According to longtime UFC Octagon announcer Bruce Buffer, excessive distractions might have been a contributing factor to the performance we saw from Ronda Rousey in her first MMA loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 in Melbourne.
“Ronda fought three times this year, if I’m not mistaken, made two movies, booked for two more, did more publicity in the last four or five months since her book was released — which is still number one on the charts — than most major movie stars releasing motion pictures,” said the UFC’s longtime Octagon announcer to celebrity-gossip website TMZ.com.
Buffer continued, “This girl didn’t have a full plate, this girl had a full table. I think it would affect anybody because you are not focusing on the job at hand as much as you would if that’s all you had to focus on. She, again, is an amazing talent so I don’t question her, I support her and I think she is going to come back like an incredible beast.”
“I’m sure that if Ronda could take time off, go to the gym and train for three months for a fight with Holly Holm with absolutely no distractions, I don’t even want to imagine the Ronda Rousey we’re going to see come out,” Buffer added. “Again, we are talking top of the food chain, Olympic, amazing athlete.”
