The Ronda Rousey is Batman Theory - plus Outlandish theories on Brock Lesnar & Holly Holm

UFC on Fox 20 w Andrew Patterson - Hot Takes on Ronda Rousey, Brock Lesnar & Holly Holm

UFC on Fox 20 - Holly Holm loses to Valentina Shevchenko — a week after Amanda Nunes beat Miesha Tate. 

Nunes has already beaten Shevchenko

If you’re Ronda Rousey do you even come back? Does she (personally even need to)? The UFC certainly needs her back — but certainly Rousey vs Holm 2 — doesn’t sound very compelling right now — but if you’re Ronda do you want Holm now, or do you use this as a reason to not need to fight her again? 

Seems like this’ll go one of two ways - she comes back, wins the title and retires or she comes back gets beat and retires? That said, the third alternative is that the time off and the removal of pressure from being undefeated, may open things up for her again. In addition — she’s kept a super low profile since her loss, which means she’s either super focused on training or “main stream american advertisers” are staying away - kind of like how olympic athletes usually only get play right after the olympics. 

if she is both focused and has a chip on her shoulder for being ignored — there’s a shot she reals of three or 4 wins in a row at which point she’ll likely get her “status back”.

What;s the Hot Take on Edson Barboza (won’t fight the champ and his teammate Eddie Alvarez) and what is the take of Francis Ngannou. Felice Herrig seems like an interesting character - certainly has some mind related obstacles to overcome leading up to the fight  

Brock Lesnar tests positive for banned substance — outlandish theory. Ok Jon “Bones” Jones got busted for testing positive within a week of his match with Daniel Cormier but Lesner supposedly tested positive in Late June - but they didn’t find out results for like 3 weeks.

Let’s get into conspiracy theories — Is the “positive test a hoax” to help boost Lesnar’s profile as a real life WWE heel for Summer Slam? Even if the test results are not a hoax — here’s why it makes sense for WWE to not suspend him and to potentially play it up— 1) he’s not a full-time WWE guy either 2) Randy Orton is coming back from Legit injury. The McMahon’s love Randy Orton - but he’s never been able to get over as a “face” like The Rock or Steve Austin or John Cena

Lesnar is one of the few people who make the 6’5” Orton appear to be a physical underdog. Lesnar is a beast and now is a real life heel for testing positive. Orton defeating Lesnar would help get him over — Lesnar winning “cheaply” via interference would to the same for Orton, maybe more

Buster Douglas / Holly Holm comparison - Unfair to Buster Douglas — He was 29-4-1 when he faced Tyson — So he lost to Holyfield and then won his next 6 in a row and 8 of his last 9 fights - Never lost two fights in a row

NBA is removing the All-Star game from Charlotte, NC in 2017 - good. If you want to be big time, you need to present grown-up policies to reflect life in 2016 — NC State legislature decided to act in a backward and provincial manner. They deserve this embarrassment they’ve created and the negative economic impact they’ll create with the game not being in Charlotte. 2 time NBA MVP was coming back to his hometown — and you botched it Charlotte's "Prime Time moment" over a restroom law, which is rooted in fear mongering and bigotry.