Ronda Rousey launches stunning tirade at UFC champion Kayla Harrison: ‘Charisma of a wet towel’
Rousey blasted Harrison for branding her ‘irrelevant’ and a liar during the press conference for her return fight with Gina Carano
Ronda Rousey launched a stunning tirade towards UFC women’s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison ahead of her headline bout with Gina Carano. Rousey (12-2; 3 KOs, 9 submissions), a trailblazer for the sport, has not fought in close to a decade but will make a return to the cage on 16 May against fellow veteran Carano, under the banner of Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions . She used the press conference ahead of the event to add fuel to the fire of her feud with Harrison, who had taken aim at 39-year-old Rousey and branded her as “irrelevant” at this stage of the game.
Erupting at the two-time Olympic gold medallist, who was due to defend her title against Amanda Nunes before being sidelined with a neck injury , Rousey said: “Gina is so relevant that she’s the whole reason the 145-pound division even exists. I am so relevant that the only reason she has a job at the UFC is because of me. Ronda Rousey launched a tirade at UFC champion Kayla Harrison (Getty) “Kayla is so irrelevant that she couldn’t even keep the 145-pound division around.
Honestly, she’s just sour because no matter what she does or what she accomplishes, she can’t change the fact that she has the charisma of a wet towel and will always be in me and Gina’s shadow. “So the next time she wants to talk s***, she should look down at her feet and consider who paved the road that she’s walking on. Oh wait, she can’t look down at her feet because she’s too busy holding onto the belt in a neck brace.
” Harrison’s planned bout with the returning Nunes at UFC 324 was billed as one of the biggest fights in women’s MMA history, but was nevertheless given in the co-main slot, placed below a clash for the interim lightweight title between Paddy Pimblett and Justin Gaethje . “Her and Hunter [Campbell] acting like her next upcoming fight is the biggest women’s fight of all time,” Rousey continued, whose fight with Carano will be streamed on Netflix. “Then why is it being booked as a co-main for a men’s interim title fight?
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