“Punched him in the face” – When Ronda Rousey beat her ex-boyfriend Timothy DiGorrio as he threatened to leak her nudes
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Ronda Rousey is undoubtedly one of the most popular faces in the history of women’s MMA. The fighter was previously a part of StrikeForce and later got an opportunity to represent UFC. She is one of the fighters who helped UFC to get more views and numbers. In 2012, she became the first-ever UFC women’s Bantamweight champion. In her prime, Rousey was a megastar and had millions of fans. She made headlines after getting into a physical altercation with her long-time boyfriend, Timothy DiGorrio.
According to Rousey, DiGorrio and she had arguments following which Timothy threatened the fighter about leaking her nudes on the internet. This resulted in a scuffle that took place in their house. While writing about this incident in her autobiography, My Fight/Your Fight, Rousey mentioned how she brutally hit “Snappers McCreepy” (DiGorrio).
She wrote: “I waited for Snappers McCreepy to come home from work… Forty-five minutes later, he walked in the door… He asked what was wrong and when I didn’t say anything, he started to cry. I slapped him across the face so hard my hand hurt.”
It didn’t stop there as ‘Rowdy’ continued to beat DiGorrio and later left the house. “I punched him in the face with a straight right, then a left hook…. Then I grabbed him by the neck of his hoodie, kneed him in the face, and tossed him aside on the kitchen floor,” wrote Rousey.
Did Ronda Rousey get away with her actions?
The book was released in 2015 and the incident most probably took place a few years before that. However, after that, Rousey faced criticism as according to many what the fighter did was a form of domestic violence.
When asked about the double standards and her actions, Rousey explained that what she did was a part of self-defense. A year after her book release, Ronda quit professional MMA and signed with WWE. Her popularity helped the fighter to get immediate success in WWE and consequently earned a lot.
Rousey is an inspiration for many females around the world who want to try to get into MMA and the fight business. Following her success, she started to feature in high-budget Hollywood movies such as The Expendables 3, Fast and Furious 7, etc.
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