{"id":273717,"date":"2018-04-02T08:49:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T15:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=273717"},"modified":"2018-04-02T08:49:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T15:49:07","slug":"ronda-rousey-feels-she-owes-a-lot-to-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ronda-rousey\/ronda-rousey-feels-she-owes-a-lot-to-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronda Rousey feels she &#8220;owes a lot&#8221; to Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/ronda-rousey\/\">Ronda Rousey<\/a> partook in a frenzied string of interviews to promote her upcoming match at WrestleMania 34. These interviews produced <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-ronda-rousey-has-yet-another-awkward-interview-when-pressed-about-mma-losses-1\/\">some pretty tense moments<\/a>, particularly when she was asked about her former career as a mixed martial artist. That said, Rousey had no problem heaping praise on a fellow MMA superstar in Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto, Rousey happily praised McGregor, and said that she feels him a lot for taking some of the pressure off her.<\/p>\n<p id=\"65OOnM\">\u201cI love Conor, he\u2019s awesome,\u201d she said (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/4\/1\/17186184\/ronda-rousey-nothing-but-love-conor-mcgregor-wrestlemania-34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania<\/a>). \u201cHe\u2019s always been great to me. He has my utmost respect as an athlete and as a man. I just appreciate him always being so respectful back to me. I just wish nothing but the best things for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"j9YqAR\">\u201cHe took so much weight off of my shoulders, as well. I owe a lot to Conor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ronda Rousey gets candid in exclusive sit-down interview before WrestleMania 34 | ESPN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/30kK9PqRwQA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ronda Rousey has not fought since December of 2016, when she was knocked out by reigning UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. In her next most recent fight, which occurred in November of 2015, she was knocked out by Holly Holm in one of the sport&#8217;s biggest upsets.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to these losses Rousey was a flawless 12-0 as a professional. Highlights of this undefeated run include dominant defeats of Miesha Tate, Liz Carmouche, Cat Zingano, Sara McMann, Alexis Davis, Sarah Kaufman, Julia Budd and Bethe Correia.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be watching Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 34?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 4\/2\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Ronda Rousey partook in a frenzied string of interviews to promote her upcoming match at WrestleMania 34. These interviews produced some pretty tense moments, particularly when she was asked about her former career as a mixed martial artist. 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