5 Reasons why Ronda Rousey is the Women's MMA G.O.A.T.

#2 Ronda Rousey is unafraid to "stand and bang" with elite strikers

Ronda Rousey dared to "stand and bang" with the best of them

Over the course of her MMA career, Ronda Rousey has been lit up on the feet on several occasions -- at times, even by relatively mediocre strikers. However, to her credit, she's always been more than willing as regards adhering to the age-old MMA mantra -- "Stand and bang".

Rousey may not have the best defensive striking fundamentals, but she's undoubtedly been blessed with legitimate one-punch KO power, as evidenced by her Knockout win over archrival Bethe Correia. Furthermore, I'd like to hark back to Rousey's fight with Holly Holm here, particularly the stand-up exchanges.

Despite being clearly dazed in the very first round, courtesy a barrage of deadly left hands from Holm, Rousey continued to soldier forward and strike with "The Preacher's Daughter". On that note, it'd be safe to say that Rousey truly is a fearless warrior, who never backs down even when she happens to be outmatched...