FS1 showed a replay of UFC 196 this morning. That is the card where Tate (apparently a midget) beat Holm (a new evolutionary level of fighter, apparently) and Diaz beat McGregor.
The contrast between how McGregor stayed in the ring and did the interview and owned the defeat like a champion ("I am humble in defeat or victory") and Rousey's pathetic act on Friday is alarming. In 2016 we saw McGregor demonstrate exactly how to handle defeat in the fight game and Rousey demonstrate exactly how not to handle losing. Now Connor is bigger than ever and Rousey is done.
Zane Simon of Bloody Elbow had an idea that might work for Rousey, in that the only fight that would make sense for her and the UFC might be getting Tate to come out of retirement for a third go with Rhonda.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/12/31/14136334/ufc-207-nunes-vs-rousey-fights-to-make-mma-editorial
Just because this has been bugging me for a couple days, you are shorting the hell out of Dominick Cruz here. He never lost against a small time inferior fighter. He had only lost once before Friday night (in 2007) and that was a title fight against Uriah Faber (an all time great) and a loss he avenged twice in two other title fights.
I wonder what is next for Cruz. Dillashaw deserves the title shot next, so I assume Cruz will have to fight and beat someone to get the winner of that fight.