There’s nothing like a mother’s love to get you through hard times. Ronda Rousey’s devastating loss to Holly Holm was one of the most prominent moments in her career, but she got through it with her mother’s wise words, ‘Revenge is a Motherf***er.’ Watch Ronda impersonate her mother here!
“Winning is a b–ch. But revenge is a motherf—er!” Those are the blunt words Ronda‘s, 29, mother instilled in her after her harsh loss to Holly Holm, 34. Ronda was speaking at the 2016 female empowerment event, Women in Action in Chicago, July 15 when she revealed her mother’s words of wisdom.
The Olympic medalist told the Robin Roberts, 55, and the attendees a story of when her mother, Ann Maria De Mars, (the first American to take home the Gold at the World Judo Championships in 1984), pulled her aside on the mat to fiercely give her the advice that she, herself had to experience at one point during a loss of her own.
Ronda was fired up as she told the story, even doing a rendition of her mother’s famous speech that had the crowd going nuts! Everyone in the audience belted out laughs as they clapped for the UFC fighter. “I want to win my belt back,” TMZ claimed she said.
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So could this mean we will finally get the Holly Holm rematch we’ve been waiting for? We sure hope so! And speaking of rematches, Miesha Tate, 29, openly admitted that something would be missing from her career if she didn’t fight Ronda again,” in June 2016. So, who knows what fight we will be seeing next.
In case you weren’t aware, Ronda suffered what some say was the worst loss of her entire career when the two contenders went head to head at UFC 193. Holly gave Ronda a head kick that knocked her right out! Holly ended up winning with a KO at the 59-second mark of the second round.
HollywoodLifers, what do you think of Ronda’s mom’s advice? Do you think there will be a rematch anytime soon for Ronda and her former opponents? Tell us what you think in the comments below!
