During his recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, former UFC Heavyweight contender and TUF finalist Brendan Schaub gave his opinion on women’s MMA, and how it might be a dying category of the sport following Ronda Rousey’s loss.
“What’s going to be interesting to see in the UFC — let’s just say Ronda was like ‘fuck this noise, I’m out, I’ve got so much money I’m Scrooge McDuck of girls’ so she peaces out, what happens to women’s MMA? ‘Cause you can paint it how you want, but Ronda made women’s MMA. She’s a superstar. There’s no other headliner like her.”
Schaub continued, explaining why other top current women’s MMA stars don’t have enough juice to headline major events on their own the way Rousey did.
“You can’t have Paige (VanZant) as a main event on a pay-per-view. Would never happen. That’s not a main event. It’s not going to sell pay-per-views. (Ronda) was a superstar since day one. She’s not Ronda Rousey — (Paige) could be but right now if Ronda dips out, Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate is a co-main event. It’s a co-main event. There’s a dude as a main event, there’s no other girl right now who could carry a pay-per-view card. You’re bat shit crazy. The UFC knows that. I’m just saying what Ronda did for the sport, there’s no one even close. Right now, every other girl’s a co-main event. I’m just saying women’s MMA, if Ronda peaces out, has a long way to go and ‘Cyborg’ isn’t your answer. If ‘Cyborg’ is your champ, it kills women’s MMA for a little bit and Holly (Holm) doesn’t have the personality to carry the torch the way that Ronda does.”
