Ronda Rousey Talks About Domestic Abuse Allegations: ‘You’re Entitled To Defend Yourself’

Ronda Rousey made headlines earlier this year when she slammed Floyd Mayweather over his multiple instances of domestic abuse, saying, “I wonder how Floyd feels, being beat by a woman for once!” But then her book My Fight/Your Fight came out and critics noticed a troubling incident in the book where Rousey claims to have beaten her boyfriend up after discovering nude photos of herself on his computer.

In the book, she confronted him about the photos and then tried to leave. “He wouldn’t move. I punched him in the face with a straight right, then a left hook. He staggered back and fell against the door,” she wrote. “I slapped him with my right hand. He still wouldn’t move. Then I grabbed him by the neck of his hoodie, kneed him in the face, and tossed him aside on the kitchen floor.”

The passage has a lot of people talking about a troubling double standard, but Ronda doesn’t see things that way. During her latest media scrum leading up to her fight on Saturday night, Rousey defended her use of violence. Via MMA Fighting:

“If someone is blocking you into an apartment and not letting you leave, you’re entitled to defend yourself and find a way out,” Rousey said. “If you’re trying to grab your car and leave and they’re grabbing your steering wheel and saying that you can’t leave, that’s technically you being kidnapped and you can defend yourself in any ways necessary.”

Rousey (12-0) finished her explanation to the reporter with a wink.

“I have lawyers that check these things out,” she said.

So, once again, Rousey doesn’t give much of a damn about anyone’s opinions on what she did or said. In her mind, she was completely justified in her use of force, to the point where she’s willing to throw a laugh and a wink while explaining it. The lawyer she pays agrees with her that she’s innocent, but would a court of law? This wasn’t some random encounter with a violent stranger, but a sleazy boyfriend trying to explain his sh*tty behavior.

We’re not lawyers here, but there are certainly less violent ways this encounter could have gone down that wouldn’t have half the internet accusing Ronda of the same variety of domestic violence she has criticized others over.

(via MMA Fighting)

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