Ronda Rousey, who has never been one to shy away from the media, is making headlines for past comments about Georges St-Pierre.
In an interview with BestofMMA.com, the breakout female superstar had strong words for the UFC welterweight champion.
“[MMA] is about entertainment. It’s not the Olympics. It’s not just about coming home and bringing a medal in, you know, just having hardware and getting a win. It’s about bringing more fans in. I think that fighters who just try to win by points are actually bad for the sport. If you never saw MMA before and you walked in and saw GSP and Koscheck just jabbing out the whole time, it looks like a boring boxing match, and I don’t think you gain any fans with a fight like that. I really hope that Nick Diaz beats the crap out him.”
Rousey is an accomplished Judo player and former Olympian, but with only a professional MMA record of 4-0, it’s amazing how quickly she has risen through the fight ranks.
There has never truly been a villain in women’s MMA, but Rousey could certainly be the first. The trash talk helped her leapfrog former Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Sarah Kaufman in the title picture.
It’s easy to see that Diaz is one of Rousey’s favorite fighters. She seems to be taking a page out of his book in using the media to call out world-class names to get big fights.
“Nick Diaz is entertaining. He’s just an entertaining character in general. He might not be popular, but I can’t help but watch every single video that he puts out on YouTube. I think it’s funny as hell, and every single one of his fights is a brawl. It’s not like a pitter-pat match, and afterwards he goes like, ‘Oh yes, we’re friends, we’re all friends, blah, blah, blah, buy Gatorade, ok, let’s go home.’ I think it’s boring. GSP was good for the sport for awhile. He brought some big sponsors in like Gatorade and Under Armour, but I think he’s done everything he can in a positive way, and he needs to step aside and let Nick Diaz kick his ass.”
Talking about someone’s ass getting kicked, Rousey’s will be on the line in her March 3 bout against Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate.
The talk between the two continues to boil over into what could become the biggest female fight of the year.
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