Ronda Rousey Plots MMA Return, 'Embarrassed' by Holly Holm Defeat
Ronda Rousey is planning to make a comeback by beating Holly Holm, a feat almost every commentator once assumed she could accomplish.
"I need to come back," Rousey tells ESPN of rebounding from her loss to Holm, her first career setback. "I need to beat this chick."
The previously undefeated Rousey recently gave her first interview since her stunning UFC 193 loss to Holm last month.
She added, "Who knows if I'm going to pop my teeth out or break my jaw or rip my lip open again. I have to f*cking do it. It doesn't matter."
Rousey recalled being dazed by a punch from Holm just 30 seconds into the fight, adding that after that, she never felt the same all night. She never again felt her legs were under her, and her thinking was always clouded, Rousey explained.
"I just feel so embarrassed," Rousey said, adding that the damage she suffered was so severe she still may not be able to bite into an apple for the next three to six months. "How I fought after that is such an embarrassing representation of myself. I wasn't even f*cking there."
Indeed, the fight was a far cry from Rousey's usual performance on her way to becoming the sport's biggest star and a growing personality in Hollywood. In her previous three fights, it had taken her all of 64 seconds to demolish all three of her opponents.
Even now, in the face of her first professional setback, she remains defiant to all her harshest critics. Since the Holm debacle, rapper 50 Cent posted a pic of Rousey unconscious in the ring, before deleting it. Donald Trump tweeted he was "glad" to see her go down because she was not a nice person.
"Maybe I can't do it all before my prime, before my body is done," she said. "But f*ck it, maybe I can."
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