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Ronda Rousey on Recent Fame: ‘I Haven’t Had Less Sex in My Life’

UFC bantamweight women’s champion Ronda Rousey is one of the most outspoken personalities in the sport, so it should come as no surprise that she opened up about her sex life in an interview with Esquire magazine. “Rowdy,” who was ranked 43 out of…

“Rowdy,” who was ranked 43 out of 99 on AskMen.com’s “Most Desirable Women of 2013,” inevitably talked about how the dating scene has been treating her since becoming a household name.

I haven’t had less sex in my life … It’s really funny, actually. I either get men coming up to me like, ‘Oh, my God, baby, I love you!’ or else they’re too shy to approach me. Can I get just a little in between?

On that note, Rousey, the first female fighter signed by the UFC, discussed whether or not she would considering having a romantic relationship with a fellow fighter.

Hell no I ain’t gonna hook up with no fighter. I know these guys. They’re like a sewing circle and everyone tells everyone everything.

These comments are even more interesting when considering what the 25-year-old said on an appearance on The Jim Rome Show last month: “I try to have as much sex as possible before I fight.”

The former Olympic bronze medalist in Judo brings a perfect 6-0 record to the Octagon and will headline UFC 157 in February when she defends her title against Liz Carmouche.

Rousey has never gone past the first round in her career, finishing all of her opponents with an armbar.

Do Rousey‘s latest comments about her sex life come off as shocking but true or just downright unbelievable?

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Tim Kennedy Calls Other Fighters ‘Little Vaginas’ & Discusses Reverse Sexism

(Takes one to know one?)

In a recent interview with our home girl Steph Daniels over at Bloody Elbow, Strikeforce middleweight Tim Kennedy expressed his displeasure with any number of items, ranging from gun control to fighters using steroids in both intentionally and unintentionally hilarious ways. An intentional example being when he tells fighters who use banned performance enhancing drugs to “stop injecting horse cum into your eye.” An unintentionally hilarious example being his weird rant about gun control and how the only way he can prevent his wife from being raped and killed in their home is if the federal ban on assault rifles is not reinstated by the U.S. Congress.

Our favorite awkward holier than thou moments in this excellent interview with Kennedy, however, came when the fighter criticized other Strikeforce fighters who have pulled out of the organization’s last few scheduled events due to injuries and when he claimed that Ronda Rousey has it easier in MMA because she’s a woman.

“Maybe [the injuries are real], maybe they aren’t,” Kennedy told Bloody Elbow.

“It’s pathetic and convenient for every single marquee fighter in all of Strikeforce, that we all know to be going over to the UFC, are pulling out of their fights, two weeks before the final card. It’s like, are you guys fighters, or are you just a bunch of little vaginas?”

On that subject, Kennedy also apparently has a problem with Strikeforce 135 pound women’s champ Ronda Rousey being made the first UFC 135 women’s champion.

(Takes one to know one?)

“Maybe [the injuries are real], maybe they aren’t,” Kennedy told Bloody Elbow.

On that subject, Kennedy also apparently has a problem with Strikeforce 135 pound women’s champ Ronda Rousey being made the first UFC 135 women’s champion.

“It’s kind of sexist that a girl that has six professional fights, gets a double standard her very first fight in the UFC. She gets to fight for the title,” Kennedy said, presumably with a straight face, somehow.

“Guys like Luke Rockhold and Nate Marquardt are going to have to come over and fight a contender, then they’ll be allowed to fight for a title if they win. She, of course, can come over, and her first fight is defending her UFC title.”

Yeah, it will be, Tim. The same way it was for Jose Aldo after the UFC merged the WEC into itself. Ronda, like Aldo before her, was the champion of a division that did not previously exist in the UFC. Of course she’s automatically the champion of the division once it has been merged into the UFC.

Rockhold and Marquardt, on the other hand, are coming into organization divisions that already exist and have champions. But please tell us more about how easy it is for women to break into the high levels of professional fighting and how they get preferential treatment over men, Tim.

We can’t blame Kennedy for being so mad, though. He’s in the middle of a no doubt grueling training camp for a fight, he hasn’t gotten to fight very often a midst Strikeforce’s mess, and President Obama wants to take all his guns away so that his wife and family can be killed by a talkative home invader.

Even though he whines, like all the time and about everything, we still love Tim Kennedy because he’s a hell of a fighter and one funny dude. Hopefully he takes care of business on January 12th and gets brought into the UFC where he belongs.

Maybe he can challenge Ronda Rousey for her paper title…

– Elias Cepeda

CagePotato Open Discussion: Could an All-Female Season Save The Ultimate Fighter?

For that matter, could Good Guy Junior have saved last season?

