ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) a Ronda Rousey won the first women's attack in UFC history Saturday evening, whipping Liz Carmouche on an with 11 seconds left in the first round of these bantamweight title combat at UFC 157. Her belt was defended by rousey ( 7-0 ) with her signature shift, making Carmouche to tap out after folding back her arm. Rousey lifted both arms in triumph while flat on the fabric following the greatest combat of the combined martial artist's ascendant career. "Is this real life right now? I'm perhaps not sure," Rousey said. A lackluster split decision was won by former UFC champion Lyoto Machida over 42-year-old veteran Dan Henderson on the undercard at Honda Center, and bantamweight Urijah Faber beat Ivan Menjivar by having an acrobatic rear naked choke late in the very first round. But the sellout crowd largely arrived to see Rousey, whose star power and athleticism finished UFC President Dana White's long-standing disinterest in women's MMA a' and also put Rousey and Carmouche in the primary function of a pay-per-view show. Rousey and Carmouche didn't fail within their sport's pressure-packed debut. Although Rousey was greatly favored, Carmouche (7-3) really got Rousey in trouble early, almost obtaining a rear bare choke while clinging to Rousey's back in the beginning two minutes. Rousey, who had never been so severely threatened in an attack, barely escaped the chokehold. She steadily imposed her will on the former Marine after that, finally finding her feet on top of Carmouche and patiently splitting up her hands to land an armbar. Rousey has won all eight of her professional MMA fits by armbar, a judo move that has dislocated at the very least two previous competitors' elbows. "I had to learn to take my time in judo, and I was only able to help keep a definite head," explained Rousey, who became the initial American woman to get an Olympic judo honor in Beijing. A huge ovation was earned by carmouche from the sellout crowd for providing Rousey more difficulty than she had ever faced. "I thought I'd it," mentioned Carmouche, who served three tours of duty in Iraq. "Like the rest, you make a error, and it turns around." Rousey had to cope with constant attention from fans and press in recent days, but said the force was nothing she could not handle. "There is no amount of media that may save these girls from me," she said. Machida (19-3), the former light heavyweight champion, had lost three of his past five fits before trimming Henderson (29-9) in a slow, complex struggle. Machida used his normal elusiveness and unorthodox, karate-based processes to pick away at Henderson, who'd won four straight fights. Henderson finally got down Machida in the 3rd round, but may not capitalize. Both fighters raised their hands in victory after the third horn, but Machida stumbled 68 per cent of the fight's important strikes, with a 23-8 edge in mind strikes. Whilst the next had Henderson earning 29-28, two judges preferred Machida 29-28. "He is just a very great adversary for me, and I have a lot of respect for him," Machida said while fans booed. "My method was to keep the struggle standup, and I think I started using it. I think I completely dominated the very first round, second round, next round." Faber (28-6) got his career back on the right track having an remarkable victory over Menjivar (25-11), a Salvadoran veteran fighting out of Canada. With his home-state group behind him, Faber got early control on the ground and then completed Menjivar by clinging to his back and wrapping both legs around his standing opponent, requiring Menjivar to tap out while on his legs with 26 seconds left in the opening round. "Ivan is a very crafty veteran," Faber said. The neck was just attacked by "i. He allow me to hold on tight too much time, and that was that." Though Faber includes a large fan following after dominating the now-defunct WEC, he was only 2-2 since going to the UFC 2 yrs ago, falling narrow decisions to bantamweight winner Dominick Cruz and Renan Barao. Early in the day, Robbie Lawler stopped Josh Koscheck with 1:03 left in the initial round with a number of strikes, and Court McGee beat Josh Neer by unanimous decision in his welterweight introduction.
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