Harrison Slams Rousey For Exaggerating Past Achievements

UFC Bantamweight Champion Kayla Harrison (19-1) took aim at Ronda Rousey, calling her out for exaggerating her achievements.

Harrison, who is currently recovering from neck surgery, called Rousey’s recent promotional stories as “a blatant f—ing lie” ahead of Ronda’s May 16 MMA fight against Gina Carano. Both women were members of the United States Women’s Judo Olympic program.

Rousey made history in 2008 as the first American woman to earn an Olympic medal in judo (Bronze). However, Harrison won back-to-back Gold Medals in 2012 and 2016. Harrison hinted that Rousey’s accounts of their time in the Olympic training center have been “stretched for the cameras” to sell her comeback.

Harrison Reacts

"I saw something the other day—ugh, do I do it? Yeah, I’m going to do it—Ronda was talking about back in the day,” Harrison said. “So in judo, we have this thing called Ippon Dori. You’re out in the middle and it’s live gos, so if you throw, whoever wins stays. Say you and I are going, it’s like king of the hill, last man standing. So there’s no time limit. We could have a 30-second go or 30 minutes.

"Oh my God, bro, do not get me started. Do not call her that. I don’t think we should talk about this because I don’t think I have anything nice to say. So she’s online telling this story about how, ‘Yeah, I had a lot of pride so I’d be out there for an hour with these girls and then finally a 90-kilo guy would take pity on me and come out and throw me.’

"Dude, that is literally a blatant f*cking lie. Now you’re just making shit up. That never happened. Best card in the history of fighting,’ haven’t you heard? [Rousey] said this is the best female fight of all time.” “How old is Gina?” Harrison added. “She hasn’t fought in 17 years. Like, shut up," Harrison said

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