With Ronda Rousey's next fight still months away, "Rowdy" proclaimed her life-long fight mantra that she would "rather die than lose." The UFC's women's bantamweight champion also admitted that she is not ready to face life once retirement comes.
Ronda Rousey's next fight is slated against Cat Zingano at UFC 182 on January 3rd in Las Vegas. As both the UFC and MMA's top female athlete today, "Rowdy" has made appearances in various talks shows and even Hollywood movies.
In her recent appearance on Jim Rome on Showtime, Rousey discussed her life as a fighter and her philosophies on fighting.
"Have you even lost the Olympics? I would rather die than lose," Rousey proclaimed. "I know that feeling so well. It's not that I've never lost. I've lost at the worst time so I know what a loss is. That's why I want to win so much more than these other girls."
"It feels like dying to me," she continued. "I'd rather die."
Ronda Rousey's next fight will mark her 11th professional mixed martial arts bout since she began her career in 2011. She currently holds an undefeated slate, and has successfully defended her title for four straight times already.
She also has experience competing in the Olympics, when she represented the United States in Judo in Beijing last 2008, where she bagged the Bronze medal. Being a veteran in combat sports, "Rowdy" believes that she can remain undefeated for as long as she intends to.
"People ask me, 'Do you think you could beat this person' or 'Can you beat that person?' I'm never going to place limits on myself," Rousey continued. "I'm not going to say that I can't do something. You can't tell me there isn't a string of circumstances or events that could lead to me beating anyone."
At 27 years of age, Ronda Rousey's MMA career is still a long way to go. But the reigning UFC bantamweight champion also admitted that the thought of walking away from the sport does haunt her.
"I'm afraid of life after [MMA]," said Rousey. "I'm doing everything I can to make sure I have that new quest and goal or whatever to go after next so I'm not left with... Before I was left broke with no goals, but if I'm left rich with no goals, that's a little bit more comfortable, but mentally I'd be in the same place."
