Kurt Angle on why Ronda Rousey remains 'baddest woman on the planet'
Kurt Angle, who teamed up with Ronda Rousey at Wrestlemania in 2018, said she's still the 'baddest woman on the planet' as her comeback fight nears.
It’s been a decade since Ronda Rousey was a UFC champion and almost as long since her last MMA fight. It’s been eight years since her debut at Wrestlemania. “She is the baddest woman on the planet,’’ said Kurt Angle, who teamed with Rousey at Wrestlemania in 2018 when they beat Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
Instead of between the ropes, Rousey, 39, will head back inside the cage when she fights Gina Carano, 44, on May 16 at the Inuit Dome in Inglewood. The bout, scheduled for five rounds, will be the main event on a card to be streamed by Netflix. “And hopefully she wins the fight,’’ Angle said of Rousey during an interview with USA TODAY Sports.
“That would be a big bonus. But I don't think it really matters. I think that her legendary status will always be there regardless of whether she wins or loses this fight.
’’ While Angle won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 in freestyle wrestling, Rousey won an Olympic bronze in judo in 2008. Their paths diverged from there. Angle became a legendary pro wrestler.