UFC star Ronda Rousey: I don't think I would ever fight Floyd Mayweather… unless we were dating

  • UFC star Ronda Rousey has joked she would only fight Floyd Mayweather if the pair ended up in a relationship
  • Rousey was speaking during an interview with Access Hollywood ahead of the upcoming comedy film Entourage 
  • Her comments appear to be a dig at Mayweather's well-documented history of domestic violence
  • Mayweather spent nearly three months in prison in 2012 after being found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend   

By Rohan Banerjee For Mailonline

Published: 19:03 EST, 19 May 2015 | Updated: 12:41 EST, 21 May 2015

UFC's undefeated women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has joked that she could only see herself fighting boxing star Floyd Mayweather if the pair were in a relationship.

The 28-year-old submission specialist, speaking during an interview with Access Hollywood ahead of the premiere of the upcoming comedy film Entourage, in which she is set to play herself, was asked what were the chances of a match between them.   

And in what appeared to be a thinly veiled barb at Mayweather's checkered history of domestic violence, Rousey quipped: 'Well, I would never say that I can't beat anyone, but I don't think me and him would ever fight unless we ended up dating.'   

UFC's women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey talks during an interview with Access Hollywood

UFC's women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey talks during an interview with Access Hollywood

Rousey suggests that she would only fight Floyd Mayweather if the pair ended up dating each other

Rousey suggests that she would only fight Floyd Mayweather if the pair ended up dating each other

Mayweather, though an undoubtedly talented boxer, has a history of domestic violence 

Mayweather, though an undoubtedly talented boxer, has a history of domestic violence 

Rousey publicly gave her support to Manny Pacquiao (left) in his fight against Mayweather on May 2

Rousey publicly gave her support to Manny Pacquiao (left) in his fight against Mayweather on May 2

In 2012, Mayweather spent almost three months behind bars after being found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend. 

In the build-up to Mayweather's 'fight of the century' with Manny Pacuiao earlier this month, Rousey went on record to back the Filipino. 

Rousey, who won a bronze medal for Judo at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, said in March that she felt women in mixed martial arts are unfairly stigmatized. 

She told Good Morning America: 'There are so many ridiculous arguments that MMA is somehow anti-woman. Fighting's not a man's thing, it's a human thing. To say it's anti-woman, is I think, an anti-feminist statement.'

Rousey has won all 11 of her professional MMA bouts since making her debut in 2011, with two victories coming by knockout and nine by submission. 

Rousey is undefeated in 11 professional MMA bouts, with two wins by knockout and nine by submission

Rousey is undefeated in 11 professional MMA bouts, with two wins by knockout and nine by submission

Rousey in action during her fight against Cat Zingano at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles

Rousey in action during her fight against Cat Zingano at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles

 

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