Rousey: I could still win Olympic gold
Ronda Rosuey recently spoke to NBC Sports about her transition into MMA and whether or not she believes she could still win Olympic gold.
Ronda Rousey won a bronze medal in the 2008 Bejing Olympics and has gone on to become the most dominant woman’s fighter ever. She is the six time defending UFC woman’s bantamweight champion and has looked almost unbeatable. She recently spoke to NBC Sports about her transition into MMA and whether or not she believes she could still win Olympic gold:
The 28-year-old has no wish to return to Olympic judo, but if she did devote an Olympic cycle (a few years) to the sport, she is confident she would master it again.
I still believe I would be able to win the Olympics, Rousey, who appeared to have the Olympic rings tattooed on her pelvis and, along with the Olympic motto citius altius fortius, above her right ankle, said in a phone interview Tuesday. That takes 100 percent of your energy. It has to be the No. 1 priority in your life.
Rousey decided after the Beijing 2008 Olympics that she could no longer devote 100 percent of her energy to judo. Starting an MMA career did not sit well with her judo coach, two-time Olympic bronze medalist Jimmy Pedro.
He pretty much told me to go [bleep] myself, Rousey said in 2013, according to USA Today. He didn’t want to help me.
Rousey said Tuesday that she and Pedro haven’t spoken much since.
