Ronda Rousey continues to dig at the UFC as she promotes her bout vs. Gina Carano.
The latest jab came in a tweet Monday when Rousey took aim at UFC Freedom 250, the promotion’s June 14 card at the White House in Washington, also trashing the promotion’s BMF title fight on Saturday’s UFC 326.
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“How’s THAT for a bamf laden double headliner?” Rousey said, of her upcoming Netflix main event on a card that also features Francis Ngannou vs. Philipe Lins. “That’s what happens when you put fighters and fans ahead of shareholders @MostVpromotions. P.S. @ufc’s White House card sucks.”
The highly-anticipated release of the UFC’s White House card lineup Saturday was met with mixed reviews. The promotion announced six fights including two title bouts will take place on the card that coincides with Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.
Rousey competes against Carano on May 16 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. The matchup is one Rousey said she initially pitched to the UFC but that they weren’t interested in. Rousey was also filmed trashing the UFC during a pre-fight promotional video, poking at recent antitrust lawsuits against the promotion.
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“It’s a dream fight and a superfight and everything, but I feel like the story and everything behind it is not just this fight,” Rousey told MVP chief Nakisa Bidarian in a behind-the-scenes “MVP UNCUT” video released Monday. “A lot of it is MVP vs. UFC. That’s where I’m going to go real hard in the f*cking trenches.
“We’re helping (the UFC) because they’re suffering from a lack of competition. They can’t just make a class-action lawsuit every couple years the cost of doing business. I’m really trying to help Dana out. If anyone has been groomed to be his apprentice, it’s been me. I think I’d be the most favorite adversary he’s ever had.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Ronda Rousey trashes UFC Freedom 250: ‘White House card sucks’