People Who Aren't Fans Of Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey has come an incredibly long way since her start as a judo fighter competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. That year, she brought home the bronze (a first for an American female in judo), but it wasn't until 2010 that her life changed drastically. After making her MMA debut, Rousey quickly solidified her reputation as an unbeatable opponent, not losing a single match until 2015 when she faced Holly Holm. She retired in 2016, was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2018, and decided to join the WWE, making her debut appearance at WrestleMania 34 in 2018.

As her fame grew, Rousey also began expanding her career horizons, appearing in films like "Furious 7," landing in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, and launching her own merch shop. However, for all of her fans, Ronda Rousey's shady side has earned her just as many critics. While her personal life appears to be thriving on the home front (Rousey's marriage to MMA fighter Travis Browne is as strong as ever), her brash personality has often caused issues with colleagues and fellow celebrities. Here are all of the people who aren't fans of Ronda Rousey and are happy to let the world know it.

Miesha Tate's rivalry with Ronda Rousey has been credited with putting women's MMA fighting on the map, and, as Tate told the Jaxxon podcast in 2025, their dislike for one another certainly wasn't scripted. Indeed, it seems their violent fights were real, and so was the shade they regularly tweeted at each other. "It was real beef," Tate shared. "I just genuinely couldn't stand her."

Indeed, the two regularly traded barbs, both in and out of the ring. The pair fought each other twice (in 2012 and 2013), and Tate lost both bouts, but what really bothered her was Rousey's fixation with fame. After their 2013 UFC fight, for example, Tate told FOX Sports that Rousey hadn't actually earned her notoriety. "Every single woman that fights MMA has done just as much work as Ronda has, we just haven't gotten as much turnaround," she alleged. "She got 10 times back what she was putting in and maybe everyone else was getting 1 to 1." What's more, Tate told ESPN in 2016 that Rousey's poor sportsmanship and questionable backstage behavior had always rubbed her the wrong way. Alleging she'd witnessed Rousey ripping into fellow MMA artists, she slammed, "I think Ronda is somewhat emotionally unstable and I think that's been characteristic for a long time."

Although the MMA star's film career ultimately flopped, there were several years during which Ronda Rousey tried to transition from fighting to both the small and big screens. In 2013, she appeared on the 18th season of reality TV show "The Ultimate Fighter." ​​Ronda Rousey faced off against Miesha Tate as they coached teams of up-and-coming talent.

 The series also featured guest stars, like pro MMA fighter Dennis Hallman, who showed up to help Tate's team and soon discovered his dislike of Rousey. Speaking about the experience in 2014, Hallman recalled an altercation that reportedly happened between Rousey and a show producer over late payments. As he revealed, he was not impressed with Rousey allegedly telling the apologetic producer, per Wrestling Inc., "You shut your mouth when I'm talking to you."

Lashing into her, he slammed, "I do think that Ronda has some sort of mental health issue – it's either that or she's severely immature." Further critiquing her personality, Hallman added, "She acts like a 14-year-old boy trapped in a woman's body, always trying to make everything think that she's tough when really she's not sure of herself."

Long before Ronda Rousey was a household name, she was an aspiring fighter working hard with the help of her manager, Darin Harvey. The pair started working together in 2010 until their union came crashing down in 2014. That's when they parted ways, and Harvey actually sued Rousey for around $170,000, claiming she owed him money for all the money he had invested into making her the MMA star she was. "I am not a litigious person, but I never thought for a moment that once she made it to the top, Ronda would turn her back on us and refuse to honor her legal and moral obligations," he told Pro MMA Now (via MMA Mania).

Later, speaking with USA Today in 2015, Harvey claimed he never got the recognition he deserved for helping to make Rousey a champion. "I created a monster," he shared, per MMA Junkie. "She believed she was as special as the press made her out to be." Noting he couldn't believe that Rousey herself would forget about him and all of his hard work, he slammed, "She's not a good person." The pair ultimately settled the lawsuit in 2016.

UFC fans everywhere were shocked when, in November 2015, Ronda Rousey lost for the first time in her MMA career. Rousey was fighting Holly Holm in Australia when the latter delivered a kick to her face that KO'd her, leaving Rousey unconscious and lying on the floor with a bloodied nose.

Deciding to celebrate Rousey's stunning defeat, rapper 50 Cent took to Instagram to post a since-deleted meme featuring an iconic scene from "Rocky IV" in which Rocky (played by Sylvester Stallone) holds a dead Apollo Creed (played by Carl Weathers) in his arms. In 50 Cent's version, Creed was replaced by an unconscious Rousey, and the distasteful post was accompanied by an equally bizarre caption, which claimed, per Sportsnet, "LMAO Floyd told me to post this, he want me to do the dirty work." While it was a plausible allegation given that Rousey has repeatedly shaded Floyd Mayweather, the legendary boxer actually denied the rapper's claims, telling FightHype.com, "That's not true at all – I haven't really spoke to anyone about the Ronda Rousey situation." It seems like 50 Cent was the one holding the ill will towards Rousey all along.

No one saw Ronda Rousey's loss against Holly Holm coming, but when the unthinkable happened, many were quick to celebrate it. Despite Rousey being taken to the hospital after the match to get stitches in her mouth, the severity of her KO defeat didn't deter critics from saying she had it coming.

While nowhere near as brutal as 50 Cent's meme, musician Lady Gaga also weighed in on Rousey's loss, honing in on the fact that she refused to touch gloves with Holm ahead of their bout. As Rousey had done plenty of other times in her career, the then-28-year-old simply walked away and got ready to start the fight. Many viewed the move as poor sportsmanship, although Rousey has since explained she'd rather not touch gloves at all than make a disingenuous gesture. Ultimately, many critics, including Lady Gaga, found her loss to be the result of bad karma. Taking to Instagram to post a photo of Rousey being punched in the face by Holm, she wrote, "That's what you get for not touching gloves!"

It seemed like everyone had something to say about Ronda Rousey's first-ever career loss when she was surprisingly defeated by Holly Holm back in 2015. That included Laila Ali, who, when asked about the match by TMZ Sports, didn't exactly hold back her dislike for Rousey. The daughter of legendary fighter Muhammad Ali told the outlet she hadn't been shocked by Rousey's KO loss because Holm was simply the better fighter. "She's a talented boxer, she's a world champion, she's got an MMA background, and obviously was no chump," Ali praised. As for what Rousey could have done to improve her chances of winning, Ali used that question to throw more shade at Rousey, musing, "Where do I begin?"

The former pro boxer wasn't done there, though. Calling Rousey's overall talent into question, she added, "In order to be the best in the world, you definitely don't ever get beat up like that in your prime, period." Asked if a rematch with Holm was called for, Ali said it wasn't necessary because "I think it would go the same way the second time – probably worse."

Trash talk is nothing new when it comes to professional sports, especially MMA, but Brazilian athlete Bethe Correia took things to the next level ahead of her July 2015 fight against Ronda Rousey. Leading up to the match, which would take place in her native Brazil, Correira ripped into her opponent as much as she could. "You are a farce, and I'll prove it," she said, addressing Rousey in her native tongue, per MMA Fighting. "I'll give you the biggest beating of your life," she continued. "I'll make you suffer pain, I'll make you cry in pain; I'll humiliate you, and you'll leave your belt here."

Unfortunately, the opposite happened, as Rousey ultimately won and defended her bantamweight championship title in a fight that lasted just 34 seconds. As if that wasn't humiliation enough, Rousey got the last laugh as she threw Correia's words back at her. During their weigh-in, Correia had told Rousey "Don't cry," and that would come back to haunt her as Rousey's final words upon taking Correia down were "Don't cry" (via UFC). With that much animosity between them, it's no wonder Correia celebrated Holly Holm's takedown of Rousey that same year. "Ronda was overrated, we just needed someone to get in there and kill her game," she told MMA Fighting.com. "It was boring to have her there because I know how fake she is."

When Donald Trump was first running for president in 2015, he was asked by CNN if he would support women holding combat roles in the military. The then-presidential hopeful said he would and namechecked Ronda Rousey as a prime example of strong females who know how to fight. "Ronda Rousey is an example, who likes me," he mused. "I'd take her on my side as a fighter." Interestingly, that statement came after Rousey openly told CNN she wouldn't vote for Trump because "I just really wouldn't trust that guy with running my country." 

She also publicly backed Bernie Sanders for president. Soon, Trump changed his tune as he celebrated Rousey's historic loss to Holly Holm with a scathing X post. "Glad to see that @RondaRousey lost her championship fight last night," he mocked. "Was soundly beaten – not a nice person!"

There was certainly no love lost between the two, which Rousey made clear years later when asked if she'd take part in the White House's UFC event in June 2026. "I'm not fighting at the White House," she told "The Lapsed Fan" podcast. "I got better s*** to do."

