Sonnen: Rousey is ‘created by the media’
Chael Sonnen appared on ESPN radio’s ‘The Dan Lebatard Show’ yesterday and talked about his thoughts on Ronda Rousey and her recent loss.
Chael Sonnen appared on ESPN radio’s ‘The Dan Lebatard Show’ yesterday and talked about his thoughts on Ronda Rousey and her recent loss:
“That division is still so shallow and so new and when the media got behind it, there was so much hype and belief,” Sonnen said on ESPN Radio’s “The Dan Lebatard Show” on Wednesday. “It’s like anything else — and Dan, I’m not above this, either — when you hear something enough times, you start to think that it’s real.”
Sonnen admitted to falling into the same trap. He threw cold water on Holly Holm’s boxing background on The MMA Hour last month, saying her titles were not legitimate. Sonnen quipped that he didn’t even know if Holm could outstrike Rousey.
By now, everyone knows what happened Saturday night. Holm battered and bruised Rousey in the first round with boxing and finished her in the second via a vicious head kick. Rousey was knocked out cold in the main event of UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia in front of more than 56,000 fans.
“Things should become clear — after you see them,” Sonnen said. “I wasn’t good at predicting this one, either. The thing with Ronda is she is created by the media. That was a media sensation. You did have a lot of fighters coming out and saying, ‘I want a Ronda Rousey technique video, because I want to learn those skills.’ She has great skills, but so does everybody else on the roster.”