We’rejust finishing up with a season of The Ultimate Fighter that most of us didn’t even pretend to watch, and are getting ready for a season that we’ll only watch to see how creatively Chael Sonnen can troll Jon Jones. Okay, perhaps some of us actually want to watch TUF for less cynical reasons – say because it’s free MMA or to see if the show discovers a legitimate fighter who has slipped through the cracks – just like how some professional football fans actually keep up with the UFL.

With the show in desperate need of a mix-up, Dana White has been open to the idea of casting Ronda Rousey as a coach, while still keeping the contestants themselves men. The idea picked up even more steam yesterday when White suggested that Ronda Rousey could be coaching against Miesha Tate on an upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter. Via MMAFighting:

“It could happen,” White said. “If there’s two people who would probably coach, you kick [the idea] around, this could happen, that could happen. If they did, it could be [Rousey] and Miesha. You know, we’ll see. Timing has a lot do with it.”

For that matter, could Good Guy Junior have saved last season?

Having Rousey and Tate coach a season of TUF is an interesting idea on paper. The show would give WMMA exposure, Rousey and Tate would have some memorable clashes throughout the season and the season-ending coaches’ fight would actually be meaningful. It may not be a drastic change, but simply making two skilled female fighters coaches may be able to regenerate interest in the show.

But if the UFC really wants to give the show a complete overhaul, why not cast an all-female season?

My biggest gripe with The Ultimate Fighter is that the show hasn’t been producing relevant fighters, because talented prospects no longer have to go through reality television in order to get a shot in the UFC. Case in point, Hacran Dias was a 20-1-1 fighter when he tried out for TUF Brazil. Rather than being sent through the show, Dias was offered a contract on the spot, and won his UFC debut over Yuri Alcantara at UFC 147. The lesson here is that if you have a shot at immediate relevance, you aren’t fighting on The Ultimate Fighter anymore.

An all-female season could be different because WMMA is still in the early stages of its development. Much like how the first two seasons of The Ultimate Fighter made plenty of previously unknown fighters staples in the UFC for years, it’s possible that there are enough skilled females flying far enough under our radars to be willing to go through a season of TUF in order to land a contract.

For that matter, it’s also possible that established female fighters like Sara McMann would be willing to compete on the show simply because WMMA gets practically zero exposure. Just look at the first article we wrote about Ronda Rousey. When Strikeforce first inked a deal with her, she was…some sort of vegan Olympic judoka, I guess? In hindsight, it’s comical that the collective MMA community wasn’t shitting bricks over such an important signing, but we simply hadn’t heard of her until then. It’s very possible that even more potentially great fighters are going undiscovered due to the lack of coverage that WMMA has been receiving.

The catch is that while fans are more than happy to accept Ronda Rousey as a world-class athlete, they may still not be ready to accept WMMA as a legitimate competition. Female athletes in America simply do not receive the same coverage as their male counterparts, which may make the TUF formula even more stale with the inclusion of women. For example, will an altercation in the TUF house between two women be interpreted by viewers the same way as an altercation between two male contestants, or dismissed as just petty female drama? Logically, the sexes of the contestants shouldn’t make a difference, but it does, and it could wind up turning even more people away from the struggling franchise.

So that leads us directly into our question: Assuming that the editting crews do their best to portray the fighters in a positive light and as serious athletes (i.e. none of this), do you think an all-female season can save The Ultimate Fighter? Would you be more likely to watch the show if Ronda Rousey and Meisha Tate are coaches? And what are the odds that something like this happens if they’re coaching an all-male season? Keep it civil, you guys.

@SethFalvo

Crazy Enough to Be True: Ten Wild MMA Predictions for 2013

(You see, kids, this is why we don’t break the fourth rule of Project Mayhem. Photo via Complex)

By Jason Moles

As is customary, nay tradition, around these parts, we’re hitting the eggnog early and often this week — thus, the obligatory Top 10 list to close out another year in the world of mixed martial arts. It’s not all fluff, though: Last year we predicted a champion would test positive for a banned substance and Brock Lesnar would retire. Not bad, huh? So grab a seat while we break out the crystal ball and see what 2013 has in store for us.

1.) Showtime stays in the MMA biz, will announce deal with Invicta FC and others.

MMA is just too popular to completely wash your hands of. Showtime may finally be done with Strikeforce, but that only means they’re now free to partner up with the likes of all-female Invicta FC or the World Series of Fighting, both of which could be looking for more permanent homes after their early success in 2012. Don’t let the Invicta PPV news fool you; they can’t win that battle. No matter who inks the deal, expect Showtime to counter-program at least one UFC event.

2.) A Ronda Rousey loss brings about the swift execution of women’s MMA in the UFC.

