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Paige VanZant Confirms Ronda Rousey Blew Up On Her

You know the famous sayings, “girls will be girls” and “adults never really leave high school”? Well, Ronda Rousey single handedly proved those two statements to be true this past month, not including the callow, juvenile manner with which she’s handled her nearly six month old loss at the hands of Holly Holm at UFC 193 in November

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You know the famous sayings, “girls will be girls” and “adults never really leave high school”? Well, Ronda Rousey single handedly proved those two statements to be true this past month, not including the callow, juvenile manner with which she’s handled her nearly six month old loss at the hands of Holly Holm at UFC 193 in November last year.

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate was a guest on Joe Rogan’s podcast today (May 5, 2016), and she revealed a few details from an encounter between Rousey and UFC women’s strawweight contender Paige VanZant that occurred at a Reebok promotional event held by the UFC last week on April 27, 2016.

Here is Tate’s account of the incident, as she explained it to Rogan:

“So Paige was also at that [Reebok] VIP party, and Paige and I have spoke, we’re friendly. Anyway, she came up to me like ‘Miesha Miesha Miesha, I have to tell you this experience I had with Ronda.’ I said ‘Oh, what?’ And she’s [Paige] like ‘Well, we were at a Reebok event just recently, and I was trying to find her [Ronda] so we could get a picture, and the Reebok people were like ‘Don’t ask Ronda for a picture.’ I was like ‘Why?’ They were like ‘Don’t, just stay away from Ronda, don’t ask her for a picture.’ I was like ‘Okay…’.

Tate then described exactly what it was that rubbed the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion the wrong way:

“And I guess Ronda came later that day and seeked her [Paige] out, and just cussed her out. They’ve never really had a conversation either. Paige said ‘I don’t know Ronda other than ‘hi, bye.’ That’s it.’ I guess Ronda came up and was like ‘F*ck you, you fair weathered bitch. How dare you cross me.’ She [Paige] was like ‘Cross you? What are you talking about?’ And she [Rousey] said ‘You congratulated Holly Holm for beating me, so f*ck you, you f*cking fair weathered 115-pound…”. She just went off on Paige.”

Yikes. There may only be one person in the history of the UFC to handle a loss worse than Conor McGregor has right now, and you guessed it, that person is one Ronda Rousey.

Aside from all but falling off the face of the earth, the only inklings we’ve heard from “Rowdy” have been news of her signing multi-picture movie deals with the Lifetime Entertainment network and posting a shadowboxing Instagram video here and there. Other than that, we haven’t been given any information that would lead anyone to believe that she still has that same competitive fire in her that set her on the dominant path she so abruptly left.

Unless, of course, you count this unwarranted outburst that was seemingly triggered by a person simply congratulating Holly Holm, the only woman to defeat and dethrone Rousey, on her flawless performance.

If Ronda can’t handle the absence of all the love and adoration that was thrust upon her while she was on top of the sport, it’s difficult to believe that she’ll be able to handle the long and bumpy road back to the top of the mountain where her lost reverence lives.

It looks like we’ll just have to wait and see, whenever that may be.

 

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Ronda Rousey Allegedly Cusses Out Paige VanZant At Reebok Event

It’s hardly a secret that UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate doesn’t like former champion Ronda Rousey, but it was an unknown that ‘Rowdy’ had a problem with rising 11-pound talent Paige VanZant. And apparently VanZant didn’t know that she did, either, as Tate revealed on today’s episode of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast that

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It’s hardly a secret that UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate doesn’t like former champion Ronda Rousey, but it was an unknown that ‘Rowdy’ had a problem with rising 11-pound talent Paige VanZant.

And apparently VanZant didn’t know that she did, either, as Tate revealed on today’s episode of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast that Rousey supposedly cornered ’12 Gauge’ at a recent Reebok event when she only wanted to take a picture with the popular but downtrodden former champ. With a rematch with Rousey potentially on the horizon, Tate recalled the story that VanZant told her:

“We were at a Reebok deal recently, we were at a shoot and I was trying to find her [Ronda] so I could get a picture, and the Reebok people said don’t ask Ronda for a picture. Stay away from Ronda don’t ask her for a picture.”

It may seem a strange request, as Rousey is obviously quite used to be the center of attention in many photographs thanks to her booming movie career and countless magazine photo shoots. But apparently her disdain towards VanZant centers on the young fighter’s reaction to her shocking loss to Holly Holm at last November’s UFC 193, an event that sent Rousey into a sort of self-imposed media seclusion.

