Ronda Rousey beloved seeing Travis Browne pummel her ex-boyfriend into retirement.
Earlier than the former bantamweight women’s world champion walked away from combined martial arts and married Browne, Rousey spent a while in a relationship with one other former UFC heavyweight contender — Brendan Schaub.
Whereas Rousey has stayed largely tight-lipped about her time with Schaub, he has been pretty open in regards to the previous relationship, talking about it on multiple event by way of his plethora of podcasts. Nonetheless, Rousey just lately supplied some perception into the scenario by way of her new ebook, Our Fight: A Memoir.
In it, Rousey reveals a few of the struggles she confronted whereas courting Schaub. Although she doesn’t title him particularly, ‘Rowdy’ offers sufficient particulars for combat followers to shortly establish who she’s speaking bout.
“Travis had been coaching with us for some time when it was introduced that his first combat as an official member of our group could be towards my ex-boyfriend,” Rousey wrote. “My ex thrived on enjoying f*cked-up thoughts video games with me after I had a combat arising and insisted we cover that we had been courting so he wouldn’t be labeled ‘Ronda Rousey’s Boyfriend.’
“As Travis headed into the match up, I pretended it wasn’t private,” she continued. “I attempted to not be overly concerned or emotional. This wasn’t my combat. I hoped he would win, however I used to be in coaching camp, so I didn’t actually suppose an excessive amount of extra about it. That’s till it was on dwell TV, and I misplaced my goddamn thoughts. Screaming on the prime of my lungs, ‘Get him, Travis!’ whereas punching the arm of the individual on the sofa subsequent to me.”
Ronda Rousey basks in seeing her ex-boyfriend getting overwhelmed down
Travis Browne fought six extra instances following his first-round knockout of Brendan Schaub. He went 1-5, struggling finishes towards Cain Velasquez, Derrick Lewis, and Aleksei Oleinik. Total, Browne went 18-7-1 in his MMA profession.
Schaub in the end retired from the game a yr after his loss to Browne, closing out his profession with a 10-5 document.
“When Travis knocked him out on the finish of the primary spherical, I didn’t suppose it may get any extra gratifying,” Rousey mentioned. “My ex coated up on the bottom whereas Travis pounded away on him. The referee waved the match over. Then Travis, towering over the crumpled, semi-conscious physique of my ex, leaned down and whispered one thing in his ear. His phrases had been indiscernible to the digicam, however I swore I may hear Travis’ voice saying, ‘Ronda says f*ck you.’”
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