At UFC 207 the world was left stunned when Ronda Rousey was knocked out in just 48 seconds by UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. Fans of the star have been left bewildered how the woman once hailed as “the baddest woman on the planet” lost so easily. Perhaps this is because she never truly was the “baddest” on the planet?

MMA legend and former UFC competitor is not surprised by the outcome of the fight “Amanda Nunes went out there and in hindsight she did exactly what should have been expected. You take Ronda Rousey, Ronda’s been out of the ring. You don’t get better at something by not doing it. As human beings we know that about ourselves.”

Chael Sonnen has posted a very informative audio video on his YouTube channel. He makes a good point about Ronda Rousey being a creation of the media and ultimately being the reason for her downfall and depression. He says the reason she was on top of the division for so long was because she created it, and now the division has caught up with her with new fighters constantly joining the organisation.

“I do feel that the Ronda story hasn’t really been told accurately. The Ronda Rousey fixation became a media creation, it wasn’t based on skills. Ronda was an excellent fighter and above everything an excellent competitor. She was also the top of a forming division, the 135 pound women’s mixed martial arts division didn’t really exist, she created it so she instantly came out on top. She beat some girls in a forming division when she sat out, the division began to really take shape. Now the question becomes, do her skills compete with where the division is at today? It’s not a matter that Ronda got old or out of her prime, she’s far from old or out of her prime. The question is simple, do those skills work once the division settles in and other stars have emerged?” Sonnen said.

The legend reveals he was surprised Rousey actually believed the media’s false hype, he believes she should have

taken it as a bit of fun.

“So the media creates Ronda. Well that’s pretty cool, a pretty cool thing. She got put into a pretty neat spot. What I didn’t know, and I say this as a friend of Ronda’s is that she attached her worth and her own credibility as a human to those wins and losses. I thought that she understood hey this is just for fun and if your propelled into a great lie and the media saying these wonderful things about you, that doesn’t make it true that just makes it fun. Just enjoy that and have that fun right now.”

Sonnen agrees with fans who speculate Rousey will never fight again “I’m listening to people saying I don’t think she’ll ever fight again. I tend to agree with that statement for right now.” He feels the “Rowdy” one is in a tricky spot right now due to her star power.

“Here’s the problem that happens when you’re in Ronda’s spot. So Ronda had a disclosed payment of three million dollars for this fight. When you’re making that kind of money, when your contract is structured that way, you have to be the main event. When you have to be the main event, you have to fight the top fighters in the world. They can’t give you a number 8, 9, 12, 14, they can’t give you somebody like that. So she’s got to take on the biggest draw who also happens to be the best fighter, that’s the problem that Ronda is in right now.”

He continues “Who is she going to fight? Who is a compelling fight we can buy into? There has to be speculation about the outcome. If it’s a squash match it’s not going to sell. If we think Ronda is going to go out and get destroyed, it’s not going to sell.”

How do you feel about Chael Sonnen’s points? Do you think we’ll see Ronda Rousey fight again? Let us know in the comments below.

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