Rousey Interview: new nickname for Cyborg and future in Hollywood
Posted on August 19, 2012, 01:13 AM by Mike SearsonAfter winning a 54 second victory by way of arm bar over Sarah Kaufman, Ronda Rousey took some time to speak with our good friends at MMA H.E.A.T. Karyn Bryant interviewed "Rowdy" Ronda for a few minutes in the attached video.
When asked why she looked so stoic and serious after what was probably the biggest female MMA fight of the year the former Olympian said: "I'm very happy and after I win I'm Zen happy, just relaxed and relieved. I'm not bouncing off the walls or anything, I'll be like that tomorrow."
As for her quick less-than-one-minute victory over Kaufman, many in the press (self-included) thought this might have been a longer bout, Rousey says she was prepared either way: "I was expecting it to go as quickly as possible, but I was just as prepared to go all five rounds if I needed to."
From the cage, she called out Christine "Cyborg" Santos, by using a different apellation: Cy-roid. Referring to the fighter;s suspension for using steroids. She called her out again at the press conference following the event. Rousey told Karen Bryant that her new nickname is suitable: "I could call her Guy-borg, but Cy-roid has some basis in truth I don't know that she's actually a dude. As soon as she gets off her suspension I'm ready yo go. I don't want her to fight anyone else. (Now that I'm the champ) the situation has changed."
Many popular fighters have gone on to successful film careers: Gina Carano, Randy Couture, Bas Ruetten, etc. When asked if Hollywood came calling yet, Rowdy stated that she has no immediate prospects, but left the idea open after a future fight with Cyborg : "My manager Darren and Gene and all them have been good about keeping these things from me, but I'm pretty convinced that doing movies is a death sentence for fighters. You do 6 months of filming and 6 months of promoting and that cuts down on your time to train. I want this fight in January and after that I might consider devoting time to other things."
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa
karayn killed it at the end
I would never bet against Cyborg...I'm not sure though if Cyborg can make 135 for this mega-fight to happen...Now that Scott Coker has confirmed that the Brazlian war machine is still on board with Zuffa, I wish she would take time to cut the extra weight and hunt Rousey in her own class...
Ronda cracks me the f' up... She is as funny as she is hot as she is nasty in the cage.
I could see why Ronda wants to fight cyborg asap and be cyborg first fight back.
But lets be real cyborg has been off for a while and hasn't fought. So ring rust does play a role in this. Plus she is saying to come down to 135. Let's face it if cyborg still fights like she did before its gonna be a bad night for Ronda.
If Cyborg comes walking forward throwing simple left right hook combinations and relies on sheer strength to keep her on her feet against an olympic medalist judoka, she deserves what she gets. I don't think Ronda would let go till she felt the snap.
I don't actually know who i'd want to win that fight.Sure ronda looks good but her mouthiness is really annoying, like i just want her to get bashed so that she'd shut up and i wouldn't be irritated everytime she mouths off some other fighter randomly.
Then there's cyborg who cheats her way to the top and frustrated a REAL champion out of the sport it seems. Imagine how irritating it would be to be undefeated and then lose your only fight to someone who shouldn't even be fighting in your category because of her hormones.
any1 rootin agaisnst ronda??? ...didnt think so
Lets go rousey break that bi*ches steroid needle arm off
I think Cyborg wins this one all day, at any weight. (If she can make 135 or not). She's just so athletic, something that will not be diminished by being clean. One could argue she won't be as strong, or that her speed won't last as long. But I imagine she's training very hard to maintain the strength she had. Or at least stay close to that level. Everyone thinks she won't be the same fighter but I think they will be surprised. I think at the very least, she will still be a phenom, and easily the best in WMMA. Not rooting against Ronda, just for Cyborg.
You're all for steroids huh? But then if you rooted for ronda i could also say you're all for mouth.
They need to headbutt each other, than carano can come back and humble both of them.
6 min interview of his overrated overhyped "mma fighter"? NO THANKS!!!!
So if Ronda is such the bomblike everyone has crowned her, Why doesn't she go to 145 if she wants cyborg so bad???? I like her skills and her looks. But i'm wondering how she would look in the 2nd round energy wise? And since the judo had armbars are mastered I hope shes working on her stand up a lot.....Now someone hit me with the "but she had stand up in the 1st 10 secs of Kauffman....pffffff.....Chael sonnen has ruined any hopes of having class in mma!!
GSP credits all his opponents and keeps the crown??