“You have to please everybody,” Ronda Rousey states about the tough setbacks of success in her prime time in MMA
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UFC Hall of Famer Ronda Rousey did everything to prove to the world that she is the best female combat athlete alive and unfortunately, at one point in time, it also came at the cost of people-pleasing. Rousey, who’s currently a WWE Superstar, was a former and the first UFC women’s bantamweight champion and the first woman to headline a UFC main event. She is also the first female UFC Hall of Famer.
Despite being an Olympic medalist in Judo, Ronda Rousey’s rise to fame became exponential with her unstoppable stint in MMA during her prime. Rousey was 12-0 in that time with 6 title defences, a record of title defences that remained unbroken for 7 years. Rousey’s victories include the likes of Cat Zingano, Miesha Tate, Liz Carmouche, Bethe Correia and many more. Rousey was successful enough to handle huge talk shows and movie deals that peaked the first phase of her stardom and proceeded with her spectacular stint in WWE.
Ronda Rousey states confronting the time she didn’t want to do any MMA anymore
When Rousey had the first loss of her pro-MMA career, a timeless classic knockout delivered by Holly Holm, the aftermath was the most depressing time of her life and she had to find herself without her success. With that, contentment came and Rousey today lives the life she wants to. But when being at the top of the world, Rousey confesses that megastar life had brutal social validation pressure as well. Rousey had a sit down for an interview with UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier to talk about it.
“I think to be at that top level, you kind of have to be a people pleaser,” Rousey said. “You want to please your coach, you want to please your parents, you want to please everybody watching. And so it’s one of the things that make you excel, but it’s one of those things that, it can be an obstacle a lot of times,” she continued.
Rousey’s sentiments can be concluded by this line- “And I think that’s a mistake that I made with MMA, was when I got to that point where I didn’t want it anymore, I kept doing it for everybody else.”
What do you make of Ronda Rousey’s honesty reflecting back on the prime time of her MMA career? Where do you put Rousey amongst the greatest female athletes of all time? Rousey has recently cited an interest in coming back only if she will ever get to face former MMA fighter Gina Carano, who Rousey considers as the biggest reason to get into MMA.
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