Ronda Rousey versus Bethe Correia, the main event at UFC 190, is one of the most anticipated mixed martial arts events of 2015. But the trash talk leading up to the fight has gone too far.
During an interview earlier this week, Correia referenced suicide while talking about a few events from Rousey’s past.
“I want to knock her out, show to everyone that she is a lie,” the Brazilian fighter recently told Combate (translated to English by SB Nation’s MMA Mania). “She wants to stand up with me, let’s see. I want to humiliate her and show the world she has no MMA. She is focused on movies, books. I am much stronger, I come from a developing country, where people are struggling to survive, not to starve. It is very different from her life of reality.
“Under pressure, she is proving weak. When her mom put pressure on her, she ran away from home. When she lost, it was because of drugs. That’s not a superhero. She is not mentally healthy, she needs to take care of herself. She is winning, so everybody is around her cheering her up, but when she realizes she is not everything that she believes she is, I don’t know what might happen. I hope she does not kill herself later on (laughs).”
Rousey’s father committed suicide when she was young. She responded to Correia’s comments via Twitter, and the Brazilian fighter replied to the tweet with an apology.
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UFC 190 is scheduled for Aug. 1 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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