Fighters react: Rousey to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated
On Tuesday, Sports Illustrated magazine announced that UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey would be featured on the cover of an issue set for release on May 13.
Fighters from across the UFC landscape immediately threw their support behind the undefeated champion on Twitter.
Now the cover of SI!!! @RondaRousey #ufc pic.twitter.com/7zQTzVr40N
— Dana White (@danawhite) May 12, 2015
#Covergirl! If I ever have a daughter, making the cover of #SportsIllustrated is something I'd want her to aspire to. pic.twitter.com/BwKrlp3hCt
— TheOnceAndFutureKing (@BensonHenderson) May 12, 2015
This is good for fighters. It's great for women. Happy and proud of my friend! @RondaRousey @ufc pic.twitter.com/slJXUjaCiV
— Coach (@CMPunk) May 12, 2015
@ufc breakin barriers in womens sports. Congrats 2 @RondaRousey on gettin the cover of @SInow #DominantFemaleAthlete pic.twitter.com/XCoLXzyLKa
— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) May 12, 2015
Congrats to @RondaRousey on getting the cover https://t.co/LwPIAyFlm7
— CB Dollaway (@cbdollaway) May 12, 2015
Wow absolutely amazingggg @RondaRousey congrats ✌? #rondarousey #ufc pic.twitter.com/1BzMFTIWwL
— 'Rowdy' Bec Rawlings (@RowdyBec) May 12, 2015
@ufc @RondaRousey @SInow congrats on making the cover!
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) May 12, 2015
Huge congrats to @RondaRousey !!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!! ?????? keep killin it!! https://t.co/ljX0BNg9hl
— Paige VanZant (@PaigeVanzantUFC) May 12, 2015
@ufc @RondaRousey impressive feat to be named most dominant by #SportsIllustrated... Always my goal to get back to the top
— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) May 12, 2015
Congrats to Ronda for making the cover of sports illustrated pic.twitter.com/Ai072qIt3Z
— Randa Markos (@randamma) May 12, 2015
Awesome seeing @RondaRousey on the cover of #SportsIllustrated love seeing the @ufc getting noticed
— Steven Siler (@Stevesiler) May 12, 2015
Congrats @RondaRousey on the #SportsIllustrated cover. You keep raising the bar for all @ufc fighters. pic.twitter.com/FwfcJkO5u6
— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) May 12, 2015
Who's that on the cover of #SportsIllustrated? Oh, just the world's most dominant athlete. Congrats, @RondaRousey!! pic.twitter.com/otDF3P5HV8
— Reebok (@Reebok) May 12, 2015
Congrats to The Queen of The Armbar! #MostDominantAthlete @RondaRousey @ufc pic.twitter.com/U9qMrvotrF
— Masio Fullen (@MasioFullenMMA) May 12, 2015
Excellence of Japanese Judo in display. Congratulations @RondaRousey #Judo https://t.co/hHKFkd92vh
— Hatsu Hioki (@hatsu_hioki) May 12, 2015
Congrats @RondaRousey on making the cover of #SportsIllustrated and named SI's most dominant athlete! Pretty cool. pic.twitter.com/tp8jMpEjPe
— Chris Holdsworth (@holdsworth135) May 12, 2015
Rousey, ranked fourth on the UFC's pound-for-pound list, is currently on a media tour promoting her autoboiography titled, "My Fight, Your Fight", which hits bookstores on Tuesday.
She makes her next appearance in the Octagon at UFC 190 against Bethe Correia.
