Ronda Rousey hasn’t held back since confirming her MMA comeback, openly criticising her former employer.
This May, she’ll headline Netflix’s first MMA card against Gina Carano. It marks the first fight for both since 2016 and 2009 respectively.
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Talks to re-sign with UFC broke down, and she’s been vocal about her frustrations with the organisation ever since.
Matt Brown points to Ronda Rousey’s ‘victim mentality’ as a major flaw
Photo by Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty ImagesRousey had approached Dana White about a comeback, but with the UFC’s new broadcast deal with Paramount doing away with pay-per-view, her return never got off the ground.
She feels the promotion is now more focused on cost-cutting than putting together big-name fights, which she believes is why her matchup with Carano didn’t move forward.
The 39-year-old made those comments soon after her Netflix fight was announced, and her negative remarks about the UFC have only grown louder as her return date approaches.
Rousey has since waded into the ongoing debate over fighter pay, criticising how the company operates and calling for changes. While some agree with what she’s saying, there are those who question whether she’s in it for the right reasons.
“I think her real intentions are a pity party thing and she does that a lot,” ex-fighter Matt Brown said on MMA Fighting’s The Fighter vs. The Writer.
“She plays that victim mentality a lot. I think that’s a character flaw, so to speak, of hers. I think she has a lot of internal issues that kind of come out in public a lot. I think that’s really what’s going on.”
“She’s not necessarily saying all this to try and change the sport or try to help the future of MMA or anything like that. But she wants attention and wants to say something that gets people’s emotions going about her,” he added.
“She wants to feel valid and recognized and things like that. But she’s not wrong either.”
Apart from fighter pay, Rousey has also criticised how White has handed over control of certain aspects behind the scenes, specifically pointing to Hunter Campbell as having had a negative impact on how things are run.
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