Female MMA: Jujitsu World Champion Kyra Gracie gives 'Props' to Ronda Rousey

In a recent interview with TATAME, the beautiful 27-year-old five-time Jiu-Jitsu world champion, Kyra Gracie, had some very respectful and sports-man-like comments to make regarding the current Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion, Ronda Rousey.

Gracie—who is rumored to be soon making her own mma debut—was solidly-impressed by Rousey's, 54-second dismantling of top contender Sarah Kaufman; a match that took place August 18, in San Diego, California, and saw Rousey record her sixth professional win via bjj armbar submission.

“She has great skills pulling off that armbar. Congratulations. I guess she’s doing a great job representing women in MMA. She has a good Judo background and managed to well adapt her skills to MMA. Each fight she comes better and better on ground and stand-up skills,” Gracie commented.“She’s training Jiu-Jitsu with my cousin Cesar in San Francisco, and I can see she’s evolving”.

Aesthetically pleasing to the male eye, this member of the Gracie family, Kyra, is also a Rio de Janeiro native with a long list of grappling credentials:

4x World BJJ Champion (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
5x Pan American BJJ Games Champion (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007)
5x Brazilian BJJ Champion (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004)
5x New York State BJJ Champion (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
3x ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) Submission Wrestling World Champion (2005, 2007, 2011)
1x Asiatic BJJ Champion (2006)

Nowadays however, the 2nd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Gracie, is currently honing her boxing skills while also 'flying under the radar' awaiting her chance to finally turn pro:

“I’m training right now. I added Boxing to my training routine, I’m training with Claudio Coelho but I always focus more in Jiu-Jitsu because that’s where I come from. The recent MMA growth makes me think about turning professional. I think about it more and more each day. I’m studying some 'contract' propositions and checking with my coaches as to when would be the best moment to do it." says Gracie.

In what seemed like a 'playful' jab at Rousey, Gracie added:

“I have pretty good armbar defense (laughs). I proved that already in Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. I’m an expert at Submission, so…”.

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Strikeforce News Video: Rowdy Ronda Rousey and Cyborg-Santos Superfight Soon Possible

The 25-year-old, Riverside County, Californian, Rowdy Ronda Rousey, an Olympic medalist in Judo, made the sports pages this past March for her brutal-arm-bar-victory over former champion Meisha Tate to capture the Strikeforce 135 pound crown.

Rousey's boss, Cagefighting Promoter/Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker, in the video below, recently had a conversation with mmafighting.com's  Ariel Helwani where the pair discussed, among-other-things, a proposed superfight between the two best female cagefighters on the planet, Rousey, and Christiane Cyborg Santos

Although having good looks doesn't score any points inside the cage, Rousey is a champion who combines the elegance and beauty of a runway model with the violence and brutality of a savage Tigress.

The aesthetically beautiful Rousey is in total contrast to the male-body-type and features of Cyborg Santos—who's currently in the midst of an ugly PED (Performance Enhancing Drug) scandal.

As a result of having been found with illegal stanozolol metabolites (steroids) in her system—this past January, 2012, Cyborg was suspended for one year and fined $2,500. She also had her victory over Hiroko Yamanaka overturned to NC (no-contest.) by the NSAC.

It's also the opinion of most fight-experts, including myself, that Cyborg, a 26-year-old Curitiba, Brazillan has cheated before. Specifically, at Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg—an event which took place August 15, 2009.

The match ended with Cyborg earning a victory over 30-year-old, Gina Carano, a beautiful Dallas County, Texan, and current movie star.

Carano has has not stepped back inside the cage since that night, after losing the Women's Featherweight Championship, via TKO, to 'Cyborg' Santos. So, perhaps the almighty-powerful NSAC could overturn that victory -- also to an NC ?

Stay Tuned.

UFC Video: Ronda Rousey gets Rowdy at The California State Assembly

Ronda Rousey is now a world-champion cagefighter and she looks extremely sexy. So who cares if she isn't exactly the world's most articulate female public speaker?

Rousey, in addition to those attributes mentioned above, is also not afraid to speak her mind. So it's easy to see why the UFC are sending her out to do their dirty work. After all, what better PR person could a company such as Zuffa ask for?

Sexy Rowdy-Rousey recently went before the The California State Assembly to testify against a new bill which is before the house and seeking to be passed. The proposed bill, which is shown below, on paper at least, seems like a good one.

Additionally, you can be sure that if Dana White and company—who for the most part are no better than any of the other sleaze-ball-fight-promoters we've known throughout history, such as Don King and Bob Arum—are against it, then it's a sure sign to us fans that we should clearly be in favor of it.

Nonetheless, Rousey works for Zuffa/UFC now..and she obviously knows on which side her bread is being buttered.

Stay tuned.

The bill,  AB 2100, reads as follows: "This bill would require a promoter to provide specified written and sworn statements regarding his or her financial interests to the commission before the promoter can receive compensation from a boxing or mixed martial arts contest."

"By requiring a statement to be made under penalty of perjury, the bill would expand that crime and would thereby impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also require the commission to revoke or refuse to renew the license of a mixed martial arts promoter who enters into a coercive contract, as defined, with a mixed martial arts fighter, who has been convicted of a felony or a gross misdemeanor, or who has been subject to specified law enforcement actions, investigations, or allegations."

"This bill would require the commission to establish a professional code of conduct for licensees."

"This bill would also extend the scope of the Boxers’ Pension Plan to include professional mixed martial arts fighters and would rename the fund as the Boxers’ and Mixed Martial Arts Fighters’ Pension Fund. By providing for new moneys to be deposited in a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation."

"The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement."

"This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason."