It’s good to know that there are some constants in life beyond death, taxes, Rousey by armbar. We will always be able to rely on the hatred Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate have for each other. It must make Dana White happy, because this is pretty much guaranteed ratings for his fledgling Ultimate Fighter series, and frankly, I’m fine with it. It’s about time we received some could ol’ fashioned hatred in the Octagon. And as Ronda says: rising tides raises all ships. We’re down for the sport to get recognized a little more.
So Dana has come out at the UFC 161 pre-fight media scrum to fill the world in on Ronda/Miesha TUF edition, and it’s going pretty much exactly to plan, which as you know from my description above, equals pure hatred.
“It’s going exactly the way you thought it would be going – bad,” said White. “Dead serious. Miesha and Ronda hate each other. It’s like, literally crazy drama every day. It’s irritating.”
“It’s Ken-Tito type stuff. I don’t even know if some of that stuff will make TV. It’s bad. Those two do not like each other, and their camps do not like each other, and it is just pure f—ing mayhem every day.”
“(The men and women together) is going well. There are some men and women there who are serious and want to be in the UFC and want to fight for a living, and they’re doing their thing. I don’t know if there’s any romance – I don’t see that stuff till it gets to the end. I know what goes on at the gym, and if I show up at the house, bad s— happened. That’s all I know about.”
The real question, if it’s so much like Ken and Tito, is if someone will be beaten into a living death.
