Ronda Rousey on why relationships with Joe Rogan, MMA media turned fractured
Throughout a current look on The Chris Cuomo Project podcast, Rousey defined her disdain for Rogan and different MMA media members.
“It was disappointing to see how fortunately everybody turned on me,” Rousey stated. “Folks like Joe Rogan who had been crying within the ring out of the respect to name my fights, folks I thought-about pals within the media, so shortly turned on me. I’m additionally form of grateful for it, in a method, as a result of it pressured me to separate different folks’s notion of me, from my very own notion of myself, which I hadn’t realized had change into intertwined. When you’ve gotten that outpouring of affection and help from folks, you’re being love-bombed from the world. And the way do I preserve this going? I used to be pandering to everyone and doing issues that different folks would suppose was cool, however I didn’t actually take pleasure in…
“It wasn’t actual love, it was pretend. It’s a mirrored image of themselves and what I characterize to them…MMA media hates me, nevertheless it’s advantageous. They’ve all simply doubled down and stated I’m making excuses…not giving credit score the place it’s due. I’ll be ready on that decision perpetually.”
Rogan hasn’t commented on Rousey’s memoir, Our Battle, nor the UFC Corridor of Famer’s concussion admissions for the reason that e book’s launch.
Rousey transitioned to skilled wrestling in WWE following a loss to Nunes at UFC 207. She’s squashed any hypothesis of a preventing comeback lately.
Rousey and Rogan might probably break bread within the coming months, but when Rousey’s feedback are any indication, she isn’t anticipating any peacemaking with Rogan.
