Ronda Rousey’s next opponent, Brazilian Bethe Correia, took some below the belt shots at Ronda Rousey last month in an interview with Combate.
In the interview, Correia used ammunition from Rousey’s autobiographical book “My Fight, Your Fight.” where she went into detail about her addiction to painkillers and alcohol.
“I want to knock her out, show to everyone that she is a lie,” . “She wants to stand up with me, let’s see. I want to humiliate her and show the world she has no MMA. She is focused on movies, books…
“Under pressure, she is proving weak. When her mom put pressure on her, she ran away from home. When she lost, it was because of drugs. That’s not a superhero. She is not mentally healthy; she needs to take care of herself. She is winning, so everybody is around her cheering her up, but when she realizes she is not everything that she believes she is, I don’t know what might happen. I hope she does not kill herself later on (laughs).”
Ronda felt that Correia was explicitly referencing her father’s suicide and called her out for it.
@bethecorreia suicide is no joke or selling point. My father will be with me the day I hand you the comeuppance you deserve.
— Ronda Rousey (@RondaRousey) May 28, 2015
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Correia pleaded ignorance saying that she didn’t know about her father’s suicide but Ronda isn’t buying it. On Father’s day the UFC champion posted this Instagram post vowing to make Correia suffer for disrespecting her father.
@BetheCorreia, your disrespect to my father, family and friends is not forgotten. I am your comeuppance. And this will not be over quickly. I will make sure you feel every moment of the lesson I’m going to teach you.
#UFC190 #Aug1st #andSTILL
Not sure if it was a good idea for Correia to piss off the baddest woman on the planet.
Correia and Rousey are set to fight in UFC 190 on August 1, 2015.