Ronda Rousey fires back at Miesha Tate’s claims that she’s been pampered

Miesha Tate will defend her Strikeforce title against Ronda Rousey on Saturday, March 3. Recently Tate offered her take on her opponent, saying that she felt that she had the advantage over her opponent due to the fact that Rousey, “has yet to taste her own blood in a grueling MMA bout. She’s yet to prove she can battle back from any adversity at all.” MMATorch via Strikeforce

Rousey seems to have taken exception to the comments of Tate and answered her in a blog of her own where she detailed many injuries and setbacks she has faced during her career, letting Tate now that she is not the coddled fighter that she may perceive Rousey as.

One of the more memorable incidents that Rousey recalls took place during a judo tournament, “At 18 I fought in the German open. My first match was against Finland. I was winning until the last 45 seconds when I tried a risky throw which unfortunately set myself up for an armbar. Before I could believe it, she already dislocated my elbow. I remember thinking: ‘Well…its already out, tapping won’t make it better, I only have 45 seconds…’ I didn’t tap, I kept fighting and my elbow snapped back into place, she popped it out again before I finally escaped the hold and was able to relocate my elbow a second time. I stood up, continued fighting, and won. 

Too bad I only had a two minute break because I had to fight the world champ from France next. I remember I couldn’t even pick my arm up from my side, so I had to lift it to my face with my other arm in order to be able to hold it up. I lost pretty quickly, But Decosse (that was her name) quickly advanced and I was dropped into the loser’s bracket to fight back up for third. I won my next match against a German before having to promptly face Olympic Medalist Urska Zolnir from Slovenia. We fought a very close match but I lost. The next day the training camp started and for the following week I sparred with all the best women in the world for two 2 hour sessions a day. By the time I got home my elbow was the size of a grapefruit.” – via Strikeforce

The fight between Tate and Rousey has developed into a grudge match and with the bout more than a week away it is likely that there will be more exchanges between the two. Stay tuned.

Further Reading: Miesha Tate: Ronda Rousey is way more talk than anything else