(You see, kids, this is why we don’t break the fourth rule of Project Mayhem. Photo via Complex)

By Jason Moles

1.) Showtime stays in the MMA biz, will announce deal with Invicta FC and others.

2.) A Ronda Rousey loss brings about the swift execution of women’s MMA in the UFC.

After amputating what’s her name in February, Rowdy will move on to calling out every woman possible who she knows cannot make 135 — especially Cyborg. In what comes as a major surprise to fight fans around the globe, Gina Carano accepts her open challenge (perfect timing to publicize her upcoming role in Fast 6) in late spring/early summer. “Conviction” TKO’s her way to victory then ships off to work on the chick version of The Expendables never to return to the cage. Dana White will be inconsolable but manages to release the handful of remaining women under Zuffa contract that don’t parade around in shorty shorts and a push-up bra.

3.) The Ultimate Fighter coaching curse ends in season 17. Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen will take place as scheduled — guaranteed.

Hear me out on this one. Just like you, the Injury Bug desperately wants to see this fight, either to see that ~~fake-ass~~ white boy Sonnen get savaged or to watch Jonny Bones get knocked down a peg or two. That’s right, neither Jones nor Sonnen will become injured prior to their bout on April 27th. How can I guarantee something so outlandish? Suffice it to say we have our ways of getting things done.

4.) Dana White announces his retirement*.

A man can only go so hard for so long before his body tosses in the towel. Dana White’s battle with Meniere’s Disease combined with international travel will have finally caught up with MMA’s Moses. You’ll all kick yourself for not seeing this coming sooner. First it was a missed event, then it was two. Next thing you knew, DFW was running the broadcasts from his bunker in Vegas. During the breaking interview, Ariel Helwani will shower White with tremendous praise and wish him the best in his future endeavors while trying to keep a straight face on The MMA Hour because he was briefed on the regime change months ago. Helwani nose.

5.) An A-list celebrity tries his hand at MMA.

My sources cannot confirm, but the word on the street is that both CM Punk and Justin Bieber are looking to cash in on the MMA craze before the bubble bursts in 2014. ($%&@! I’ve said too much already.) You already know that Punk is a Gracie trained white belt, but did you know that the annoying little Bieber kid could throw down? Me either, at least not until I saw this. One guy is always one pipe bomb away from the unemployment line and the other, well… has the testosterone of Alistair Overeem at a random drug test, which means he’s constantly in a state of “Come at me, bro!” These two savvy businessmen are too smart to leave money on the table so they nut up and get in the cage. But you can bet your last dollar “Biebs” won’t be fighting when the Octagon comes rolling into the Philippines.

*Announcement scheduled for 04/01/13.

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Ronda Rousey’s the Champion, and She Deserves to Be in the UFC 157 Main Event

On November 20, 2010, I was at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit waiting for the preliminary card portion of UFC 123 to start. We were milling around in the media room, wrecking the catering as we are often known to do, when we were told that all m…

That special presentation turned out to be Jose Aldo being handed his brand-new UFC featherweight title. World Extreme Cagefighting was closing down, and Aldo’s next fight was scheduled to be against Josh Grispi in January.

Instead of being forced to win the belt in his first UFC fight (or his final WEC fight, like bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz), Aldo was going in as the champion.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago, in Seattle, where Ronda Rousey was awarded her historic women’s bantamweight title at the tail end of the pre-fight press conference for UFC on Fox 5. It was the same essential scene, though Rousey was wearing a dress that I’m pretty sure would not look the same on Aldo. Just a hunch.

There wasn’t much uproar when Aldo was handed his belt without being forced to win it. But the same can’t be said for Rousey, and I’d like to know why.

Dan Henderson is featured on the same UFC 157 card as Rousey, but he’s in the co-main event spot. That doesn’t sit too well with Gustavo Pugliese, one of Henderson’s coaches at Team Quest. Pugliese took to Facebook to express his dismay that a woman is stealing the main event spotlight from his main man Hendo.

She is not the UFC champion yet. She still has to win this fight to get that belt. On the other hand, we have Hendo, who has also been the Strikeforce champion (never lost the belt), Pride champion in two different weight classes; he has been ranked #1 contender for the UFC 205lbs, and #6 by many pound-for-pound best fighter [lists]. His resume is second to none, moreover, he is fighting a former champion, Lyoto Machida. Now why aren’t they [the] main event? Is Ronda a better market value? I don’t know, but her fight could be quick as usual and we could be missing another historic five [round] fight between two legends and possible hall of famers. I’m not saying she doesn’t deserve to headline [a] UFC event, but certainly not this one.

