Ronda Rousey blasts fans criticizing Simone Biles Olympics withdraw

Ronda Rousey puts fans on blast about Simone Biles.

Ronda Rousey is a former medal-winning Olympic judoka who has gone through her trials and tribulations throughout her illustrious career that spanned the polar opposite worlds of the WWE and UFC.

Rousey, now fully transitioned into the next phase of her life, got wind of Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from the Team USA gymnastics team, citing mental health issues. She also experienced trauma after her first professional MMA loss to Holly Holm in 2015, as she never regained her bantamweight championship shortly after.

Rousey put fans on notice for criticizing what Biles feels was best for her, assuring that the legendary gymnast is not alone.

“Everyone judging Simone Biles doesn’t know their foot from their asshole when it comes to being in her position,” Rousey wrote. “She’s on the Olympic team while you’re on Twitter. Whatever is going on cannot be grasped from the outside. She’s doing the absolute best she can given the situation she’s in.”

Rousey’s statement is one that should come as no surprise, given her previous experiences.

Ronda Rousey made women’s MMA mainstream

Rousey’s rise to stardom began after UFC president Dana White was seen on TMZ in a 2011 interview saying that women would never compete in the Octagon.

Just two years later, White’s perspective changed when Strikeforce was bought out by the UFC, which then allowed female weight classes to get introduced. Rousey was then named the first-ever women’s UFC champion, sporting the bantamweight division.

Rousey revolutionized the sport of MMA during that era, proving that it was possible for women’s MMA to succeed. This gave way to the strawweight, flyweight, and featherweight divisions in the years that followed.

Today, women’s MMA is widely accepted in combat sports, making it commonplace for women’s fights to be featured on cards every weekend. Rousey is one to acknowledge for making that possible.