Ronda Rousey compares WWE and UFC fanbases

Former UFC ladies’s bantamweight champion and present WWE star Ronda Rousey has been on the high of combined martial arts and on the high {of professional} wrestling.

She turned the primary UFC feminine champion in November 2012, and efficiently defended the 135-pound title six instances. She was additionally the primary feminine to headline a UFC combat card in addition to the primary feminine WWE headliner. She by no means formally introduced her retirement from MMA competitors, nevertheless it’s assumed that her days within the cage are over. She final fought in December 2016.

After leaving the UFC, Rousey loved performing alternatives earlier than touchdown within the WWE. She instantly turned one of many skilled wrestling’s greatest stars.

Rousey is a family title. She’s skilled being the feminine face of each the WWE and UFC. “Rowdy” was requested concerning the variations between the fanbases throughout her latest live feed on YouTube.

“I’d say that the WWE followers care extra concerning the wrestlers than the UFC followers care extra concerning the fighters. UFC followers have a lot much less respect for his or her veterans and legends of the game than WWE followers do. Numerous UFC followers are sort of like bandwagon followers in that method. It’s like, the second you’re not on high, you’re useless to them,” Rousey mentioned.

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“Whereas WWE followers are like, ‘that is the man that did this 20 years in the past’ and they’re nonetheless actually enthusiastic about that whereas quite a lot of UFC followers now are like, ‘Forrest Griffin sucks.’ Uhh, you owe principally the entire sport to him. It’s shit like that. ‘Anderson Silva sucks. GSP [Georges St-Pierre] sucks.’ These are those who elevated the game, and had been one of the best on the planet for a time, and paved the best way for everyone else. I don’t see UFC followers having the identical respect for those who obtained the game to the place it’s as WWE followers. I’m not saying it’s fully absent, I’m simply saying I see extra respect for legends in WWE followers than UFC followers,” continued Rousey.

The 2 promotions compete within the pay-per-view market, however are fully completely different merchandise. MMA is a sport the place staying on high is a tough process. Skilled wrestling is about storylines and personalities. Somebody can stick round so long as they’re written into the script in WWE. Fighters write their very own script within the UFC. And as they are saying, ‘you’re solely pretty much as good as your final combat.’