Ronda Rousey not trying to be as big a d— as Tito Ortiz
“My goal is not the be the most liked girl in women’s MMA,” Rousey told Ariel Helwani on Tuesday’s edition…
“My goal is not the be the most liked girl in women’s MMA,” Rousey told Ariel Helwani on Tuesday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “I want to be the most talked about girl in women’s MMA. If there’s a lot of controversy, people saying I suck, I’m cocky, or it was a good fight or an amazing move — as long as there’s polarizing opinions and people want to discuss it.”
“When I was in the Olympics and I was representing the United States I had to be very proper, like, yes, this is the right thing to say and I won’t say anything about how I think (George) Bush is a retard. I’m just going to go say what they want me to say and look bright and shiny and go win.
“But doing MMA, you’re representing yourself. You’re not representing your country. I feel like what women’s MMA needs is not some nice girl. Everyone’s playing the nice card and they’re not willing to go under any kind of criticism and I really feel that that’s not what we need if we want to get as much exposure as possible. We need someone more like a Tito Ortiz-type personality — not that I’m trying to be that much of a d—-, no offense to Tito. But I want to be one of those people who people either love then or hate them and groups of people actually have heated discussions about it. I want there to be attention on the sport, and if I have to attract some bad attention to get that, then fine I’ll be willing to be that person.”
“I’ve never gotten away with a fight in my entire life. I even got jumped by a bunch of guys once and I beat them up, and they sued me for assault. Every fight I got into in school, I always got a suspension or community service, and it’s just never been worth it to me. If I could get in a fight without there being legal repercussions, I would be in a fight every single day. I don’t go out to clubs at all, because I know if someone grabs my a– I’ll punch them in the face.”
“I fought for a long time to get in the Olympics and win an Olympic medal wearing, like, a bathrobe, and I ended up with ten grand and a handshake. What do you really want me to do? If it was a perfect world where I could walk in there, just roll out of bed and go in there and make the same money, then fine. But I fought for pride for a long time and ended up with nothing but a box full of medals. If I want to make this a career I have to play up the looks side. The people that criticize it are the people that aren’t in that situation.”
“I mean, it’s more entertaining to watch two (good-looking) girls wrestling around than two ugly girls wrestling around. I’m sorry I had to like, point out the elephant in the room, but that’s the truth. That’s what people want to see and that’s what’s going to sell tickets and that’s what’s going to make money and that’s what’s going to get all of us a better salary. So yes, I think it’s very important for there to be good-looking girls fighting.”
“(The sports needs) a couple of girls that are very skilled and decent-looking and we wouldn’t be in a position where, if one girl goes off to do movies, then the whole sport itself is screwed.”
“In the perfect world, after this contract was over I’d like to fight Gina Carano and then I’d like to fight Cris Cyborg.”