When Ronda Rousey defends her title at UFC 190 on August 1, there will be an added desire for the UFC women's bantamweight champion to destroy her opponent thanks to some terribly ill-advised comments made in a recent interview.
Brazilian fighter Correia conducted an interview earlier this week where she attempted to play down Ronda Rousey's "superhero" status, but she may well regret what she decided to finish her argument with.
Speaking to 'Combate', Correia said:
Ronda talks about being a superwoman, a hero, but is a woman like me. Actually, I’m way stronger, I come from an underdeveloped country, where people fight to survive. It’s a lot different form the reality of her life. Under pressure, she’s showing she’s weak. When mommy put some pressure, she ran away from home. When she lost, she did drugs. That’s not a super hero. I want to see her reaction when I put some pressure against her. I want her to feel pressure and realize that I’m ready to fight her. She doesn’t have a good head, she needs to get help. There are a lot of people around her, she’s winning, but when she realizes that’s not everything, I don’t know what might happen. I hope she doesn’t commit suicide [laughs].
It's never a good idea to joke about someone killing themselves, but when that person is probably the most dangerous woman on the planet who lost her father to suicide as a child... Yeah, that's really not a good idea.
Ronda has today given a calm and calculated response via her twitter account, and it doesn't look good for Bethe:
@bethecorreia suicide is no joke or selling point. My father will be with me the day I hand you the comeuppance you deserve.
— Ronda Rousey (@RondaRousey) May 28, 2015
Correia is clearly trying to get in Rousey's head and hope that an emotional feud will put her off her game, but we all saw what happened to Miesha Tate, so that may not have been the smartest idea.
I guess we'll find out in August.
UPDATE:
Bethe Correia has since apologised and claimed she did not know about Ronda's father, however, you feel the damage may already have been done.
@RondaRousey Never knew what happened to ur dad.I'm humble enough to ask u for forgiveness. Family is a godly bless to me. See u in #UFC190
— Bethe (@bethecorreia) May 28, 2015
via MMAfighting.com
