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White: ROUSEY vs. McMANN.
FEBRUARY.
THAT'S THE HEADLINER.
Reporter: AND THAT'S
A FAST TURNAROUND.
White: SHE GOES
RIGHT BACK INTO CAMP.
Rousey: I'M READY TO GET BACK INTO IT. I'M STILL HUNGRY.
THIS IS WHAT I LOVE TO DO.
I FEEL LIKE I COULD FIGHT AGAIN TONIGHT.
OLYMPIC MEDALISTS UNDEFEATED FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP --
WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT MANY FACTORS COME TOGETHER.
WOMEN'S MMA HAS ALMOST SKIPPED AHEAD OF THE GUYS.
McMann: BEFORE WE EVER EVEN KNEW EACH OTHER,
WE WERE STRIVING FOR THE SAME GOAL IN OUR INDIVIDUAL SPORTS.
Rousey: IT RAISES THE WHOLE LEVEL FOR EVERYBODY.
McMann: I'VE COMPETED AGAINST OLYMPIC MEDALISTS.
I'VE COMPETED AGAINST WORLD MEDALISTS AND CHAMPIONS.
Rousey: I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED
THAN TO HAVE AN ATHLETE OF SARA'S LEVEL
TO REALLY TEST MYSELF AGAINST.
THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME
FOR EVERYTHING TO BE COMING TOGETHER.
Narrator:
WOMEN'S BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMP
RONDA ROUSEY DEFENDS HER TITLE
AGAINST OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST
SARA McMANN.
STRIKEFORCE HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND
PRIX CHAMPION DANIEL CORMIER
WILL FACE UNDEFEATED
UFC NEWCOMER PATRICK CUMMINS.
AND MMA PHENOM RORY MacDONALD
WILL FACE BRAZILIAN JUJITSU
STANDOUT DEMIAN MAIA.
THIS IS "COUNTDOWN TO UFC 170."
BRING THE CHAMP OUT HERE.
Man: RONDA!
I'M GONNA MAKE IT OFFICIAL.
THE FIRST-EVER UFC WOMEN'S
CHAMPION, RONDA ROUSEY.
SHE'LL BE FIGHTING
LIZ CARMOUCHE,
AND SHE IS THE MAIN EVENT.
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
Rogan: THIS IS A GIGANTIC CULTURAL MOMENT, MIKE,
AND THIS IS NOT JUST A MOMENT FOR RONDA ROUSEY.
THIS IS A MOMENT FOR WOMEN'S SPORTS, PERIOD.
THIS IS GONNA OPEN THE DOOR
TO SO MANY YOUNG WOMEN
THAT NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT
DOING THIS AS A CAREER.
FIGHTING IS UNIVERSAL.
IT TRANSCENDS.
Goldberg: FEBRUARY 23, 2013,
AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO ENTER THE OCTAGON.
McKinnell: IT MAY BE THE ONLY ARENA IN SPORT
WHERE MEN AND WOMEN ARE LOOKED AT AS ALMOST EQUALS.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE UFC HAS SHOWN,
THAT THESE ARE MAIN-EVENT COMPETITORS.
I-I-I-I-I-IT'S TIME!
THERE WAS A LOT TO PROVE
WITH THAT FIGHT.
IT WAS A BIG EXPERIMENT
TO TAKE THE WOMEN ON.
THAT CARD -- NOT PERFORMING WASN'T AN OPTION.
I COULDN'T HAVE IT BE A FAILURE.
THAT CARD HAD TO DO WELL.
Rogan: NOW, THIS IS BAD. THIS IS THE ARMBAR POSITION.
SHE'S GOING FOR IT.
SHE GOT IT!
Goldberg: AND IT'S ALL OVER!
ONCE AGAIN, FIRST-ROUND ARMBAR FINISH
FOR THE CHAMPION, RONDA ROUSEY.
Botter: RONDA ROUSEY MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST STAR IN THE UFC NOW
WITH GEORGES ST-PIERRE RETIRING.
SHE MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST STAR
IN THE UFC.
