John McCarthy doesn’t see any motive why Ronda Rousey needs to be contemplating a return to the UFC contemplating every thing she’s constructed for herself outdoors of preventing.
“Rowdy” hasn’t stepped into the UFC Octagon in nicely over six years at this level, however longtime followers can always remember what a huge star she was throughout her time with the UFC.
Dana White had famously declared that girls would by no means battle within the promotion again in 2011, however Rousey’s dominance in Strikeforce resulted within the UFC reserving her and Liz Carmouche for the first girls’s battle in UFC historical past at UFC 157.
UFC play-by-play commentator Jon Anik just lately floated the concept that Rousey is perhaps contemplating a return to MMA, however former UFC fighter Josh Thomson and McCarthy have been fast to dismiss that concept on an episode of their present, Weighing In.
“Look, I like Ronda,” McCarthy mentioned. “I’ve recognized Ronda for a very long time. I feel she’s – lots of people don’t perceive Ronda and her mindset, who she is. If she needs to come back again, I’d be stunned that she needs to come back again. She’s received an entire life, and he or she’s made a ton of cash. And she will be able to do no matter she needs. She’s received a husband sitting there, she now has a child sitting there. And she or he’s received her Browsey Acres that she could be very practical in and likes to be a part of and needs to be there. And while you’re speaking about preventing, now it’s about time. Time away from all of that.”
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Rousey’s profitable run with the WWE led most battle followers to imagine that “Rowdy” had moved on from MMA completely, and McCarthy says that even the promise of an enormous payday from the UFC shouldn’t encourage the previous champion to disrupt her present life-style.
“Might she make cash making an attempt to return to the UFC? Yeah, Dana would pay her a s***load. S***load. But it surely most likely wouldn’t be the good factor for her to do. She’s received a terrific life. Nice profession within the UFC, nice profession within the WWE. Stroll away and be a farmer.”
The 36-year-old’s run of dominance noticed her defend the UFC’s bantamweight title six occasions and end each opponent she confronted by way of 12 professional fights. However Rousey famously suffered her first loss at UFC 193 when Holly Holm head-kicked her early within the second spherical.
“Rowdy” took greater than a yr off earlier than returning to problem Amanda Nunes at UFC 207. “The Lioness” solely wanted 48 seconds to dispatch Rousey and add one other former champion to arguably probably the most spectacular resume within the historical past of ladies’s MMA.
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