Ronda Rousey: Cris 'Cyborg' should be charged with attempted homicide
Ronda Rousey keeps finding new and creative ways to bash Cris "Cyborg" Justino for her past performance-enhancing drug use.
Back in the spring, Rousey called Justino an "it," because of the substances she has put in her body. On Monday, "Rowdy" upped the ante by basically saying "Cyborg" is a criminal.
"That girl in my eyes should be charged with attempted negligent homicide," Rousey told Ariel Helwani on "The MMA Hour." "By coming into the cage with performance-enhancing drugs, [it] is the equivalent of walking in there with a weapon. It's not about who hits a ball farther or something like that. The only reason why we're allowed to do MMA is because the human potential of how it is right now, we can say that it's safe. But if you keep putting PEDs [in] people, it's going to become less and less safe."
Rousey and Justino have been tied together for years now, since many believe they are the two top pound-for-pound women's fighters in the world. Rousey is the UFC women's bantamweight champion, and "Cyborg" is the former Strikeforce and current Invicta FC women's featherweight champion.
A potential fight between the two has been further derailed by a bad ankle injury sustained by Justino recently. Justino was set to drop down to Rousey's 135-pound weight class for the first time in December for Invicta. The news broke this weekend that she will have to wait quite a while longer because of what Invicta president Shannon Knapp deemed a "very serious injury."
The matchup does not matter to Rousey. She thinks Justino is terrible for mixed martial arts because she tested positive for the steroid stanozolol after a Strikeforce win over Hiroko Yamanaka in 2011.
"The day that somebody dies in that Octagon and the other person tests positive for steroids, they're going to have your first murder case in MMA," Rousey said. "And that is the kind of thing that's going to destroy the sport. It could destroy the sport forever."
Rousey defends her title against Cat Zingano at UFC 184 on Feb. 28 in her hometown of Los Angeles. The Cyborg bout is even further off her radar right now, but Rousey said she would still do it even if she doesn't necessarily want to.
"If she ever has the courage to actually step in front of me, I'd be happy to give her the ass-whooping she deserves," Rousey said. "But honestly, I don’t even think she deserves that much. If the fight happens or not, whatever. I'll do it. I'll beat her. I'll prove it to everybody."
There are so few female fighters out there who can give a challenge to Rousey, a former Olympic bronze medalist in judo. "Rowdy" blasted Alexis Davis in 16 seconds back in July and finished Sara McMann in 66 seconds in February. Only Miesha Tate has been out of the first round with Rousey. Zingano is as much as a +700 underdog on some sports books heading into their bout.
"Cyborg" (12-1, 1 NC) is one of the few women who many believe can actually give Rousey a run, which is why the fight is so intriguing. She has finished all but two of her opponents by knockout and has not lost an MMA fight since 2005.
"I'm happy to put her out of her misery and put her out of the sport," Rousey said. "... If you're gonna put it in front of me, I'll put her out. But do I think she deserves it? No."