♪ I'M WALKING LIKE A DOG AND SEEING THROUGH HIS EYES ♪
♪ YOU'LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN IF YOUR SOUL HAS BEEN DENIED ♪
♪ IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR KICKS OR THE JACKET ON YOUR BACK ♪
♪ IT'S HOW YOU SLING A GUITAR, BABY, ONE, TWO ♪
Morgan: SHE IS THE ULTIMATE PACKAGE. SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE ATHLETE.
SHE'S INCREDIBLY MARKETABLE,
AS WELL.
Botter: SHE'S GOT STAR QUALITY.
SHE'S GOT A MAGNETISM ABOUT HER THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE.
RONDA ROUSEY HAS PUT WOMEN'S MMA ON HER BACK.
Narrator: BUT COMPETING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
IS NOTHING NEW TO RONDA ROUSEY.
BEFORE BECOMING THE FACE OF WOMEN'S MMA,
SHE WON A BRONZE MEDAL IN JUDO
AT THE 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES IN BEIJING.
IT WAS DIRECTLY AFTER THAT TIME
THAT ROUSEY DESIRED A LIFE
MANY 21-YEAR-OLDS
TAKE FOR GRANTED.
Rousey:
RIGHT AFTER THE 2008 OLYMPICS,
I WANTED TO BE NORMAL
FOR A LITTLE BIT.
I WANTED TO HAVE MY OWN APARTMENT, MY OWN CAR,
MY OWN DOG, AND I WANTED TO WORK AS A BARTENDER,
AND I GOT ALL THOSE THINGS,
AND IT WAS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
WE HAD A TINY, TINY APARTMENT.
WE HAD AS MUCH FREE ROOM AS MY KITCHEN NOW.
AND IT WAS HARD, FOR SURE.
THROUGHOUT ALL THIS, MY WHOLE LIFE SINCE JUDO,
MY DOG HAS BEEN THE ONE CONSISTENCY, I THINK,
IN MY LIFE.
I'M REALLY LUCKY THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD A LIFESTYLE
WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY JUST BE ON THE BEACH
AND I CAN JUST WALK OUT AND GO LOOK AT THE OCEAN
AND SIT THERE WITH MY DOG.
THAT ACTUALLY MAKES ME A LOT HAPPIER
THAN A LOT OF OTHER THINGS COULD.
WE DIDN'T SEE RONDA FOR THE REST OF 2013
BECAUSE SHE FILMED "THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER."
RONDA WAS COACHING ON THE SHOW
AGAINST MIESHA TATE.
Keefer:
SHE CAN'T STAND MIESHA TATE,
HER ARCHRIVAL
WHO SHE ALREADY FOUGHT ONCE
IN STRIKEFORCE AND BEAT.
Botter: WE GOT 12 WEEKS OF THESE TWO
BICKERING BACK AND FORTH ON TELEVISION.
IT WAS PRETTY ENTERTAINING AT TIMES.
Tate: CAN YOU PLEASE MOVE AWAY FROM MY BOYFRIEND?
Rousey: I'M REALLY NOT SITTING NEAR YOUR BOYFRIEND.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE WITH HALF A BRAIN
WOULD DESIRE A MAN LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE START TO SEE A DIFFERENT SIDE OF RONDA ROUSEY.
YOU SMILING AT MY GIRL'S PAIN TODAY
IS ONE MORE REASON I'M GONNA [BLEEP] DESTROY YOU AGAIN.
Rousey: I LIKE BEING THE HEEL, THE JOKER.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS WAY MORE INTERESTING THAN BATMAN.
McKinnell: SHE GOES FROM MISS AMERICA WONDER WOMAN,
THE HERO OF WOMEN'S MMA, TO A VILLAIN,
AND COMPLETELY OKAY
IN THAT SITUATION.
EITHER PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY LOVE ME
OR THEY COULDN'T STAND ME,
BUT AT LEAST THEY HAD A VERY
PASSIONATE OPINION ABOUT ME.
[ CROWD CHANTS "MIESHA!" ]
Rogan: LISTEN TO THE CHANTS
OF "MIESHA." WOW.
MY WHOLE JUDO CAREER,
I WAS ALWAYS THE BAD GUY,
AND I JUST ALWAYS LOVED SHUTTING CROWDS UP.
I NEVER WORKED FOR CHEERS. I WORKED FOR SILENCE.