Here’s the problem with that: She actually IS the UFC champion. Dana White said she was champion, so she’s the champion. She doesn’t have to win a fight to get the belt, because she won her last Strikeforce fight to retain her title. Strikeforce is owned by Zuffa, the parent company of the UFC, and Strikeforce is being folded into the UFC. Therefore, the champions from that promotion—or at least the champions from weight classes the UFC doesn’t currently feature—will come over immediately as champions.

She has the UFC belt. I was there to see White strap it on her waist. She’s the champion, she’s listed as such on UFC.com and so, the very foundation of Pugliese‘s entire belief crumbles from the very beginning.

And while we’re issuing real talk, let’s discuss Henderson’s track record as a UFC pay-per-view headliner, because it’s not great. His fight with Shogun a year ago at UFC 139 pulled in 290,000 pay-per-view buys, and that fight featured two legends and the former Strikeforce champ taking on an accomplished and loved PRIDE champion.

And even going back to Strikeforce, Henderson’s fight against Fedor Emelianenko pulled in 571,000 viewers. By comparison, Rousey‘s fight against Sarah Kaufman—just the second time Rousey has appeared on a non-Strikeforce Challengers card, by the way—pulled in 676,000 viewers.

Any way you slice it, Rousey is a bigger draw and more well-known pay-per-view personality than Henderson. Let me put it to you this way: My mom knows who Ronda Rousey is, and she literally cannot name a single other mixed martial artist on this entire planet. Not only that, but she’s intrigued to see her fight, and she’ll likely be watching.

My point in all of this, I guess, is that it does not matter if Rousey or Aldo or Cruz or anyone else won their titles in the cage, or if they were handed to them by virtue of the companies they headlined closing up shop and being absorbed by the UFC. It’s the same thing.

They’re still the champs, and they still deserve to be in the main event spotlight. It’s not about fair, and it’s not about who has been around the longest and who has “paid their dues.” It’s about the champion, and it’s quite obviously about drawing the most money possible.

And you may not like to hear it, but in a battle of who will draw the most money between Rousey and Henderson? Rousey wins every time.

Checkmate.

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Dana White: Is He Snubbing Men’s Lighter Weight Classes for Ronda Rousey?

Dana White is apparently all in with “The Ronda Rousey Show,” but does he feel the same about the men’s bantamweight and flyweight divisions?While Rousey is set to make history in the main event of the UFC 157 pay-per-view, interim bantamweight champ R…

Dana White is apparently all in with “The Ronda Rousey Show,” but does he feel the same about the men’s bantamweight and flyweight divisions?

While Rousey is set to make history in the main event of the UFC 157 pay-per-view, interim bantamweight champ Renan Barao is stuck defending his title at UFC on FUEL 7.

The flyweights have yet to even main event a major UFC pay-per-view. Granted, Demetrious Johnson just won the flyweight title in September, but his first title defense against John Dodson will be held at UFC on FOX 6.

There is certainly nothing wrong with competing on a FOX card, which typically brings in more viewers.

Still, most fighters dream about headlining UFC pay-per-views and having billboards with their faces on them plastered all over major cities.

Johnson has been competing in MMA since 2007, and his UFC record stands at 4-1-1. Despite being a UFC champion, he has never headlined a UFC pay-per-view.

Barao has competed since 2005, and he is on a 29-fight win streak. With original champ Dominick Cruz sidelined indefinitely, one would think the UFC would put the spotlight on Barao, but things haven’t been so simple with Rousey in the picture.

The former Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champ has never even competed in the UFC. She has only been fighting professionally for two years. Yet, she somehow leapfrogs Johnson and Barao into the primetime pay-per-view slot against a relatively unknown opponent.

Is White snubbing men’s lighter weight classes in favor of Rousey?

It certainly looks that way.

In 2011, White told TMZ women would never fight in the UFC. He didn’t believe there was enough talent in the weight classes to warrant a women’s division. The quick turnaround of opinion for White is especially interesting considering the women’s bantamweight division is still starving for talent.

White has been honest and upfront about being a fan of Rousey, but has she truly earned the right to headline a UFC pay-per-view? Has she done enough to warrant a higher platform than Barao and Johnson?

Some would argue Rousey as the more marketable fighter. She has the rare ability to play off the media and really hype upcoming fights. Perhaps, the UFC trusts her more in the spotlight. It isn’t like Barao and Johnson are major pay-per-view draws.

With that said, the UFC needs to put forth a stronger effort behind the men’s bantamweight and flyweight divisions. Barao and Johnson are incredibly talented and exciting fighters, but it’s tough for people to see that when they’re constantly being stuck on FUEL and FX shows.

According to BestFightOdds, Rousey has already opened as high as a -1200 favorite over Carmouche.

MMA isn’t just about who has the biggest mouth.

If fans wanted to see world champions fight non-marquee names, they could just go watch boxing.

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