UFC News & Notes: Ronda Rousey Talks About Modelling, Being A Sex Symbol
UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey is possibly the biggest star in the UFC right now. She has been a very busy woman. Besides from training and fighting, she also stars in Hollywood movies, per Variety, has done endorsements for Carl's Jr. and Buffalo Bro as well as modelled for Sports Illustrated.
Ronda talked to Sports Illustrated to discuss her experience being a swimsuit model for the magazine. Even though she enjoyed her shoot, "Rowdy" thinks that it would be hard for her to be a full-time model. Rousey said, "It's difficult. I did an all-day shoot yesterday and my knee is swollen. I know it's not as glamorous as easy as it appears from afar, and I love having the opportunity to dabble in it. But I think doing it full time would be pretty difficult."
There is no doubt that the 28-year-old is a stunner. When she was asked if she considered herself a sex symbol, she said, "It's not weird. It's more like I was playing that role for a day. I don't feel like that every day. My roommate Marina Shafir just made these amazing Paleobrownies and I just took some down."
"I really don't feel like a swimsuit sex symbol right now. I feel like someone who's full of a brownie that has zucchini in it but is somehow still delicious," the undefeated fighter added.
When asked if there is someone in the UFC Women's division that Sports Illustrated should consider for the Swimsuit Issue, Ronda responded, "I think Paige VanZant would do an amazing job. She just won her fight the other day and she's done a fair amount of modelling before. I think she'd rock it."
This Ronda Rousey is far nice from the one who unloaded on the Nevada Athletic Commission at the UFC 193 Press Conference in Australia, as seen in a video from Submission Radio. The judoka's close friend, Nick Diaz was ridiculously punished by the NAC by suspending him for five years with a $150,000 fine for testing positive for marijuana.
"It's so not right for him to be suspended five years for marijuana. I'm against them testing for weed at all. It's not a performance-enhancing drug. It has nothing to do with athletic competition. It's only tested for political reasons," Rousey said during the press conference as quoted by MMA Fighting.
"Nick is a very close and dear friend of mine, so of course I'm going to defend him, but it's so unfair if one person tests for steroids that could actually hurt a person and the other person smokes a plant that makes him happy and he gets suspended for five years," the 28-year-old added.
Ronda Rousey will headline UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia, defending her title against former boxing champion Holly Holm.
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