Ronda Rousey is coming for that arm, Jonny Bones—hypothetically.
The UFC women’s bantamweight champ has entertained some of the most left-field questions ever imposed on a professional athlete. We heard her describe how to look sexy scarfing down chicken wings. She chose Goku to win a fight over Superman. We’ve even heard her talk about her first Pokemon.
A headlining quote was to be expected when Rousey appeared at a Q&A in Los Angeles Monday, hosted by The Wall Street Journal. She was asked to name a male fighter currently competing in the UFC she would like to fight.
“Dream world like skills-wise or annoying me-wise?” Rousey asked.
Several laughs broke out in the room as the fan asking the question shook his head, telling Rousey it didn’t matter. Never one to disappoint, the reigning champ gave an answer for both. She chose UFC bantamweight Bryan Caraway, Miesha Tate’s boyfriend, for her “annoying” dream opponent.
As for “skills-wise,” she went with the former UFC light heavyweight champion and pound-for-pound king, Jon Jones:
Skills-wise, I would love to see where I would go with Jon Jones because he's the one most able to improvise within a match, which is something I really pride myself on. So I think we'd do some crazy ninja stuff. And Bryan Caraway is annoying, and it would be really fun to beat him up.
Rousey is making her media rounds as she prepares for her upcoming UFC 190 title fight in Brazil against Bethe Correia.
All of the hypothetical questions of her competing against a man are a reflection of the ocean gap between her and the rest of the women’s bantamweight division.
She has won her last three fights in under two minutes combined.
Jordy McElroy is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. He also is the MMA writer for FanRag Sports and co-founder of The MMA Bros.
