Jorge Masvidal isn’t a fan of Ronda Rousey taking shots at Dana White and the UFC.
Rousey has had plenty to say since her MMA return didn’t materialize under the UFC banner. Instead she will fight for Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions against Gina Carano on May 16, which takes place at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., and streams on Netflix.
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Rousey criticized the UFC for its fighter pay and called White an employee who no longer has the same power since TKO Group was formed. She said the UFC Freedom 250 card at the White House “sucks” and most recently took aim at UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell.
“Her eyes, bro,” Masvidal said of Rousey on his “Death Row MMA” podcast. “Her nose, her teeth. Like, what type of demonology is she on, bro? This is spooky, man. I know Ronda was a hell of a fighter at one point, but she looks spooky. I seen that interview, and I was spooked out. I don’t know what’s going on with Ronda, but Ronda’s never been the best on the mic to tell you the truth.
“She says things that are weird. Her taking shots at Dana, like, man, Dana made you. Literally Dana hand-walked you into the league and opened a lot of doors for you. I know she’s the one that did the accolades, she’s the one that fought, got in that cage, and kept what she killed. I don’t know why she’s just going at the UFC and stuff so hard.”
Stars Francis Ngannou and Nate Diaz were added to Rousey’s card, and the former UFC bantamweight champion expects her numbers to shatter UFC viewership. While that could end up being the case, Masvidal argues the interest to see Rousey fight Carano is nowhere near any of the UFC’s major fights.
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“For her to say things like the UFC is not making fights they want to make, but her fight is the one that people want to see? I guess she’ll prove us all wrong when we see the numbers come back from Netflix,” Masvidal continued. “I don’t think too many guys are truly excited about chicks who are no longer in their prime fighting.
“I love Gina Carano. I think she’s a hell of a star. She opened up the doors for people like Ronda and Amanda (Nunes). Gina was like the first superstar for women, so I always have nothing but respect and love for Gina. Obviously Ronda blew it out the gate, took the UFC into another stratosphere, as far as popularity goes and all that, but I think they’re tooting their horn a little bit too much. This is like 10 years later, and people don’t really care for that so much, but we’re going to see if I’m right or wrong. I’m not trying to hate on that fight at all. I’m sure a lot of people are going to tune in, but they can’t say this fight is bigger than any fight that the UFC is doing.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Jorge Masvidal can’t understand Ronda Rousey’s beef with UFC
