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Since Ronda Rousey’s UFC 207 loss to Amanda Nunes last week<\/a> to close out 2016, the MMA community has been torn between supporting Ronda Rousey<\/a> at a low point, and criticizing the former champ for being ill prepared for her scrap with Amanda Nunes.<\/p>\n

While there has been a tremendous outpouring of support for Rousey in the time since the fight, which included Floyd Mayweather Sr. and his brother Jeff Mayweather offering to train Rousey<\/a>, her coach, Edmond Tarverdyan has been the subject of much criticism.<\/p>\n

\"Edmond<\/p>\n

MMA veteran Phil Baroni certainly is on Rousey’s side when it comes to the situation. He spoke to MMAJunkie<\/a> to discuss the situation, Rousey’s media blackout, and the fight:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she likes being a heel,\u201d he said. \u201cI have a feeling that she embraced the heel, and she bent over backwards for the media previously for all the other fights, and she felt the MMA media turned on her. So (expletive) the MMA media. If you can do that (expletive), then do it. That\u2019s strong.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t (expletive) buy pay-per-views; I didn\u2019t feel like going to the Strip. I always get tickets. But I bought the (UFC 207) pay-per-view. I wanted to see the fight. I don\u2019t buy pay-per-views. I didn\u2019t give a (expletive) if she did an interview or not. I wanted to see what she\u2019s got.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is she going to say? \u2018I trained really hard for this fight, I\u2019m in the best shape of my life, (and) I\u2019m not worried about the last fight?\u2019 What the (expletive)? She wasn\u2019t fighting for the money that time, and that just goes to prove it. She was there to fight; I give her even more respect for that.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Ronda<\/p>\n

Rousey has remained noncommittal about her future following the loss, stating that she would like to take time to process the situation before deciding on her future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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