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Possible women's fight excites netizens

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(Top) Ronda Rousey, left, and Bethe Correia; (Bottom) Song Ga-yeon

With UFC world mixed martial art bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey beating Bethe Correia in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday in Brazil, Korean netizens are not too optimistic about what might happen if Rousey were to fight Korean MMA star Song Ga-yeon.

Song fights Japan's Satomi Takano in December 2014. / Korea Times file

Netizens believe the American, 28, would beat the Korean rookie, 20. They believe the unbeaten Rousey (12 wins) -- she was also silver medalist in judoka at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic -- will be too tough and experienced, with some predicting Song would “lose by TKO within one minute.”

Song has previously said that Rousey is her role model, praising her grappling skill as well as her boxing skill.




Rousey has defended her UFC bantamweight champion title on Sunday,

knocking out Brazilian Bethe Correia 34 seconds into the first round

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The American, 28, nailed Correia with a series of punches before felling her with a right-hand punch to the head.