Find out which stardown rattle Ronda Rousey the most!
source | MMAFighting.com
But Rousey is willing to admit that one of her opponent’s staredowns actually threw her off her game: Liz Carmouche, her opponent at UFC 157 in the first women’s fight in UFC history.
“You know who was the smartest ever, to really f– with me in the staredown? Liz Carmouche,” Rousey told reporters. “I’ve had girls try to get in my face, I’ve had girls try to smirk with me, stuff like that. Liz Carmouche just started spitting game right then. I was totally distracted.”
“Well, I don’t want her girlfriend to get mad at me or anything,” Rousey said. “Let’s just say it was the most thrown off I’ve ever been.”
“I don’t try to psychologically break the other person down,” Rousey said. “I remember Miesha [Tate] was like ‘Ronda’s shaking and she blinks too much and she’s scared of me.’ I’m like, ‘yeah, go back to Psych 101, b–.’ So no, I don’t really go try to break the other person down. It’s mostly there for promotional value, especially for a press conference that is so far out before the fight. It’s more of a media thing than a fight thing. When it comes down to fight week, then you really, you learn a lot about the other person.”