During a recent Q&A held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship contender and hometown fighter Bethe Correia shared her two cents regarding the recent surprise retirement of former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate live in the Octagon after her loss to Raquel Pennington at UFC 205 earlier this month.
“She showed she’s bipolar,” said the Brazilian Bantamweight contender who famously fought Ronda Rousey for the UFC World Title in 2015. “Because when the UFC didn’t want her fighting for the belt, she wanted to retire. She lost to Amanda and got herself in a bad phase. [She] lost to Raquel [Pennington] and announced her retirement.
“When you’re not going the way you want and you run away from it, that shows weakness. I’ve been through a lot of tough moments in the UFC and never wanted to retire.”
Correia went on to elaborate, explaining that her reaction to the obstacles that she has found in her way were the exact opposite.
“Quite the opposite,” said Correia. “My fight against Ronda left damage here, and I wanted to fight more, win more, to have experience in order to have Rousey vs. Correia 2 — maybe here in Sao Paulo — so it can be very different and [I can] leave with my head up.”
H/T to Guillerhme Cruz and MMAFighting.com
