Ronda Rousey rips into ‘chauvinistic pig’ ruining UFC: ‘Keep trying to fail upwards, motherf–ker!’
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 15: Ronda Rousey speaks onstage at Rousey vs. Carano NYC Press Conference at The Palladium on April 15, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix) | Getty Images for Netflix Ronda Rousey still plans on retiring from fighting after her big return bout on Netflix against Gina Carano on Saturday, May 16th.
But she may end up sticking around in the sport as the promotional face of MVP MMA … just as a big ‘F–k you’ to UFC CBO Hunter Campbell. Campbell is the guy running the day to day dealing at the top of the UFC now that CEO Dana White has taken a step back from negotiations and contracts. According to Rousey, Campbell has sucked the soul out of the UFC over the past few years and is the reason things feel so stale and corporate.
And after a dismissive meeting with Hunter, she wants to show the world how an MMA promotion is supposed to be run. “Maybe after this, we will see. I could feasibly be the Dana of MVP MMA,” Rousey said on the Ariel Helwani show.
“I could be the most powerful figure in the sports since Dana. Like, that’s that’s insane. That’s a goal that I never even would have thought to have had if I had done done nothing but win and win and win and win.
And it’s not just for me, this isn’t like something I ever really inspired to do. I mean, a little bit would be kinda cool. But it’s giving fighters their power back, and I feel like that’s a role that I was meant to inhabit.
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