When Ronda Rousey Snubbed Brock Lesnar in a UFC Pick

Ronda Rousey and Brock Lesnar are some of the greatest fighters that the UFC has lost to WWE. During their time at the UFC, both fighters were world champions and were absolute fan favorites. Rousey was the first-ever female champion of the promotion and holds many records in the UFC, even years after her exit.

Back in 2011, when Rousey was not yet a part of the UFC, she took a dig at Brock Lesnar in his prime when asked for her predictions for the event of UFC 141. Back then Lesnar was coming off his title defeat against Cain Velasquez and was still regarded as one of the best fighters at the same.

Ronda Rousey picked Alistair Overeem over Brock Lesnar for her UFC 141 prediction, which seemed shocking to a lot of fight fans knowing the popularity of Lesnar in the MMA world.

Rousey tweeted this when she was fighting at Strikeforce and was slowly rising in popularity as she stacked up dominant wins in her fights. She went on to become the Strikeforce champion in her next bout and after that, she came to the UFC.

Her pick for UFC 141 ended up being correct as Alistair Overeem beat Brock Lesnar via a first-round TKO finish and bagged his eleventh consecutive career victory.

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Ronda Rousey gets called out by the UFC bantamweight champion

Ronda Rousey took her exit from the UFC after her second consecutive loss in the promotion and hasn’t returned ever since. The fighter went on to dabble into professional wrestling and has made herself a big name in the UFC.

Julianna Pena went to attend the WWE event of WrestleMania in Texas and spoke to renowned MMA reporter, The Schmo. In the interview, she called out the former UFC champion Ronda Rousey to come back to the MMA world and fight her in the octagon.

She said, “they always ask me who’s my dream match up and Ronda’s definitely it for me. I would love that fight. I was calling for it after I won the ultimate fighter.. It’s a dream matchup for me and I would love to welcome her back into the division.”