Rousey crushes Tate, Cyborg during raucous appearance on 'The Howard Stern Show'
Ronda Rousey continued her book tour with a one-hour in-studio sit down with Howard Stern on Wednesday.
The popular UFC star pulled no punches when it came to discussing Miesha Tate and Cris "Cyborg" Justino with the "King of All Media".
Here are 14 memorable quotes from the interview that covered a wide range of topics, including Rousey on her appearance in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, what goes on when she applies her famous armbar and her father's suicide.
On worrying about getting her face damaged:
"I haven't gotten a single bruise from getting hit in a fight yet."
On the difference between her judo career and UFC career:
"There's no chick in the world that can submit me."
On her dad committing suicide after dealing with severe pain stemming from an accident:
"I would've done the same thing."
On her time as a cocktail waitress:
"I got my ass grabbed all night and there was nothing I could do about it."
On being pleased with how her butt looked in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue:
"I knew it was nice, but I never actually saw it from that angle, and I was like, 'Damn, that's probably the best ass I've ever seen.' "
On why she doesn't drink that much anymore:
"What I learned from bartending is that it's not sexy to be drunk."
On worrying about her breasts getting injured during a fight:
"I'd rather have t--s than nuts."
On Miesha Tate:
"She's a big, old c---."
On why she can't stand Tate:
"She just has a martini personality, which is like, whoever you're sitting down having a drink with, that's who you reflect and that's exactly who you are. Her boyfriend is like the biggest douchebag ever and she's around him every single second of the day. I've heard when she's not around him, she's very pleasant, but then when she's with him, she's f---ing terrible."
On putting her opponents in an armbar:
"You feel it in between your legs. It's pretty gross. I don't get satisfaction out of it. I don't like it."
On whether she'd rather kill herself or lose a fight by tapping out:
"If someone said you need to go and purposely lose and tap out or we'll kill you, I'd be like, 'Kill me.' "
On why hasn't she fought Cyborg:
"I fight at 135. She fights at 145. So, she was the champ at 145 before I even started competing. And then she got caught for steroids. She's very obviously been abusing performance-enhancing drugs for a very long time to the point that her jawline, hands and feet have been morphed by everything she's done to her body. "
On whether she wants to fight Cyborg:
"Of course I do. I have to think about what sends the right message. I'm not gonna do backflips for a cheating con artist. And to be honest, if you can make 145 juiced the f--- up on steroids, you can get off them and move down. She would have to make 135 like everybody else and she would have to be clean like everybody else. There's no reason why she should get a special set of rules because she cheated for a long time."
On whether Cyborg is afraid of her:
"Of course she is. What she wants is enough money that she could take a loss for it. She's one of those people that it's all 'roids and muscle and not technique or anything."
