Ronda Rousey on Male UFC Fighters in Her Weight Class: "I Could Beat 100 Percent of Them"

There's a 100 precent chance Ronda Rousey would take you down.

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Ronda Rousey is out to destroy all men. That is, if she gets a fair shot at one in the octagon first. On a Thursday edition of SportsCenter, Rousey was on the phone with anchor Matt Barnie for a quick phone interview. Rousey, who's been very out here recently—she won her last UFC bout in 14 seconds, and UFC President Dana White called her the female Mike Tyson just days ago—was asked by Barnie to comment on announcer Joe Rogan's assertion that Rousey could take down "50 percent" of male fighters in her 135 lb weight class. 

Her reply took that 50 percent mark to the next level. (Starts at 2:55.)

"I never say that I'm incapable of beating anybody, because I don't believe in putting limits on myself," said Rousey. "So I mean, I would have to say if you're just talking about what's in the realm of possibility of what's possible of who I could beat, well, I could beat 100 percent of them. But, um, you can't tell me that there's a zero percent chance that I can beat anyone on the planet, so I'm never gonna say that."

Her comments quickly spread throughout UFC. Flyweight contender Ian McCall took Rousey's words very seriously, and went on to claim that "a good man will not lose to Ronda Rousey." He followed that with more big-man fighter talk, directing his threats right at Rousey: "You're not throwing me. It's not going to happen. I will throw you on your head. Pretty simple."

Even Rousey's mother, a former Judo champion, chimed in, calling the idea of her daughter fighting a man "stupid." "I'm as much a feminist as anyone but the fact is that biologically, there's a difference between men and women," she said. "Hello. Duh. A woman who is 135 pounds and a man who is 135 pounds are not physically equal."

Try telling that to the reporter bro who got his ribs crushed by Ronda. 

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[via Huffington Post Sports]

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