Ronda Rousey cherished seeing Travis Browne pummel her ex-boyfriend into retirement.
Earlier than the previous bantamweight girls’s world champion walked away from combined martial arts and married Browne, Rousey spent a while in a relationship with one other former UFC heavyweight contender — Brendan Schaub.
Whereas Rousey has stayed principally tight-lipped about her time with Schaub, he has been pretty open in regards to the previous relationship, talking about it on a couple of event by way of his plethora of podcasts. Nevertheless, Rousey just lately supplied some perception into the scenario by way of her new e-book, Our Combat: A Memoir.
In it, Rousey reveals among the struggles she confronted whereas relationship Schaub. Although she doesn’t identify him particularly, ‘Rowdy’ offers sufficient particulars for combat followers to rapidly determine who she’s speaking bout.
“Travis had been coaching with us for some time when it was introduced that his first combat as an official member of our crew can be in opposition to my ex-boyfriend,” Rousey wrote. “My ex thrived on taking part in f*cked-up thoughts video games with me once I had a combat developing and insisted we disguise that we have been relationship so he wouldn’t be labeled ‘Ronda Rousey’s Boyfriend.’
“As Travis headed into the match up, I pretended it wasn’t private,” she continued. “I attempted to not be overly concerned or emotional. This wasn’t my combat. I hoped he would win, however I used to be in coaching camp, so I didn’t actually assume an excessive amount of extra about it. That’s till it was on dwell TV, and I misplaced my goddamn thoughts. Screaming on the prime of my lungs, ‘Get him, Travis!’ whereas punching the arm of the particular person on the sofa subsequent to me.”
Ronda Rousey basks in seeing her ex-boyfriend getting crushed down
Travis Browne fought six extra instances following his first-round knockout of Brendan Schaub. He went 1-5, struggling finishes in opposition to Cain Velasquez, Derrick Lewis, and Aleksei Oleinik. Total, Browne went 18-7-1 in his MMA profession.
Schaub in the end retired from the game a yr after his loss to Browne, closing out his profession with a 10-5 file.
“When Travis knocked him out on the finish of the primary spherical, I didn’t assume it may get any extra gratifying,” Rousey mentioned. “My ex lined up on the bottom whereas Travis pounded away on him. The referee waved the match over. Then Travis, towering over the crumpled, semi-conscious physique of my ex, leaned down and whispered one thing in his ear. His phrases have been indiscernible to the digicam, however I swore I may hear Travis’ voice saying, ‘Ronda says f*ck you.’”
