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“No Explanation Needed” – Ronda Rousey Was Extreme With Her Opinion of Joe Rogan While Completely Destroying Kim Kardashian During Her Early MMA Days

Published 07/05/2022, 2:00 PM EDT

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Ronda Rousey had polar opposite advice for the world about Joe Rogan and Kim Kardashian during her Strikeforce days. While she was at her initial red carpet event as she was on the cover of ESPN The Magazine Body Issue 2012, she gave a shocking opinion about ‘Keeping up with Kardashian’ star while the UFC commentator received nothing but praise from her.

UFC Hall of Fame Ronda Rousey was always a polarising figure. ‘Rowdy‘ was never the one to hide her emotions when she was on top of the world. Winning the first medal in Judo (woman) in the Olympic games was her first moment of fame, but it was her MMA career that gave her the actual push to stardom. Even before the UFC, she rocked the microphone like a superstar.

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Rousey even claimed to fight for her first Strikeforce championship by using her social platform to jump the queue. Although her performances inside the cage pictured a different tale.

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Answering who will be a celeb she would have the world to follow on Twitter, Rousey said, “Joe Rogan.” The former six-time UFC woman bantamweight champion appreciated the JRE host across the board, and mentioned, “I’m a huge fan of his podcast.”

Rogan’s $200 million worth Spotify podcast is still the number one show in the world a decade later, in 2022.

After praising Joe Rogan, Ronda Rousey snubbed Kim Kardashian

Ronda Rousey had quite a response when asked one person no one should follow on Twitter; She picked Kim Kardashian; Even though she rarely holds back her thoughts, she didn’t elaborate on it. “No explanation needed,” concluded Rousey.

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Anyhow, in the interview with ESPN during the ESPYS week, Rousey was asked multiple questions. The two answers from Rousey that stood out involved veteran UFC announcer, Joe Rogan, and the famed Hollywood star, Kim Kardashian, a celebrity that ‘Rowdy’ was highly critical of and even suggested she would ‘beat the c*ap out of‘.

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As far as Rogan, when ‘Rowdy’ eventually arrived in UFC, the former Fear Factor host praised her throughout her championship reign. At the time, Rogan even claimed Rousey to get the better of half of the UFC bantamweight division. Besides, Rogan gave an edge to the Judoka to beat 50-0 boxer, Floyd Mayweather, in MMA.

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Deepak Kumar

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Deepak Kumar is a UFC author at EssentiallySports. His love for MMA comes from the chaos and violence the fight game brings to the table. A BJJ aspirant, Deepak began following the sport as a casual fan when Ronda Rousey was finishing her opponents in seconds.
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Vibhanshu Kumar