IF YOU DOUBT ME AND YOU DON'T WANT ME TO WIN,
THAT MOTIVATES ME MORE THAN ANYTHING.
SHE'S GETTING TAKEN DOWN BY RONDA.
SHE'S GONNA WORK ON EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF HER GAME.
SHE WANTS TO BE CHAMPION FOR A LONG TIME.
OH! Goldberg: LOOKING FOR A TAKEDOWN.
MIESHA LOOKS FOR THE TAKEDOWN, RONDA GETS HER DOWN AGAIN.
THAT JUDO IS SO AWESOME.
SHE'S SO TECHNICAL AT IT.
AGAIN.
MIESHA NOW LOOKS FOR THE TAKEDOWN.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
AGAIN, RONDA WITH THAT JUDO.
IT'S JUST SENSATIONAL,
THE WAY SHE CAPITALIZES ON THE MOMENTUM,
PERFECT TIMING.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE FIGHT.
RONDA SLOWLY SPINNING AROUND.
AND SHE'S GONNA GO FOR THE ARM.
SHE'S IN TROUBLE.
SHE TAPPED. SHE TAPPED.
IT IS ALL OVER.
RONDA ROUSEY REMAINS THE UFC WOMEN'S BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION.
WINNER BY ARMBAR.
WOW! SHE WENT TO SHAKE RONDA'S HAND AND RONDA WALKED AWAY FROM HER.
Morgan: AND THE CROWD ABSOLUTELY TURNED ON HER.
IT WAS A CHORUS OF BOOS
THE LIKES I'VE NEVER HEARD
OF BEFORE.
[ CROWD BOOING ]
Rousey: I CALL THEM ANTI-FANS.
I'M HERE TO ENTERTAIN. I'M NOT HERE TO BE LIKED.
TIME.
DANA TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD NEED ME TO FIGHT AGAIN
AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.
I TALKED TO MY COACH AND HE SAID, "CALL HIM BACK
AND TELL HIM WE'LL...ANY *** HE WANTS IN FEBRUARY."
SO, I CALLED HIM BACK AND TOLD HIM EXACTLY THAT.
Woman: DANA, WHAT DID YOU JUST HANG UP? THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION.
ROUSEY vs. McMANN. FEBRUARY.
THAT'S THE HEADLINER.
AND THAT'S A FAST
TURNAROUND.
SHE GOES
RIGHT BACK INTO CAMP.
I'M IN THE BEST SHAPE
OF MY LIFE NOW,
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A PERFECT TIME JUST TO GO BACK-TO-BACK.
I'M READY TO GET BACK INTO IT.
I'M STILL HUNGRY, AND THIS IS WHAT I LOVE TO DO.
HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE ANOTHER GOOD SHOW FOR YOU GUYS VERY SOON.
IT'S GONNA BE RONDA ROUSEY vs. SARA McMANN TO HEADLINE UFC 170.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE'RE
GETTING TWO OLYMPIC MEDALISTS,
BOTH UNDEFEATED,
MEETING INSIDE THE OCTAGON.
EXCEPT WHERE RONDA
WAS A JUDO PRACTITIONER,
SARA WAS A WRESTLER.
RIGHT AWAY,
THAT'S AN INTRIGUING MATCHUP.
Tarverdyan: SHE'S IN HER GROOVE,
SHE'S IN HER MOMENTUM.
SHE TOOK A FEW DAYS OFF
AND WE GET BACK TO TRAINING.
WE KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT TO DO WITH HER
SO SHE'LL BE IN THE BEST SHAPE
OF HER LIFE.
McMann: THEY CONTACTED ME.
IT WAS ABOUT FIVE WEEKS BEFORE THAT FIGHT,
AND I JUST KNEW
THAT I WAS FIGHTING
THE WINNER OF THAT FIGHT.
Rousey: McMANN GOT A MUCH MORE OF A HEADS-UP
THAN I DID ABOUT THIS FIGHT, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO ME.
SHE COULD HAVE KNOWN FIVE YEARS AGO.
I'M STILL GONNA BEAT HER.
