Ronda Rousey was a superstar loved by millions of MMA fans at the height of her career.
Back-to-back knockout losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes brought ‘Rowdy’ back down to Earth.
Ronda Rousey retired at just 29 years old in 2017, before distancing herself from the UFC entirely.
10 years after walking away from the sport, the former bantamweight champion has not returned to watch a UFC event as a fan because she fears the crowd will boo her.
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Holly Holm highlights mistake Ronda Rousey made
Ronda Rousey has accused fans and people like Joe Rogan of turning on her after her 12-0 run ended.
Holly Holm believes her former opponent must take responsibility for the current situation she is in.
‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ says it was Rousey who turned her back on the fan, not the other way around.
“I think Ronda, she definitely didn’t like how her career ended, but she’s a lot responsible for that,” Holm told MMA Fighting. “Because she pulled herself away.
You see some of these champions that are reigning champions, they run into a hiccup, and they at least face the crowd, face the camera, face the fans, face it. I believe a little bit of higher respect in that aspect, and I think that a lot of fans were like, ‘She just took off.’
“If she was to come back for a fight, people would cheer for her.
“I feel like she always feels like everybody’s against her, but she took herself away from the fans rather than them leaving her. Martial arts fans and fight fans, they can be brutal, but also they’re fans, they’re fans of the sport.
“They realize things happen, not everything is always perfect, and I think if she would have faced it differently, no judgment on it, but I think if she would have faced it differently, it probably wouldn’t have been so negative as a whole in her own mind and how she felt.”
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