You’d think that Rousey and VanZant share a common bond in that they’re the most recognized fighters in their respective divisions in terms of corssover appeal, with Rousey a movie star in several films and VanZant currently leading the ucrrent season of ‘Dancing With The Stars.’

Yet that seems to be very far from the case.

According to Tate, Rousey sought VanZant out and lashed out at her for congratulating Holm on beating ‘Rowdy’ for the belt:

“Ronda found her later that day and cussed her out. I guess Ronda said to her, ‘Fuck you your fair weather bitch. How dare you cross me? You congratulated Holly Holm for beating me, so fuck you, you fucking fair weather 115-pound fighter.’ Paige came to me and told me, and I was like well, welcome to my world.”

Indeed Tate does know what it’s like to be in that world, as she first made her archrival champion when she lost to Rousey back in Strikeforce in 2012 before engaging in a heated back-and-forth war of words when the two served as opposing coaches at 2013’s The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 18 before facing off for a second time at UFC 168 that year.

Rousey notched her second straight armbar finish of Tate at that event, but it’s largely thought that version of ‘Rowdy’ is gone, at least for now, while Tate continues her ascension of improvement with five straight wins capped off by her emphatic fifth-round submission of the woman who beat Rousey at UFC 196.

That means they could meet for a third time in the near future if Rousey does decide to return. And when she does, it appears she’s going to have more female fighters on her ‘naughty list’ than just Tate.

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Joe Rogan: Frankie Edgar Is The Bigger Fight For Conor McGregor

After suffering a disappointing loss in a welterweight clash with Nate Diaz at March 5’s UFC 196, featherweight champion Conor McGregor is expected to drop back down to 145-pounds to defend his title at July’s UFC 200. While his opponent has yet to be announced, the two front runners appear to be former divisional kingpin

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After suffering a disappointing loss in a welterweight clash with Nate Diaz at March 5’s UFC 196, featherweight champion Conor McGregor is expected to drop back down to 145-pounds to defend his title at July’s UFC 200.

While his opponent has yet to be announced, the two front runners appear to be former divisional kingpin Jose Aldo, who McGregor knocked out in just 13-seconds last December, and surging former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar.

According to UFC color commentator Joe Rogan, Edgar would definitely be the biggest fight for the outspoken featherweight champ at this point. Rogan also suggested that Aldo build himself back up after such a devastating defeat:

“Frankie Edgar is a way easier sell,” Rogan said Tuesday on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. “Maybe if Aldo comes back and wins in spectacular fashion, like if he and Cub Swanson have a rematch. Because Swanson-Aldo went the same way Aldo and McGregor went. Aldo hits him with a flying knee two seconds into the fight cracks him. Aldo has to win again. You could sell [Aldo-McGregor II], but you wouldn’t sell it for as much as if Aldo won.”

Many have deemed “The Answer” to be McGregor’s toughest challenge given the fact that Edgar possesses an endless gas tank, and a decorated wrestling background, which has appeared to be the Irishman’s weakness.

Rogan agrees with the masses, albeit noting McGregor’s unparalleled knockout ability:

“Frankie Edgar is a 48-hour storm,” said Rogan. “You better have everything strapped down. He’s not going to get tired and he’s going to keep coming at you. He can wrestle his ass off. His footwork is sensational. I think Conor can knock out anybody, but you know what? So can Cub Swanson and he didn’t connect on Frankie. Frankie just wolverine’d him.

“Look at the Chad Mendes fight. Conor had a knee injury coming into it but Chad took him down at will. When Frankie gets you tired… What he did to Cub Swanson was incredible. Frankie’s not a huge draw but it’s a big fight.”

Who would you rather see the “Notorious” one square off with this summer?

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[VIDEO] Joe Rogan Offers a Brutal Assessment of Brendan Schaub on the JRE Podcast — “You Are Not an Elite Fighter”

“You are not an elite fighter. You are predictable. The reality is, I don’t see you beating elite guys. Werdum, Cain is another level than you.”

As if Brendan Schaub‘s first round TKO loss at the hands of Travis Browne last weekend wasn’t bad enough, the verbal shellacking he received on The Joe Rogan Experience last night might’ve been even more devastating.

Sitting in with The Fighter and the Kid co-host Bryan Callen, Schaub tried to explain what went wrong against Browne at UFC 181, and when his words fell short, the always honest Rogan stepped in to dole out some brutally honest advice for a guy he considers his friend, all but demanding that he retire from the sport before he receives anymore brain damage.

