(Sports news, martial arts news) Ebanie Bridges wants to compete with the “first generation” UFC legend, female boxer Ronda Rousey.
Ebanie Bridges, 37 years old, Australian, is training towards a match with fellow boxer Avril Mathie on December 9. These are two outstanding boxers in appearance and beauty. They are also pioneers in helping women’s boxing develop by regularly wearing bikinis at pre-match press conferences.
Bridges (tattooed girl) dreams of a match with former “UFC Queen” Rousey (jeans)
Before entering the most important match of his career, Bridges, the champion holding the IBF world bantamweight title, paid attention to former MMA mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey .
Rousey, 36 years old, became famous decades ago. The female boxer was the UFC women’s bantamweight champion for 3 years, with 12 consecutive wins. The female fighter known as the “UFC Queen” said goodbye to her MMA career after losing 2 consecutive matches against Holly Holm (2015) and Amanda Nunes (2016).
Saying goodbye to mixed martial arts, Rousey switched to wrestling. American female fighter who competed in WWE (2014-2017), Raw (2018-2019) and came to SmackDown from January 29, 2022. On October 11, 2023, the “Queen” of martial arts announced her retirement.
Rousey’s talent and reputation attracted Bridges, the Australian puncher wanted to compete with a martial arts legend and this was a good opportunity to promote his image.
On her personal page, Bridges posted a photo collage between her and Rousey and wrote: “I will compete with Ronda Rousey in a Boxing match, what do you think? What are your predictions?”.
The audience gave many opinions that were not really positive. One person wrote: “This match is meaningless, she (Rousey) is not really good when she has to use her bare hands.”
Another wrote: “I want 2 people to compete according to MMA rules, it’s fairer for Rousey.”
A third person expressed: “I would rather have a sexy photo battle between them.”