Back in the days when Iron Mike Tyson and Don King were around professional boxing, they were the biggest shit talkers. I remember reading in Mike Tyson’s book that he inspired it from none other Muhammad Ali, of course. Iron Mike wanted to be like him.
Women’s boxing and women’s MMA has been around for many years. Out of all the women who have competed in professional boxing/fighting you haven’t had much shit talkers in the women’s division. Ronda Rousey is the game changer in that for sure. She is now the Iron Mike Tyson of the women’s division. She’s driving everyone crazy and pissing everyone off which to me is pretty amazing. She’s pissing everyone off in social networking. She’s pissing off other female fighters and other celebrities. Which is actually good. I agree that Ronda is kind of tough and mean but where was the outrage when Brock Lesnar had the similar attitude when he was in UFC? Why the double standard? If everybody is hating on Ronda then she must be doing something right.
What’s for all the hatred? Is it because of her attitude? No. I’m pretty sure there’s a hint of “jealousy” in everybody is the reason for them hating on Ronda. They’re tired of seeing her everywhere and tired of her of being UFC’s big money maker. I repeat, she’s the new Iron Mike Tyson in the women’s division. You know how Mike Tyson was viewed as the Baddest man on the planet? Well Ronda is the baddest woman on the planet. I think everybody knows that shit talking is pretty common in boxing and MMA. I think everyone is hating on Ronda for the shit talking is because simply put, she’s a woman. End of story. They’re intimidated of a woman doing all the shit talking while all the other women in MMA are too nice. As of this point, she’s the only woman in MMA doing all the shit talking.
Like I said, Ronda is the type of woman who doesn’t like to be messed with. WHen she’s mad at someone, it’s pretty likely she has a good reason to and maybe they earned the trash talking. I don’t know how the Ronda and Holly feud started but maybe Holly said something that Ronda didn’t like? It’s always her opponents that start things with Ronda but nobody wants to admit that. Everyone wants to act like that Ronda started it first ’cause she’s a woman and she was a champion (she’s not anymore obviously). You wanna mess with Ronda, she’ll mess with you back. That’s how she’s always been. Now that Ronda no longer has the belt, I’m sure the world would quickly forget about her but she’ll remind everyone who she is once she gets that belt back from Holly (trust me, she will).
Ronda’s the villain of the women’s division which is good for the sport. The female version of Iron Mike. Remember, Iron Mike used to be the most hated boxer back in the day. I remember that. Ronda reminds me of those days. Each time Ronda has a fight with a new opponent, chances are this opponent will have some sort of hatred toward Ronda. Almost all of her opponents do.
Trust me guys… Ronda will not make herself look weak. She’ll prove the haters wrong again in her next fight. Whenever that is and whoever she’ll be fighting next. Whether it’s gonna be Miesha Tate again, Cyborg or Holly. I’d like to see her take on Cyborg, though.
Maybe the reason Ronda is acting like a villain in UFC is ’cause she’s doing it intentionally? Maybe it’s her way of helping the women’s division? It could be her way of boosting the women’s division and trying to help put over other fighters. Her being the villain in MMA can help the women’s division in all MMA companies, not just UFC. Ronda continues to be a game changer in MMA, like it or not.
Read this interesting article about how Ronda being the villain can help the women’s division:
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