Botter: IF THERE'S ANYBODY
IN THAT WOMEN'S
BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION
WHO CAN COUNTERACT
RONDA ROUSEY'S JUDO,
IT MIGHT BE
SARA McMANN'S WRESTLING.
Morgan: SARA McMANN,
A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNKNOWN.
JUST ONE FIGHT IN THE UFC,
BUT A FORMER OLYMPIC WRESTLING
SILVER MEDALIST.
Botter: MIESHA TATE --
PROBABLY HER STRONGEST STRENGTH IS HER WRESTLING.
IT PALES IN COMPARISON TO SARA McMANN.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT RONDA ROUSEY GOES IN THERE
AND THROWS SARA McMANN AROUND LIKE SHE HAS EVERYBODY ELSE.
McMann: I GREW UP AROUND WRESTLING.
MY BROTHER WRESTLED SINCE I WAS 3 YEARS OLD,
WHEN HE STARTED.
I JUST GREW UP
IN THE WRESTLING CULTURE.
WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD, I WAS THE ONLY GIRL IN THE STATE,
AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS COMPETING.
SO IT WAS ALWAYS ME AND THE GUYS.
Narrator: BUT IN 1999, SARA'S OLDER BROTHER JASON,
THE PERSON MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR HER PASSION FOR WRESTLING,
WAS TRAGICALLY TAKEN FROM HER WHEN HE WAS JUST 21 YEARS OLD.
I WAS 18 YEARS OLD, AND MY BROTHER WAS MURDERED.
IT WAS MY FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE.
WHEN THEY LOCKED HIM UP, I WAS HAPPY
THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY
TO DO THAT TO ANYBODY ELSE'S FAMILY,
BUT NOTHING THAT HAPPENED TO HIM
WAS EVER GONNA BRING BACK MY BROTHER. NOTHING.
I WAS REALLY, REALLY ANGRY
TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO I LOVED SO MUCH, THAT I IDOLIZED,
TAKEN AWAY FROM ME IN THAT WAY.
I WAS WORKING MYSELF
TO WHERE I COULDN'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
I JUST FILLED MY SCHEDULE UP WITH WRESTLING.
THE BUSIER I COULD BE,
THE LESS I HAD TO DEAL WITH THOSE CRUSHING EMOTIONS.
I KNOW WHAT A REALLY BAD DAY IS NOW.
I KNOW WHAT HAVING THINGS GO DISASTROUSLY WRONG CAN BE.
I CAN TRULY LEAVE EVERYTHING OUT THERE,
AND I CAN RISK-TAKE,
AND I CAN PUSH THE PACE AS HARD AS I POSSIBLY CAN...
...'CAUSE I DON'T FEAR WHAT HAPPENS IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG.
I DON'T FIGHT TO NOT LOSE.
I FIGHT TO WIN.
Narrator: FOR A LIFELONG ATHLETE LIKE SARA McMANN,
COMPETITIVE DRIVE CAN COME FROM A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
BUT LOSING IN HER SPORT ON THE WORLD'S GRANDEST STAGE
PROVED TO BE THE BIGGEST TURNING POINT.
IN ATHENS IN 2004, THE OLYMPICS,
I GOT THE SILVER MEDAL,
AND NOT WINNING THE GOLD, I WAS
JUST ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED.
LIKE, I WANTED IT THAT BAD, AND IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING TO ME.
I STARTED IN MMA AFTER I HAD MY DAUGHTER.
AAH!
MOM, CAN YOU HELP?
WHILE I WAS PREGNANT,
I REALIZED THAT I'M JUST NOT DONE COMPETING.
THAT PART OF MY LIFE,
IT JUST HASN'T RUN ITS COURSE, AND I KNOW I WANT IT.
I DIDN'T EXPECT THE UFC WOULD ADD A WOMEN'S DIVISION.
I WANTED TO JUST BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD,
WHATEVER PROMOTION DECIDED TO PICK UP
THE WOMEN'S 135-POUND DIVISION.
Rogan: 6-0, MAKING
HER UFC DEBUT, SARA McMANN.
OLYMPIC MEDALIST IN WRESTLING.
I FOUGHT IN THE THIRD-EVER WOMEN'S UFC FIGHT.
I KIND OF EXPECTED THAT I WAS GONNA FEEL NERVES
AND THINGS WERE GONNA BE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT.
