• Football
  • Boxing
  • UFC
  • Home
  • Football
    • England
    • Transfer News
    • Premier League
    • Champions League
    • Lionel Messi
    • Cristiano Ronaldo
    • EA FC 25
    • Wrexham
  • Boxing
    • Tyson Fury
    • Anthony Joshua
    • Oleksandr Usyk
    • Mike Tyson
    • Jake Paul
    • Logan Paul
  • UFC
    • Dana White
    • Conor McGregor
    • Khabib Nurmagomedov
    • Jon Jones
    • Paddy Pimblett
    • Joe Rogan
  • Other Sport
    • Athletics
    • Formula 1
    • MMA
    • Motorsport
    • NBA
    • Darts
    • NFL
    • Snooker
    • Wrestling
    • Tennis
    • Cricket
    • Golf
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube
UFC fans brand Ronda Rousey 'crazy' and 'delusional' after stunning GOAT claim

Home> MMA> UFC> UFC News

Updated 13:51 4 Apr 2024 GMT+1Published 13:52 4 Apr 2024 GMT+1

UFC fans brand Ronda Rousey 'crazy' and 'delusional' after stunning GOAT claim

Ronda Rousey shocked fans with her UFC GOAT claim.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Fight fans have branded Ronda Rousey 'crazy' and 'delusional' after she made a stunning claim about her UFC GOAT status.

At the peak of her career, Rousey reigned over the UFC women's bantamweight division, making six defences of her championship before surrendering her title to the hands of Holly Holm.

She stepped away from MMA after suffering a shock defeat at UFC 193.

Advert

However, Rousey came back and upon returning to the promotion, she was handed an immediate title shot in a chance to regain UFC gold.

But she succumbed to Amanda Nunes' power, lasting just 48 seconds of the very first round.

Rousey hasn't had another fight inside the famed Octagon since her drubbing as she went onto forge a career in WWE.

Despite losing back-to-back fights in her MMA career, 'Rowdy' insists she's the 'greatest fighter that has ever lived'.

Speaking to Valeria Lipovetsky, she said: "I had taken punishment until I couldn’t take it anymore. When it got to the point that I couldn’t take it anymore, I was vilified as ‘She was all hype, she was just lucky'.

Advert

"People making all these judgements about me in a fight where my first loss, my mouth guard was bad, I literally came into that fight concussed from slipping down some stairs already after all these years of concussions. I had an absolutely terrible weight cut, which means you have less fluid in your brain to protect it."

"I was out on my feet for the entire fight. I was trying to make it look like I wasn’t hurt, but I wasn’t there cognitively," she added. "I couldn’t think as fast or judge distance. Just from that one fight, everybody felt like, 'Oh she’s a fraud'. I know that like I’m the greatest fighter that has ever lived, but when it got to a point that I had taken so much neurological damage that I couldn’t take it anymore, suddenly everything I had accomplished meant nothing."

Rousey concluded: "Then after the second fight, I saw how all these people I was coming back to fight for had suddenly turned against me. All of my appreciation for them turned to resentment."

Naturally, UFC fans online took exception to Rousey's claim as they made their feelings known.

Advert

One X user slammed: "Yeah right. She was carrying herself like she was the next Mike Tyson until Amanda showed her."

A second argued: "The competition wasn’t what it is now during her reign in Women’s MMA. A pioneer, yes. Greatest fighter that ever lived, comical."

A third added: "She’s crazy," while another said: "The delusions."

Featured Image Credit: Getty/Valeria Lipovetsky

Topics: Ronda Rousey, Fan Reactions, UFC

Nasir Jabbar
Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Darren Till. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

X

@NasJabbar

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Ronda Rousey Names The One And Only Fight She'd Come Out Of Retirement For
  • When Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey went head-to-head during intense face-off
  • Dana White 'confirms plan' for Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey at UFC 300 amid return rumours
  • Fans notice major Conor McGregor difference as training footage emerges ahead of UFC return

Choose your content:

3 days ago
4 days ago
6 days ago
  • 3 days ago

    UFC fans spot what Donald Trump's secret service security team did when fighter jumped cage in front of US president

    Fans were shocked to see how Trump's security reacted after Merab Dvalishvili's win.

    MMA
  • 4 days ago

    Dana White ruthlessly axes fighter from roster just days after major error at UFC 316

    Dana White has cut a fighter from the roster following UFC 316.

    MMA
  • 6 days ago

    Ariel Helwani drops major update on Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall and slams UFC boss Dana White

    Ariel Helwani hit out at Jon Jones and accused Dana White of not telling the whole story.

    MMA
  • 6 days ago

    Conor McGregor forced to delete post after being destroyed by Game of Thrones actor

    The former UFC champion deleted his latest social post after the brutal reply.

    MMA