Ronda Rousey feels she wouldn’t receive a warm welcome at a UFC event due to her complicated relationship with fans and media, but she would attend if her children or students were involved in fighting.
Ronda Rousey doesn’t think she’d get a warm welcome at a UFC event. But that won’t stop her from attending if she wants to.
While promoting her autobiography, the former bantamweight champ admitted her relationship with fans is complicated. She believes she’d be booed if she walked into an arena now.
Rousey feels “vilified” by the media. Her career ended on a sour note, with people saying she was “exposed” in her last two losses.
There are specific reasons that might bring Rousey back to a UFC show. And it has nothing to do with fan reception.
“I don’t want to go to a stadium full of people for fun,” Rousey told CBS Sports. “I’d rather be out on my farm or the beach.”
She’d need a reason to attend. Maybe if her kids or someone she coached was fighting, she’d go.
“When I was younger, I wanted to put on a hot dress and go to the fights,” she said. “Now, I’m like an old lady who wants to sip tea at home.”
These days, Rousey’s main focus is her kids with husband Travis Browne.
She still practices martial arts occasionally and teaches judo to Browne’s former coach Ricky Lundell. He’s currently her only student.
Eventually, she’ll teach her kids martial arts for self-defense. If they want to become fighters, she won’t stop them.
“If they wanted to fight, I’d help them be as great as possible,” Rousey said. “But I wouldn’t push them towards it.”
Fighting is something innate; you can’t force it on someone.
She’ll ensure they know how because it’s a survival skill and builds discipline. Competing would be their choice.
“I would want a reason,” Rousey said. “We’ll see; I’ll play it by ear.”
If her kids or dojo students get into fighting, she’d have a reason.
Just like how her mom got back into judo when Ronda did.