After final showing within the UFC all the best way again in 2016, Rousey has began a household with husband Travis Browne following a number of years spent in skilled wrestling in WWE. The previous girls’s bantamweight champion additionally turned a profitable creator and she or he even penned a script for her life story to be tailored right into a function movie.
“We all know everybody would get behind bringing Ronda Rousey again,” Brown mentioned on the newest episode of The Fighter vs. The Author. “As large of a star as she was, yeah, f*ck yeah all people can be all about it. Whether or not they love her or hate her, we’ll watch one hundred pc.
“[But] I’d say the identical factor with Conor [McGregor] … you can not take that point off and anticipate to come back again at a excessive degree. Everyone else is working on a regular basis. This isn’t 1998 anymore the place you’ll be able to simply sort of be a fighter in coaching camp after which chill after which come again. We’re not even speaking about that. We’re speaking about years off. She’ll get destroyed.”
It’s been over a decade since Rousey final received a battle and her final two performances each resulted in devastating style following knockout losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes.
Whereas selling her autobiography, Rousey additionally revealed that an enormous a part of her determination to stroll away from combating occurred after she suffered a number of concussions throughout her fight sports activities profession courting again to competing in judo matches all throughout the globe.
That each one appears so as to add as much as a litany of causes Rousey ought to by no means battle once more however Brown doesn’t doubt for a second that the UFC would pounce on that chance for her to return. Nonetheless, Rousey’s extremely lengthy layoff, damage historical past and her general age the place she’s about to show 39 years previous go away Brown confused why anybody would need to see it.
“Possibly they’ll discover a matchup for her, like a Bethe Correia sort or one thing,” Brown mentioned. “There’s nonetheless these women on the market in these divisions sadly. However no, you’ll be able to’t take that sort of day without work. There’s a degree the place you’ve simply obtained to say I’m finished. I’ve spent sufficient time away from the game that coming again will not be going to be a very good possibility for me anymore and Ronda’s previous that time for certain. She’s obtained to comprehend it, too.
“The one query together with her is simply her ego. She actually thinks she’s the best fighter ever and she will be able to in all probability take this day without work and are available again nevertheless it doesn’t work that manner. It simply doesn’t. You are taking a sure period of time off, it’s over. Everyone else is coaching on a regular basis. You’re going to get smashed in there.”
Contemplating the star energy that adopted Rousey on the peak of her profession, there’s little doubt {that a} comeback would get plenty of consideration.
However Brown’s simply not , particularly at this stage of her life and profession.
“I wasn’t interested by watching her when she was combating in her prime,” Brown mentioned. “So a comeback doesn’t curiosity me personally. Take that for what it’s. Make up your personal thoughts on it.”
