Ronda Rousey Just Defended Her UFC Title By Ending The Fight In 34 Seconds
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Saturday night Ronda Rousey took on challenger Bethe Correia at UFC 190 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil to defend her bantamweight title.
Leading up to the fight there had been a lot of bad blood between the two fighters.
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The animosity started earlier this year when Correia made a veiled reference to Rousey’s father’s suicide.
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When ask about Rousey at a promotional event Correia said:
“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).”
Tensions were high as the fight got underway.
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