Here are his words, courtesy of MMAFighting.com’s Guilherme Cruz:
“It’s normal. There are wins and losses. Holm was a multiple-time champion in boxing and was able to do her thing standing, and I knew Holm would win if she kept it standing…Ronda is a great champion, I respect her, but I think men’s (MMA) is at a higher level. (Male) athletes aren’t separated by one martial art only, like ‘I’m a judoka and I only catch arms’. There’s no such thing as this one who survives. Athletes have to be good standing and on the ground today. You have to be good wherever the fight goes and that’s how I try to be. I like to watch women’s MMA more than men fighting because they always do their best and fight hard.”
Oof. That hurts…and there’s more!
“I think it’s really hard for her to return to fighting. Her career has taken a different direction. If I’m making a lot of money doing movies or something else, I’d go that direction too. Am I going to mess my face up getting punched in the face? You’re crazy [laughs]. In my opinion, I don’t think (she fights again). If she comes back, of course she can (win the title). She was always a fighter, but if I were her, I wouldn’t come back.”
Ronda Rousey in Fast 7.
He does end it on a happy note, though.
“I think the legacy Ronda leaves behind is that she changed women’s MMA. She put it where no one ever imagined, where even Dana White said it would never be, and it is now. That’s her legacy. She has done a lot for women’s sport.”
Could he be correct, though? Well, now that you mention it…
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