Ronda Rousey has finally met someone that is on her side for a change.
In a recent MMA interview, Sara McMann expressed her disappointment and what she felt about those who are doubting that Ronda Rousey will not be able to get back up on her feet.
Back in 2014, McMann was one of those women MMA fighters whom Ronda Rousey defeated. Although she is really not a big fan of the former bantamweight champion, McMann takes pride in something that she and Rousey have in common- being a participant in the Olympics. McMann was a silver medalist for wrestling then, while Rousey was a bronze medalist in Judo.
So when people started leaving Rousey’s side when she lost over Holm last November, McMann felt the need to defend one of her co-Olympics colleague.
Ronda Rousey has finally met someone that is on her side for a change.”As somebody who is an Olympic athlete, who is also an Olympic medalist and a tournament athlete, it’s completely insulting to me. It shows that people do not even understand what Ronda has actually done before. She got a bronze medal in the Olympics. That means she lost her Olympic dream, had her entire world crushed knowing she wasn’t going to be an Olympic gold medalist and she rallied the troops and came back and got a bronze. In a matter of hours, she got herself back together. That’s how you get to that level. It was really, really frustrating to me. Don’t think that she’s not resilient and she can’t adapt to those circumstances,” McMann said.
There was one interview with Holm that McMann didn’t like. Holm was asked how many times out of 10 would she win over Rousey, and her answer was this:
“Ten. Because if I tell myself that there is one that I might not get, then I’ll be vulnerable. I also know that I’m beatable, so I’m going to train twice as hard. She’s going to come back. She’s mad that it’s not her title anymore. I’ve got to be twice as ready as last time,” Holly said.
McMann thought that Holly didn’t actually answer the question.
“Really? Really? I don’t care how many ways you say it. Unless she is better on the ground than Ronda, she has to be better than her in every area and have no bad luck. I’m sorry. People lose a fight on a fluke cut over their eye when they’re winning. People get poked in the eye and can’t continue. No offense to Holly, but she’s probably more unfamiliar with loss than Ronda and I are. We’re tournament competitors and we’ve had thousands of competitions. Not 50-something competitions. We could do 50 competitions in a year. I’m not saying anything bad. But you have to look at how Ronda handled her previous losses to show how she handles loss and comes back,” McMann defended.
As of today, there is no final word about Rousey and Holm’s rematch this coming UFC 200.