Sydney Sweeney’s favourite UFC fighter is none aside from girls’s MMA pioneer Ronda Rousey.
Not too long ago, Nelk Boys co-founder Kyle Forgeard made a video name to the Hollywood star to ask her who sits atop her all-time listing. Take a look at the clip under:
“I’ve at all times been a fan of Ronda,” Sweeney mentioned. “I really bought to hang around with Ronda and go to lunch together with her. That was f**king loopy.”
Forgeard expressed his approval for Sweeney’s choose, noting that Rousey was instrumental in placing girls’s blended martial arts “on the map.”
“She actually did,” Sweeney mentioned in settlement.
Sweeney has been an avid fan of the game and has spoken at size about her personal fight sports activities coaching through the years. Now, the Euphoria and Anybody However You star will put these expertise to work on the silver display when she portrays girls’s boxing legend Christy Martin in a biopic scheduled to hit theaters in 2025.
Sydney Sweeney reveals off her unbelievable transformation into Christy Martin
Final yr, Sweeney made waves on social media when photos of her unbelievable physique transformation hit the net. The 27-year-old blonde bombshell shed her locks and beefed as much as carry the previous WBC welterweight world champion to the massive display.
“Over the previous few months, I’ve been immersed in coaching to carry to life the story of an unbelievable lady — a real champion who fought battles each inside and out of doors the ring,” Sweeney wrote on Instagram in October. “Her journey is a testomony to resilience, power, and hope, and I’m honored to step into her sneakers to share her highly effective story with you all. extra to return quickly 🙂 CHRISTY MARTIN.”
Martin went 49-7 in her 23-year boxing profession. In November 2010, Martin’s then-husband, James V. Martin, stabbed her a number of occasions and shot her as soon as in her torso following an argument of their Apopka residence. She miraculously survived the assault, and per week later, James Martin was arrested.
In November, James Martin died whereas serving a 25-year sentence at Graceville Correctional Facility in Graceville, Florida.
