Jimmy Smith did not mince words when talking about Ronda Rousey.
In a recent interview, Rousey said she felt mistreated by UFC commentator Joe Rogan and other members of the MMA media following back-to-back knockout losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes in 2015 It is 2016.
Smith, a former Bellator and UFC commentator, doesn’t like the way Rousey behaved after her losses, especially after she later revealed that she was dealing with concussion symptoms during her bantamweight title fight against Holm.
“I’ve never been a religious person,” Smith said on Sirius XM “Unlocking the Cage with Jimmy Smith.” “One thing they always say about God: He gets all the credit, none of the blame. That’s what Ronda Rousey wants: all the credit, none of the blame. ‘I want credit for all my wins. My losses, I had CTE and I had this and I had that. I’m the best who ever did it, but when it didn’t work, it was so-and-so and never me.
“She never gives credit to the people who actually hit her. The idea that (she) left MMA and went to WWE because (she) had concussion issues doesn’t make sense.”
Smith didn’t take kindly to any of Rousey’s complaints and accused the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion of mistreating employees and being difficult to work with.
“The people behind the scenes, the camera people, the audio people, the people you can bully and the people you can bully and the people you can talk trash to can’t stand her s***,” Smith said. “Everyone backstage who had to put a microphone on Ronda Rousey couldn’t stand her. I said why? They said, ‘She was shit to us from the moment she sat down to the moment she stood up. As if it were our fault that she gave this interview to promote her next fight. And she’s just unhappy, she’s mean to us and we can’t stand her.
“They were cheering when she got knocked out. This is what they told me. These are the people you can be cruel and rude to, and they cannot fight back. These people couldn’t stand Ronda Rousey, so don’t sit here and tell me that you’re the victim when the poor guy sitting behind the camera is doing his job and gets upset with you, or you’re the bad person who asks questions when we’re promoting your fight. Don’t give me that victim shit.”
