Former UFC star Ronda Rousey recently spoke to the MMA media about her perception following the losing streak that ended her fighting career.
With her historic run, Rousey was a celebrity similar to Conor McGregor until Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes ended her late in her UFC career.She recently appeared on The Chris Cuomo Project and is promoting her new bookour struggle'' Rousey said of her experience in the mixed martial arts media following her downfall.
“Seeing everyone willingly antagonize me and people like Joe Rogan crying in the ring about the honor of having a match with me, thinking I was friends in the media. It was really disappointing to see how quickly people turned on me.'' Rousey said of the media's reaction to her loss in the UFC. Because it forced me to separate other people's perceptions of me from my own. …I don't like being famous for the paparazzi. I hate it.”
Rousey ended her UFC career with a TKO loss to Amanda Nunes.
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Rousey recently made headlines for her retrospective excuse for her fight with Holly Holm. In an April 2 interview with Valeria Lipovetsky, “Rowdy” explained the external factors that led to his loss against Holm:
“My mouthguard was bad,” Rousey admitted. “I literally came into this game with a concussion from falling down the stairs after years of concussions, and then I lost weight absolutely awful, which means I'm losing water in my brain. ”To protect it. ”
The former UFC bantamweight champion took a bit of a beating from the MMA media for these remarks in an interview with Chris Cuomo, calling it “bullshit.”
“The mixed martial arts media hates me. Not a single person has ever called me or anything. “I'm not waiting for you.” [the call] And I also learned that they're a bunch of assholes.”
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