Ronda Rousey physically recovered a long time ago from the beating she caught at the hands of Holly Holm but her reputation as a sore loser will be hanging around for a while. According to Miesha Tate, Rousey got all emotional and crazy on fellow fighter, Paige VanZant, for simply congratulating Holm via twitter after the two fought last November.
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Tate appeared on “The Joe Rogan Experience” Thursday and told the story, saying VanZant came up to her and told her the entire shocking encounter.
“Paige and I have spoken before, we’re friendly; I don’t know her that well. Anyway, she felt the need, she came up to me — ‘Miesha, Miesha, I have to tell you this experience I had with Ronda’. I’m like ‘What?’ She’s like ‘We were at a Reebok deal recently and we were at a shoot and I was trying to find her so we could get a picture, and the Reebok people were like “Don’t ask Ronda for a picture”.’ She’s like ‘Why?’ and they’re like ‘Just don’t. Stay away from Ronda, don’t ask her for a picture,'” Tate said.
“I guess Ronda came later that day and seeked her out and like cussed her out. Like, they’ve never really had a conversation either. She’s like ‘I don’t know Ronda other than “Hi, bye”, that’s it.’ I guess Ronda came up and was like ‘(expletive) you, you fair-weather (expletive), how dare you cross me?’ She’s like ‘Cross you? What are you talking about?’ And she’s like ‘You congratulated Holly Holm for beating me so (expletive) you, you (expletive) fair-weather 115-pound’. She just went off on Paige. And Paige came and told me and I was like honey, welcome to my world. She was like ‘I’m glad I saw this side of her so I know’.”
After the appearance, VanZant confirmed to TMZ that what Tate said was entirely true, saying the whole thing was “shocking and unnecessary”.
That night she lost to Holm was probably the first time in a while that Rousey had a reality check and clearly she wasn’t the best at handling it.
