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Considered by many to be the best mean-mugger in Women's MMA, UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey admitted during a recent interview that one person has actually managed to "throw her off" more so than ever before.
When talking with members of the MMA media, "Rowdy" Ronda said, "You know who was the smartest ever, to really f*ck with me in the staredown? Liz Carmouche."
"I've had girls try to get in my face, I've had girls try to smirk with me, stuff like that. Liz Carmouche just started spitting game right then. I was totally distracted," Rousey continued.
As far as what Carmouche did to successfully get in her head, Rousey was tight-lipped on that one.
"Well, I don't want her girlfriend to get mad at me or anything," Rousey said. "Let's just say it was the most thrown off I've ever been."
Continuing on her discussion of pre-fight staredowns, Rousey spoke about some that she has experienced with past opponents, such as her greatest rival to date -- Miesha Tate.
"I don't try to psychologically break the other person down," said Rousey. "I remember Miesha [Tate] was like ‘Ronda's shaking and she blinks too much and she's scared of me.' I'm like, ‘yeah, go back to Psych 101, b*tch.' So no, I don't really go try to break the other person down. It's mostly there for promotional value, especially for a press conference that is so far out before the fight. It's more of a media thing than a fight thing. When it comes down to fight week, then you really, you learn a lot about the other person."
Rousey was then asked how she would react if she found herself in a position such as Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier found themselves in when they had their now
infamous brawl earlier this year.
"I can't say I would react well," Rousey said. "Miesha tried to put her forehead on me and ended up with a big red dent in her forehead. No one has really tried anything since. But I don't know. I try not to manifest situations that wouldn't work out well for me because it doesn't look good for the sport, doesn't look good for me personally, and I think the benefits of that are very short term and I try to think of the longer big picture most of the time. ... I get paid to fight on [February] 28th. Before that it only costs me money."
Going back to the original topic, Rousey reiterated that Carmouche did an effective job of getting into her head a bit during the build-up to their fight, which will always be historically remembered as the first-ever Women's MMA bout in UFC history.
"Liz, I think she started singing her own walkout song and she started to dance and everything and I was like I can't, I have no previous information on the subject, no knowledge of how to react to this. So no, that was the most effective staredown ever."
Rousey returns to the Octagon to defend her UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship against top-ranked, undefeated contender Cat Zingano, as the two are set to co-headline the UFC 184 pay-per-view event at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Oh, and by the way, Rousey and Zingano had a
pretty heated staredown themselves recently.
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