{"id":186029,"date":"2016-02-13T14:59:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T22:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=186029"},"modified":"2016-02-13T14:59:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T22:59:30","slug":"nba-star-kobe-bryant-tried-to-console-ronda-rousey-after-loss-its-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ronda-rousey\/nba-star-kobe-bryant-tried-to-console-ronda-rousey-after-loss-its-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Star Kobe Bryant tried to console Ronda Rousey after UFC 193 loss is revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not many know the extreme highs of sports success and the painful lows that accompany those momentous high times.   Kobe Bryant got together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/lakers\/2016\/02\/13\/kobe-bryant-message-ronda-rousey-holly-holm-loss-champion-loss\/80341678\/\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today<\/a> and discussed the former champ Ronda Rousey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the true mark of a champion is how you get up from that, If she goes through her entire career undefeated, she becomes this mythical figure that nobody can relate to. She got beat. We all get beat at some point or another in our lives. Now it\u2019s a matter of how she bounces back from that. I think that\u2019s what makes her a true champion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryant knows about being compared to greatness and living up to media and fan expectations.  For most of his career the NBA star has been compared to one of the most iconic of sports stars, Michael Jordan through a majority of his career.  His five NBA championships and 2 MVP awards are only one side of the coin to his storied career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sent her several messages, so yes, we have touched base,\u201d Bryant said. \u201cThat\u2019s what it\u2019s about. It\u2019s not about how you win. A true champion is about how you lose and come back from that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told her, \u2018It\u2019s a beautiful thing.\u2019 That\u2019s what I told her. I said, \u2018To be a true champion sometimes you have to get knocked down.\u2019 It happens to the best of us. It happened with my Achilles [when I tore it], [Muhammad] Ali got put down several times \u2013 it happens to the best of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Bryant knowing a thing or two about <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/benson-henderson\/video-what-did-benson-henderson-say-to-sage-northcutt-right-after-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\">championships and adversity<\/a>, was it sound advice?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not many know the extreme highs of sports success and the painful lows that accompany those momentous high times. 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