Ronda Rousey Expects UFC 190 To Be One Of Three Upcoming Title Fights

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Ronda Rousey says she doesn’t know how to relax, and her schedule proves it. The UFC women’s bantamweight champion, who has been in Rio de Janeiro for just over a week preparing for Saturday’s UFC 190 grudge match against seventh-ranked Bethe Correia (9-0-0) at HSBC Arena, said she’s planning at least three title defenses in the next few months.

Sandwiched between anticipated wins over Correia, Miesha Tate and a nameless future opponent, Rousey (11-0) says she’ll shoot another movie, the Peter Berg-directed “Mile 22,” in Southeast Asia with her “Entourage” pal Mark Wahlberg.

“I’m gonna beat up Bethe, and then I’m going to take a couple of weeks to rest,” Rousey said Monday in a conference call with international media. “Then I’m going to go beat up Miesha, and then I’m going to go to Thailand or wherever we decide to film, prep for a month, start filming for eight or 10 weeks. And then go beat up the next chick.”

If Rousey appears to be overlooking Correia’s impertinent approach to the Brazilian’s first UFC title shot, think again. She’s certainly eager to avenge the losses of friends and teammates Jessamyn Duke and Shayna Baszler to Correia.

But she is absolutely simmering over Correia’s trash-talking crack about suicide, a particularly insensitive taunt in light of Rousey’s father, Ron, committing suicide when she was a child.