MELBOURNE, Australia – Some media topics, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has a good laugh over.

Take a recent wave of stories about her thoughts on sexual lubricant. She said she joked about it with friends this week while she awaits her fight with Holly Holm (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) at UFC 193.

“I say one thing, like what’s your preference, I don’t know, I don’t like lube,” Rousey (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) said Thursday at a media day in support of the pay-per-view card at Etihad Stadium. “Oh my God, it’s world news. ‘Lubegate.’ Oh no, ‘lube shaming’ – all these things. It just becomes a joke after a while.

“I mean, really? Is someone going to write an article that I tend to sneeze to the left instead of the right?”

Not quite yet, perhaps, but it seems headed there. Rousey has transcended the usual MMA circles to break into the mainstream consciousness, and there’s more interest in her than ever.

Some MMA fans are complaining there’s too much Rousey. But as long as they and others click on stories, there will be more.

Because of her popularity, every statement she makes is parsed out for public consumption. So are those of her mother. Recently, her longtime coach’s financial history drew headlines.

There are some places, however, that Rousey doesn’t want to go. Asked about her boyfriend, UFC heavyweight Travis Browne, during a conference call with media in support of Saturday’s event, her line promptly went dead.

On Thursday, MMAjunkie attempted to ask Rousey what happened. Before the question was completed, she blurted out, “Next question.”

So where’s the line with Rousey?

“I think that my private life is private, and I share a lot and give a lot,” she told MMAjunkie. “Sometimes it’s like I’m playing the ‘give a mouse a cookie’ game, where it’s like I’m trying to share and try to be open, but I also want to keep a few things to myself in secret.

“I would feel uncomfortable asking them about (their relationship). That’s a stranger. I don’t know you. I would feel uncomfortable asking you about that – why would you feel comfortable asking me about that?”

Rousey understands she is a famous athlete and she is different than a reporter or a member of the public, and as such, she is held to different standards. She said she’s “not playing my own violin or anything,” but she is unapologetic about her priorities.

“I’ve got a fight to sell and I’m concentrating on what’s important,” she said.

Oh, and about reports that Rousey hung up?

“My phone died,” she said, turning her head away to look for the next question.

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