolelo engenasiseko kumandla akhe amangalisayo aziswe ngumqeqeshi owoyikekayo, kunye nomchasi onesakhono sobuchule kunye nesicwangciso sokubhengeza ubuthathaka bakhe kubonise umhlaba ukuba uThixo angaphalaza igazi. Ukuvuka kushiye i-radar iinyanga ezili-13 ngaphambi kokubuya kwakhe, apho sabona into enye isenzeka kwakhona-mbi ngakumbi. Ukuthi umqeqeshi wakhe, u-Edmund Tarverdyan, wamthintela kukungaphantsi kwesihloko seminyaka eliwaka. Emva kokubona akukho phuculo lubonakalayo okanye utshintsho kwisicwangciso somdlalo, ngokuphelisa kakuhle umsebenzi kaRousey, akukho mntu uya kufuna iinkonzo zakhe njengomqeqeshi we-MMA. Wonke umntu, kubandakanya nabo bakufutshane neRousey, bamcebisa ukuba atshintshe iinkampu. Wayenenkani.
Le yeyona meko ilungileyo yeRousey-ukuba unokuphola kwaye asindise umfanekiso wakhe.
Umcimbi wokwenyani, nangona kunjalo, ayisosakhono sikaRousey sokulwa, umdlalo wakhe, okanye into ekufuneka eyilungisile kumdlalo wakhe. Ngumba wokumisela ilifa lakhe. Enye yeengxaki ezinkulu kuye kukuba, ngelixa wayesenza umsebenzi omkhulu wokuvuselela iimvakalelo ezomeleleyo esidlangalaleni, akazange ayeke kwaphela. Ixesha likaConnor McGregor phezulu lifana neRousey kodwa laphambuka ngendlela ebaluleke kakhulu: uyawuqonda ngokucacileyo umdlalo, indima yakhe kuwo, kwaye unesihogo sokonwaba kakhulu. Andizange ndibone inqanaba elifanayo lokuzonwabisa kunye nokuvuka. Ihlala iyingozi kuye, emnika umoya womntu onesiphatho egxalabeni lakhe, endaweni yomntu osebenza ngabaphulaphuli.
Umntu wayenokulindela ukuba i-chip inyamalale emva kokuphakama kwakhe kwi-UFC kwaye abe necandelo elipheleleyo elenziwe ngeenxa zonke kuye, singasathethi ke ngodumo nemali. Kodwa uRonda waba nomsindo ngakumbi, kwaye ngokuya uqhubeka, kokukhona uziva ngathi sisenzo. Kwakuphantse ngokungathi wayengazi ukuba onwabe njani, apholise nini, okanye kwakungeyomfuneko ukuqhubeka nokucaphukisa abachasi bakhe. Wenza igazi elibi kunye neemvakalelo ezigwenxa kuwo nawuphi na umdlalo. Sonke siyazi ngobutshaba phakathi kwakhe noMiesha Tate, kodwa umsindo kunye nokuziphatha awayekujolise kuHolly Holm kwakugqithisile ngokungekho ngqiqweni. Into eyalandelayo yayiyi-hiatus yeenyanga ezili-13 kunye nokubuyela umva ngokuchasene no-Amanda Nunes, obonisa ukungabikho komdlalo kwimithombo yeendaba, ukuphuma kwakhe eringini emva kokoyiswa, kwaye, kwakhona, ukusilela ukuya kwinkomfa yeendaba yasemva komlo.
Eli lilifa lokushiya ngasemva ngasemva. Nangona ilahleko yakhe ibinokudana kwaye idanile, ngewayewusindisile umfanekiso wakhe ngokubambelela, evuyisana neentshatsheli, kwaye ebonisa umngcipheko omncinci awugcinileyo kwinkangeleko yakhe Ngokuchasene . Ukubethwa kuyinxalenye yomdlalo kwaye bambalwa abaxabisekileyo ababalekayo bakufika kwinqanaba lobungcali. Ukuvuka kuyayazi le nto, emva kokuchitha iminyaka engama-20 kwihlabathi lejudo.
Kodwa mhlawumbi akakhathali. Ngaphambi kweNunes, uRousey wayengoyena mntu uphumeleleyo kwaye wakhusela ibhanti ye-bantamweight yabasetyhini kwi-octagon. Kuyenzeka, nangona kungathandabuzeki, ukuba akukho mntu umlandelayo kule minyaka ilishumi izayo uya kukwazi ukuyikhusela amaxesha amaninzi njengoko enzile, ke nayiphi na intetho yokuba wayengeyiyo intshatsheli yokwenyani ifanelekile ukuba iqengqeleke ngamehlo. Ixesha elinikiweyo, Ukuvuka kuya kucingelwa ngokukhanya okufanayo nanjengoRoyce Gracie ngoku: umkhondo wendlela owawulawula wonke umntu, de ngequbuliso akazange. Sele ethelekiswa noMike Tyson ngokukwazi kwakhe ukutshabalalisa abachasi, kodwa okubuhlungu kukuba ukuphuma kwakhe okokugqibela kuye kwabonisa indlela uTyson awakhupha ngayo umlilo emva kokuba ebethwe nguBuster Douglas. Le yeyona meko ilungileyo yeRousey-ukuba unokuphola kwaye asindise umfanekiso wakhe. Kuya kudana ukuba angakhunjulwa kuphela ngenxa yomsindo kunye nokuphuma okungenasidima kulandela ukuphulukana neNunes.
Ukuvuka kufuneka kubuze: unqwenela ukukhunjulwa njani? UMiesha Tate uthathe umhlala-phantsi ngokukhawuleza emva kokuphulukana neNunes, kuba wayengenanto iseleyo yokungqina. Wayenesidima, kwaye abalandeli bamkhumbula njengentshontsho elingekhe lihlale phantsi. Ndingadana kakhulu xa ndibona ilifa likaRonda njengaleyo yomntu ophume eringini kwaye wazimela iinyanga ngaphambi kokuphakamisa intloko yakhe kuTwitter ukubhengeza ukuba ugqibile. Endaweni yokuba anyamalale ixesha elide, ndiyathemba ukuba uza kuphuma kwezi ntsuku zimbalwa kwaye athathe umhlala phantsi eklasini kunye nesidima. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, akananto anokuba neentloni ngayo kwaye isenzo esinjalo siya kuvumela ikhefu elicocekileyo. Iimbeko kunye nokuqaqambisa iirets ziya kuhamba, kwaye uyakufumana ukuthunyelwa okumfaneleyo.
Nokuba kwenzeka ntoni, uRonda Rousey ubenomsebenzi omde kunye owahlukileyo kumdlalo wokulwa. Ukuphumelela imbasa yeOlimpiki kwiJudo, ngakumbi xa ingaveli eJapan, Korea okanye iYurophu inzima kwaye inomdla njengoko ifika. Oko kuphela kukufezekisa ikhondo lomsebenzi, kodwa ukongeza umsebenzi wakhe we-UFC kuloo nto, akananto ishiyekileyo ukungqina nakubani na, naye ngokwakhe. Ndiyathemba ukuba uRonda ufumana umlinganiselo othile woxolo lwangaphakathi nolonwabo. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, akakafiki kwi-30 kwaye ufeze ngaphezulu kunoko abantu abaninzi banokuba nethemba lokukufumana.
UPete Ross wenza isigqibo ngengqondo kunye nefilosofi yobomi bemihla ngemihla. Ungamlandela kwi-Twitter @prometheandrive.
