LAS VEGAS - Trash talk and over-the-top antics have long been a way to gain attention for a big fight. Trash-talking has its place in boxing, but not for Canelo and Jacobs It's actually a lot more internally damaging.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser In judo, I was on the verge of having to quit, because my joints, my knees, everything was so worn out. I'm actually a lot more healed now, doing MMA, than I was doing judo. On the physical toll the sport takes on her It's not a man or woman thing it's a human thing. But it is an instinct in every single human being to fight, and everyone has that thought in their mind of what would I do if I was in there? And it's not something that we're taught it's something that we have in us. It's not an instinct to hit a ball with a bat or to put a ball in a hoop or to kick a ball between two posts. It's much more even than people would think.Īnd I think one reason why women are so drawn to fighting is because it's an instinct that everyone has. On the female fan base for mixed martial artsĪctually, MMA has a - pretty even when it comes to the fan base. And I envied them in a lot of ways, because I trained with a lot of these guys and the kind of reverence they were giving these girls was something that I never received from them. And where they would speak vulgarly about the ring girls that whole night, when the girl fighters came on, they spoke about them with awe and respect. I saw Gina Carano fight Julie Kedzie on Showtime, and I thought it was just the most amazing thing - not just seeing how great they were fighting each other, and how great of a fight it was, but seeing the reaction of all the men I was watching that fight with. On the first time she recalls seeing an MMA fight Because I don't think there should ever be a situation where everyone gathers around an arena to see a man hit a woman. Honestly, I don't even think that any kind of coed fight would be good for the sport at all. And it's actually encouraging that he's in the kind of situation where he feels like he has to respond to me. If I feel like somebody insults me, I don't have to sit there and bow my head and be a good little girl and just take it. I don't think it's my duty or anything like that, I don't think I have to do anything, but I'm in a position where I can say something. On her long-running war of words with Floyd Mayweather, her remarks about his history of domestic violence - and whether she'd ever step into the ring for a fight with him But they're still there and they still need to be respected. ![]() I mean, they're a little bit more flexible than, you know, any other workspace environment. And I don't think anyone's going to be crossing that line ever again after that last fight. But when it gets to the part where they're saying things that are hurtful to my family, that's when it gets to a point where I feel like I have to make an example out of that person - so people know where the lines are, and where to not cross them. Well, I'm used to opponents trying to say as many mean things as possible as they can about me. On the pre-fight comments about Rousey's family from opponent Bethe Correia, whom Rousey eventually defeated in 34 seconds It was about building myself as an individual. ![]() I don't have to think about, "Oh my God, I might be misrepresenting my country in doing so," because it wasn't about representing my country anymore. "There was a long time where everybody was very worried, because my sisters were so advanced for their age and I would barely talk." Diagnosed with apraxia when she was young, she fell behind in relation to other kids her age. I didn't really speak in coherent sentences until I was like 6 years old," she tells NPR's Audie Cornish. "I had a lot of trouble speaking as a kid. Yet Rousey needed speech therapy when she was a child. Known also for her ice cold stare, Rousey's used to getting booed by the crowd for her trash talk - and loves it, too. Today, she continues to use it to her advantage, often taking down fighters in seconds. The most lethal of those talents is the arm bar, a move that she brought over from her days as an Olympian in judo. Rousey, the reigning women's bantamweight champion in the sport, has held the title since the women's Ultimate Fighting Championship was established in 2012 - more or less to showcase her talent. Chances are, in the time it took you to get those shoes laced up, Ronda Rousey would have knocked out her opponent in a typical mixed martial arts match. 1, shortly after knocking out Bethe Correia in just over half a minute.Ĭlock yourself the next time you tie your shoes. Ronda Rousey celebrates her most recent Ultimate Fighting Championship win on Aug.
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