“I believe the Australian fans have the capability to smash the attendance record and put on an event that no one in the history of the UFC has seen before”, Rousey said on Fox Sports. “Even though I do a sport where I get punched in the face for a living, if your teeth hit my teeth more than a few times, I’m over it already”, Rousey wrote.
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Holm, 34, presents a compelling challenge for Rousey in the fact that she has boxing experience the bantamweight champ has never really seen before. When Rousey was sent through ESPN’s infamous “car wash” in October to promote UFC 193 on multiple platforms, guess who was glued to her side?
And sure, Rousey is a 16-1 favorite to beat Holly Holm, but she’s not the surest bet of the night. “Rest assured, she would not last three rounds against me”, Farias stated via social media.
“But legally, I have to wait and put on something more comfortable”.
“I’ve never wanted to finish a fight so bad, but maybe that plays against me”, said Letourneau.
Rousey would successfully defend her Strikeforce women’s championship against Sarah Kaufman, beating her opponent via armbar in 54 seconds.
She’s brutally honest, deceptively humble, outright passionate, unapologetically different, #RealTalk, #BossMode, #GetAtMe and most importantly: a badass mother who don’t take no crap off of nobody! If Rousey vouches for her, then she has to be legit.
While the UFC fighter has publicly expressed her penchant for chowing down on hot wings after a bout, her pre-fight preparation is a little more orthodox. If he went full speed every game, he’d be a legitimate competitor to Rousey. For example, you are able to witness more of the relationship between Rousey and Tarverdyan, who has recently been heavily criticized by the UFC champion’s mother.
Rousey is, unsurprisingly, the heavy favourite to prevail and take her professional record to 13-0. Not only did Rousey’s emergence force his hand and prompt the creation of the women’s bantamweight division, but the organization has since featured female fighters on two seasons of The Ultimate Fighter (once split, once solo) and added a second distaff division into the mix.
The 32-year-old Montreal single mother started her career in 2007 and fought Sarah Kaufmann and Alexis Davis in her second and third fights respectively.
Back at the 2015 ESPY Awards, Rousey rightfully won the award for best fighter, and in her interview afterwards, she made it very clear to the world that she will not bow down to anyone, especially Floyd Mayweather.
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If it’s good enough for Popeye, it’s good enough for Rousey.
