This is Why She’s The Best Fighter In The World!
It’s not a norm that we get to see Ronda Rousey vulnerable, but with a new boyfriend – the world’s scariest badass is featured in this month’s edition of Self Magazine. Before he big fight night month for UFC next month against Holly Holm, Rowdy hits the warm beaches for the publications November issue to showcase some sexy training, which is always nice on our eye.
Take a look at the behind-the-scenes video clip above, as well as some of the pictorial in full below.
What’s your definition of a badass?
Someone who’s willing to do what needs to be done. There are plenty of times where people know and they don’t do it—because it’s not comfortable or easy. If you do what’s right regardless of how it’s going to make you look, then you’re really a badass.
You’re objectively the best in your sport—how does that make you feel?
It’s motivating, because it’s something I have to keep earning. When I was a kid, all I did was train. I never went to a dance, I never had a date, I never went to a single party. Training was my whole life, and it was because I wanted to be able to win the Olympics more than I wanted to go to the movies with my friends. It’s funny, because people get offended by the mind-set that it takes to be the best. If I say that I’m the best in the world, sometimes people think that’s really cocky and arrogant, but I had to work hard to be able to believe in myself. In your teens, you start to become super self-conscious. I had to build that up.
Did you ever get in street fights as a teen?
Yes. Santa Monica didn’t used to be so nice! After school, my friend and I would go to the Promenade, where a lot of shady characters hung out. I loved Frappuccinos, but I only got $5 a day for lunch. If I ate, that meant I didn’t have enough money for a Frappuccino. So we would go over to these kids and say, “I bet you $10 I could beat up any one of you.” There were always some guys who could use the money. We’d fight and I’d do something to get them to give up, and they’d give us $10 and we’d go get Frappuccinos…. That was, like, my side gig for a little while.
click here to read the full interview with SELF
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