Back in 2015, UFC fans were keeping their fingers crossed for a possible matchup between Ronda Rousey and Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino. While the latter was all for it, Rousey told Howard Stern it likely wouldn't happen because they were in different weight classes and she wasn't willing to bulk up to join Justino's group. "I'm not going to do backflips for a cheating con artist," she said, throwing major shade at Justino's past, which included a bust for doping in 2012. While the Brazilian MMA artist hadn't broken any rules since, Rousey still alleged, "She's very obviously been abusing performing-enhancing drugs for a very long time."

That wasn't the first time Rousey slammed Justino. Back in 2012, she claimed Justino was a man in a vicious tweet that Justino screenshotted and shared with fans in a heartfelt 2016 Facebook post. Accusing Rousey of bullying her and putting fame above sportsmanship, Justino challenged Rousey to a fight and mused, "Our lasting memory will be measured not by how many times we defended some belt a promotion created for us, but the amount of love and compassion we've shared within our communities." Similarly, she told TMZ Sports that year that she'd be ready to fight Rousey anytime, noting, "I [would] put everything she's saying about me in my hands."

Ronda Rousey and WWE star Becky Lynch made history in 2019 when they were chosen for the first-ever women's main event in WrestleMania. However, they soon took the focus off that epic feat with their petty online beef. As Forbes noted, while most fans realize that pro wrestling events are staged, there appeared to be nothing fake about Rousey and Lynch's dislike of one another as they traded barbs on Twitter. While Lynch told Rousey to "concentrate on getting better at this business instead of trying to remain above it," Rousey clapped back by calling her opponent's moves fake. She even used Lynch's real name as she warned, "Rebecca Quin, I don't care what the script says, I'm beating the living s*** out of you the next time I see you."

Ultimately, Lynch won the bout, and Rousey continued her fake narrative, going after the entire WWE and saying she could actually win against anyone. Lynch wasn't having it, and she responded with a scathing rebuke, calling Rousey ungrateful for the unique opportunity she had received. "It's almost laughable," Lynch said of Rousey calling the WWE fake, per Reddit. "[Rousey] came in, was handed everything, and made her debut at WrestleMania, never having earned her way into this business," she added, suggesting Rousey should have been showing nothing but love for wrestling and its community.

Ronda Rousey followed her impressive MMA career with an equally successful years-long stint in the WWE, and yet, she's been nothing but critical of the WWE since her departure in 2023. That about-face has turned many high-profile figures against her, including wrestling Hall of Famer Booker T. As he shared on his "Hall of Fame" show in September 2025, he believes that Rousey was given some big opportunities and earned a lot of money thanks to the WWE, and that her ungratefulness is unwarranted. "She just spit in the face of professional wrestling," he mused. "There's a reason why people don't like you." Alleging he's never heard anyone in the UFC speak positively about Rousey either, he slammed, "Nobody cares about Ronda Rousey but herself."

Booker T again clapped back at Rousey the following month after she threw shade at Joe Rogan's role as a UFC commentator, telling Bert Kreischer, "He's not an expert – he's a fan with an audience." While Rogan himself wasn't fazed, assuring listeners he still loves and respects Rousey, Booker T didn't feel the same. Calling her bitter, he told his "Hall of Fame" listeners she was the latest wrestler to destroy her career in seconds. "I don't think the wrestling world is going to embrace her ever again," he said.

When Alexa Bliss and Ronda Rousey met in the ring during WWE's SummerSlam 2018, Rousey came out on top, taking home the title of RAW Women's Champion. The following month, the then-31-year-old defended said title in a second bout against Bliss, but despite the double win, she somehow found reason to complain about her opponent. Stopping by "The Lapsed Fan" podcast years later in September 2025, Rousey revealed she still couldn't believe the WWE had pinned her against Bliss all those years ago. "The fact that they had me fighting Alexa Bliss at all was f***ing ridiculous," she slammed. Seemingly implying that her opponent hadn't merited being a part of the tournament, she continued, "You want to know why they had me against Alexa Bliss? Because she had the most merch sales at the time."

Given that shade, Rousey likely didn't make a friend of Bliss who, two days later, appeared to address the comments with a cheeky X post that read, "I love our business," paired with a black heart emoji. Bliss also had fellow pro wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman in her corner, as he decided to respond to Rousey's comments with his own sarcastic X post, mocking, "It's almost like pro wrestling much like any professional sport functions as a business."