August - 2015
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
24
Ronda Rousey Doing
What Most Men Won’t
Article By: Barnaby Kellaway
After becoming a UFC cham-
pion, the career path for an
American and a Brazilian fight-
er differs greatly. Americans
enjoy the privilege of defend-
ing their titles on home soil
meanwhile the vast majority
of Brazilians fight away from
home in North America, usu-
ally in front of a home crowd
for the challenger.
The major reason for this is that
the UFC is an American organi-
zation, therefore, a majority of
their events take place in North
America. There were only seven
events in Brazil in 2014, with
only one being a title fight,
Jose Aldo’s successful title de-
fense over Chad Mendes was
the lone championship bout in
the heart of Brazil. This num-
ber seems a little low when you
consider the number of highly
ranked Brazilians competing.
What’s baffling is why more
American champions don’t do
what Ronda Rousey did this
past weekend and take the
opportunity to venture in to
murky waters, truly challenge
themselves and defend their
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