Ronda teaches armbars, gives advice to the NBA star and 'fights' with actor on SportsCenter

Ronda (right) shared the SportsCenter bench with journalist Lindsay Czarniak. Photo: Reproduction

In itself, as it represented the first time that a female athlete took over the program's bench, the presence of Ronda Rousey in the edition of the traditional news SportsCenter this Wednesday (07) was already history. But the UFC champion made a point of making her experience as a presenter even more memorable and stole the show, starring in scenes that were somewhat expected and others not so much.

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To begin with, the fighter provoked the Chicago Cub baseball team, which has not won an MLB (Major League Baseball) title for an incredible 107 years, the longest drought in the history of sports in the United States. “What’s more impossible, me losing a fight or the Cubs winning the World Series (baseball final)?”, said Ronda, when talking about the “Adorable Losers”, as the team is known, with the sport’s commentator.

As expected, Ronda, of course, “taught” a small lesson on her traditional armbar, which has already earned her nine of her 12 victories as a professional. Ronda's student was journalist Lindsay Czarniak, who led the attraction alongside the Ultimate champion, watch the video below.

Furthermore, Ronda took the opportunity to give advice to NBA star Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketball players of recent times. Kobe recently said that he is tired of the routine of being a professional athlete and heard from the UFC champion that maybe it was time to stop. “If he's wondering whether he's going to stop or not, I think it's time to leave. Every time I fought, I walked out of there to my car and was excited to have done it. If he's already thinking about it (retiring), maybe it's time to leave,” she suggested.

But one of the most fun moments of the program involved the special participation of actor Ken Jeong, who played the character Chow in the film series “The Hangover” and Prof. Chang in the series “Community”. After revealing that she is a fan of the series “Game of Thrones” and the books “A Song of Ice and Fire”, Rousey “fought” with Jeong because he gave a big spoiler (spoiled a surprise that was yet to come) of the plot during the ESPYs awards.

“During the ESPYs, I was on the third Game of Thrones book, and you seemed to think it was hilarious to ruin the fact that Jon Snow dies in the final season. I was very angry about that. I was supposed to be happy, because I was winning awards that night, but, I don't know, I was wondering if you had anything to say about today's show, if you wanted to tell us what's going to happen at the end and ruin it for everyone.” , said the blonde, with her usual intimidating expression. Jeong, in turn, pretended to be crying and apologized, causing the fighter to break out into laughter. Watch the excerpt below (in English).

Ronda returns to the octagon on November 14th, in Melbourne, Australia. On the date, the blonde puts her belt on the line against the undefeated challenger Holly holm. The duel will be the main fight of UFC 193, an event that will take place in a football stadium with a capacity for more than 70 thousand fans and promises to break the attendance record in the history of Ultimate.