White: Ronda is the female Tyson
Dana White: “There’s no doubt about it. She is without a doubt that female version of him. And I told her ,,. Everybody was looking at each other with their mouths open.”
Ronda Rousey is the most dominant champion in combat sports. That mantle was once held by Mike Tyson, and at the UFC 184 post fight press conference, UFC president Dana White did not shy away from comparisons.
There’s no doubt about it, said White as transcribed by Steven Marrocco for MMAjunkie. She is without a doubt that female version of him. And I told her. It got to the point with the Tyson thing – well, tonight; let’s talk about tonight. You guys have been around the fight game for a long time. There’s very few situations where a fight goes 14 seconds and the crowd is cheering and going crazy and looking at each other with their mouths open.
Everybody was looking at each other with their mouths open because she was fighting Cat Zingano.
Yeah, we’re going to move her to the men’s division, and see if the odds … I don’t know what to do with this lady.”
What’s next is not Holly Holm after an unthrilling, split-decision win over Raquel Pennington. It’s probably Bethe Correia, who Rousey called out post fight. Correia has done a media-friendly job of going through the available horsewomen. Or maybe Cris Cyborg will lose an arm or a leg – losing an arm would be one way of stopping Rousey’s trademark submission