April - 2016
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
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“Rousey, you know, a lot of people al-
ready think she is not going to fight
anymore. You know, her ex-coach
Jimmy Pedro, the judo coach, said
right away, ‘I know her, she is not
going to want to fight anymore.’ So
these things are coming from people
very close to her, then you know, you
almost start to believe that.”
“I see a highly competitive Ronda
Rousey, I always see that person. She
can not let things go. Somebody says
something bad, she can not let it go,
but that is all because she is highly
competitive. With that said, if she is
highly competitive, she is going to
have to fight, and she is going to have
to fight both fights.”
Moreover, “El Guapo” stresses how
imperative it is for Rousey to first re-
match “The Preacher’s Daughter”
whilst saving the last dance for in-
cumbent bantamweight champ Mei-
sha Tate.
“More important for her is the Holly
Holm fight, that is most important.
Winning or losing doesn’t matter. Not
even a title fight with Miesha Tate. She
beat her twice, can she do it again?
We are going to find out because she
had a big dip as well in her career. But
the fight that for her is the most im-
portant one is to fight Holly Holm.”
“So if she can face Tate right now,
and let’s say she wins that fight, she
will have to fight Holly Holm. Let’s say
she fights Tate and Tate beats her, I
think also she still is going to have to
fight Holly Holm. I truly believe for her
own peace of mind, that will be the
best, otherwise she is going to grow
old and realize she made a mistake.
She should have done that sooner and
now she is not capable of doing that
anymore and it is going to haunt her.”
Whilst the sport waits with bated
breath on her next move, the for-
mer women’s UFC and Strikeforce
135-pound titlist has buried herself
in a smorgasbord of TV appearances
and film commitments.
Nonetheless, if the 29-year-old Rous-
ey (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) does elect
to take centre stage once again in the
eight-sided cage, “Cupcake” most
likely will serve as her comeback fight.
(H/t TheFightNerd via Bloody Elbow)