“This is the reality of it: I worry about your commitment to fighting,” said Rogan, “and I worry about where you stand… not your commitment to training, not your commitment to give it your all. I think you have one foot out the door.  I think you’re looking at where the future is going to take you and that you can’t do this forever. I think that’s a very dangerous place to be in fighting.”

When Schaub disagreed with Rogan’s assessment, things only took a turn for the worse…

“You are not an elite fighter. You are predictable. The reality is, I don’t see you beating elite guys. Werdum, Cain is another level than you.”

As if Brendan Schaub‘s first round TKO loss at the hands of Travis Browne last weekend wasn’t bad enough, the verbal shellacking he received on The Joe Rogan Experience last night might’ve been even more devastating.

Sitting in with The Fighter and the Kid co-host Bryan Callen, Schaub tried to explain what went wrong against Browne at UFC 181, and when his words fell short, the always honest Rogan stepped in to dole out some brutally honest advice for a guy he considers his friend, all but demanding that he retire from the sport before he receives anymore brain damage.

“This is the reality of it: I worry about your commitment to fighting,” said Rogan, “and I worry about where you stand… not your commitment to training, not your commitment to give it your all. I think you have one foot out the door.  I think you’re looking at where the future is going to take you and that you can’t do this forever. I think that’s a very dangerous place to be in fighting.”

When Schaub disagreed with Rogan’s assessment, things only took a turn for the worse…

The reality of your skill-set and where you’re at now, I don’t see you beating the elite guys. I don’t see you beating Cain Velasquez, I don’t see you beating Junior dos Santos, I don’t see you beating Fabricio Werdum.

You came into fighting fairly late in life. You’re a good athlete, you’re a strong guy, you’re a big guy and you can do a lot of things because of that. You’re very dedicated and you’re very disciplined and you get s**t done. But there’s a reality of fluidity, of movement, of mechanical efficiency of movement that happens when you get a guy who’s trained his whole life at a certain aspect of MMA; whether it’s wrestling, kickboxing, jiu-jitsu… there’s a fluidity to their movement that you don’t really have. It’s not that you don’t try hard, it’s not that you’re not dedicated, it’s not that you’re not disciplined, it’s not that you’re not intelligent. There’s s**t that other people can do that you can’t do.

As I’m watching that fight there’s a lot of things that concern me. You were lunging with your punches instead of getting there with your footwork and then launching things from the proper distance. You were reaching and loading up, you looked very stiff, you didn’t look fluid. It didn’t look good, it’s didn’t look like you were well-prepared. Your movement just didn’t look like an elite fighter’s movement. 

Rogan then asked Schaub how he think he would fair against Cain Velasquez in a straight up wrestling match.

“I think people would be surprised,” answered Schaub.

“Really? You think so?” answered Rogan. “I think you’d be surprised. I really do. I think he’d fuck you up, and I say that as a friend and a guy who loves you.”

Rogan further criticized “Big Brown’s” performance against Andrei Arlovski, stating that Schaub “couldn’t pull the trigger” and that his “attacks were really obvious.”

It may seem like a harsh and downright spiteful thing to say to a friend on a live show, but the reality is that Rogan said what he said out of an earnest concern for Schaub’s health. The TUF 10 runner-up has suffered 4 (T)KO losses in the octagon, some more particularly vicious than others, and who knows how much more damage in training. He is on a two-fight losing streak and has never beat a top 10 ranked fighter in his division. The end of the road is rapidly approaching for Schaub, young as he may seem, and it’s no longer a question of whether or not he can become a champion (he cannot), but rather how much damage he is willing to take in his attempt to achieve that impossible dream.

“The reality of brain damage is that it doesn’t heal” Rogan continued. “It was very hard for me to stop fighting, but I stopped fighting when I was 21, and one of the reasons why I stopped fighting when I was 21 was because I was starting to get headaches, man. I was starting to get headaches and I know I did some damage to my head; I know I did”

Schaub remained silent for the most part, only attempting to defend his need to continue fighting for the most basic of reasons: Money.

Joe, I think it’s easy for you to sit there, with whatever, $12 million in the bank and say, ‘Oh, you need to stop doing this.’ It’s easier when you’re set and you don’t come from that background and you’re going home to your wife and kid in your f***ing $6 million mansion. It’s like, ‘Bro, you shouldn’t fight. Brain trauma. It’s bad.’ ‘OK, I’ll just stop doing it. I’ll just do a podcast for the next 40 years.

When Schaub declared that he would fight again “100 percent,” Rogan somberly questioned how long he would continue commentating due to the internal conflict of watching people he considers friends suffer repeated head damage. Friends like Schaub.

“If you fight again, I might just take the day off.”

–J. Jones