Ronda Rousey honestly had personal beef with Miesha Tate and vice versa. Tate pulled just as many BS moves, pranks and talked shit on TUF, but Rousey got the lion's share of the hate.
Here is further proof that Rousey does not have an issue with her other opponents. She was cool with Sarah Kaufmann and she obviously has a ton of respect for Sara McMann. Read below.
Can't wait for UFC 170
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Ronda Rousey had no problem playing the heel into her UFC 168 bout with Miesha Tate, but don't expect anything similar against Sara McMann next month at UFC 170.
"I couldn't be more excited than to have an athlete on Sara's level to test myself against," Rousey said at a recent media event for the card (via Yahoo! Sports). "It raises the whole level for everyone. I don't have a bad thing to say about her."
"It's hard to sell the same thing over and over and over. I think the dynamic of the [UFC 170] fight is so different that it makes it easier to get people interested so soon. I approach every single fight differently. I think this is the perfect fight at the perfect time."
Rousey's respect level for McMann's game is clear, and so she's approaching this matchup from an entirely different level than the personal feud she developed with Tate.
"I've been following Sara's career since the very beginning," Rousey said. "We pretty much started around the same time, and I always thought this will be the perfect fight to bring up on the big venue. This is the perfect time for everything coming together."
"I'm absolutely positive that the way I threw Miesha when she came in for her shots, it will not be possible to do that against Sara, just because of the time she's put in and the level of athlete she is and the technique she has... The level that she's at, she has to be approached entirely differently."
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http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publ...l#.UtyGmBAo7IU
Here is further proof that Rousey does not have an issue with her other opponents. She was cool with Sarah Kaufmann and she obviously has a ton of respect for Sara McMann. Read below.
Can't wait for UFC 170
Article
Ronda Rousey had no problem playing the heel into her UFC 168 bout with Miesha Tate, but don't expect anything similar against Sara McMann next month at UFC 170.
"I couldn't be more excited than to have an athlete on Sara's level to test myself against," Rousey said at a recent media event for the card (via Yahoo! Sports). "It raises the whole level for everyone. I don't have a bad thing to say about her."
"It's hard to sell the same thing over and over and over. I think the dynamic of the [UFC 170] fight is so different that it makes it easier to get people interested so soon. I approach every single fight differently. I think this is the perfect fight at the perfect time."
Rousey's respect level for McMann's game is clear, and so she's approaching this matchup from an entirely different level than the personal feud she developed with Tate.
"I've been following Sara's career since the very beginning," Rousey said. "We pretty much started around the same time, and I always thought this will be the perfect fight to bring up on the big venue. This is the perfect time for everything coming together."
"I'm absolutely positive that the way I threw Miesha when she came in for her shots, it will not be possible to do that against Sara, just because of the time she's put in and the level of athlete she is and the technique she has... The level that she's at, she has to be approached entirely differently."
Source:
http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publ...l#.UtyGmBAo7IU