Posted on 5/18/126 by Colin Vassallo
During the post-fight press conference on Saturday night,
Ronda Rousey said that Dana White reached out to her during
the morning of the fight wishing her luck.
“He texted me this morning wishing me luck and saying he
hopes Gina and I kill it. I told him how much it meant to
hear that from him,” Rousey said.
While Rousey took shots at UFC and TKO, she never said
anything bad about Dana White and described him as an
incredible friend and admitted she is where she is because
of him.
“I’m eternally grateful, and I really appreciate him giving
me his blessing to go out and do this on my own,” she said.
Earlier, Rousey said that her loyalty is with White himself,
and not the company that he runs or the parent company.
Rousey also added that she was compensated fairly not just
for fighting but also for promoting the fight. Fighter pay
is a hot topic for her and was ultimately the decision maker
in not doing this with the UFC.
“I also was promoting this event as well, so I think it’s
literally on the contract that, I’m not supposed to tell
people, I’m very happy and very grateful and me and my
husband are gonna go house shopping in Hawaii after this,”
she said.