Morgan: AND SHEILA GAFF, A VERY ACCOMPLISHED STRIKER,
VERY INTIMIDATING PRESENCE
IN THE CAGE.
ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU READY? FIGHT!
AND THEN I GOT THERE AND I HAD A LOT OF FUN.
Goldberg: SARA McMANN IN HER UFC DEBUT.
McKinnell: IT TOOK HER ALL OF FIVE SECONDS TO GO OUT THERE,
SHOOT ON SHEILA GAFF,
AND PUT HER ON HER BUTT.
SARA McMANN PRETTY MUCH
JUST IMPOSES HER WILL.
Goldberg: THIS IS JUST WHAT SARA McMANN WANTED HERE.
Rogan: NOW SARA'S ON TOP OF HER.
Keefer: SARA McMANN IS ABLE TO UTILIZE HER WRESTLING,
GET IN TOP POSITION, AND ABSOLUTELY CONTROL SHEILA GAFF.
SARA McMANN INSIDE CONTROL, MOUNTED CRUCIFIX NOW.
McMann: IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST FUN FIGHTING EXPERIENCES
THAT I'D EVER HAD.
SHE IS NOT GONNA GET OUT OF THIS, FOLKS.
WHEN YOU GOT A SILVER MEDALIST ON TOP OF YOU LIKE THIS,
THIS IS WHERE YOU STAY.
GREAT POSITION FOR McMANN.
BIG POWER WITH THE GROUND AND POUND.
OH!
LOOKING TO FINISH IT RIGHT HERE.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
AND IT IS ALL OVER!
Keefer: FINISHES HER PRETTY IMPRESSIVELY RIGHT AWAY,
AND YOU KIND OF KNEW THAT SARA McMANN WAS COMING FOR A TITLE,
AND THIS WAS GONNA BE SOMEONE TO LOOK OUT FOR IN THE UFC.
Fowler: WE'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR RONDA FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
RONDA HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR GOAL.
EVEN THOUGH SARA HAD ANOTHER OPPONENT,
WE WOULD WORK ON THOSE SKILLS
FOR THAT OPPONENT,
BUT THEN ALWAYS GO BACK
TO RONDA.
EVERYONE'S BEEN PREPPING FOR ME
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2012.
I HAVE THE BELT.
McKinnell: I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE CAN DEAL WITH RONDA ROUSEY'S ARMBAR.
IT'S LIKE THAT FATALITY IN "MORTAL KOMBAT."
McMann: TO OFFENSIVELY PULL IT OFF,
YOU HAVE TO DO EVERY STEP OF THE WAY RIGHT,
BUT I ONLY HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN AT ONE POINT IN THAT PROCESS.
YOU COULD KNOW EVERY SINGLE DEFENSE.
I'VE SEEN ALL OF THEM BEFORE YOU HAVE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T LEARN IN A YEAR AND A HALF.
Keefer: SARA McMANN HAS THE ABILITY
TO STOP SOME OF ROUSEY'S HERALDED JUDO THROWS
AND IS NOT GONNA GET TAKEN DOWN THAT EASILY FOR HER.
THERE'S THAT TRIPLE HIP TOSS BY ROUSEY!
BEAUTIFUL TAKEDOWN BY RONDA.
LOOKING FOR A TAKEDOWN AGAIN.
RONDA GETS HER DOWN AGAIN.
THAT IS OLYMPIC-CALIBER JUDO.
MIESHA MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES.
SHE WAS DIVING INTO RONDA'S CLINCH A LOT.
THAT WAS GIVING RONDA THE ABILITY TO THROW MIESHA.
I'VE BEEN DOING FREESTYLE SINCE I WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
THE HIGH-AMPLITUDE THROWS ARE WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING FOR.
RONDA FIGHTING ON A SHORT BREAK IS GONNA BENEFIT US.
SHE NEEDS TO BRING NOTHING BUT HER "A" GAME, OR SHE WILL LOSE.
IN EVERY FIGHT, PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS PERSON IS GONNA BE THE ONE.
I HOPE AND PRAY EACH YEAR.
I'M JUST GONNA KEEP DISAPPOINTING THEM.