Bethe Correia makes tasteless comment ahead of title fight, Rousey responds

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Trash talk in the world of combat sports is an art form. Some folks excel and some folks, well, not so much. Bethe Correia earned her title shot against Ronda Rousey by beating her friends and using finger gestures  – it worked just fine. The challenger made a statement this past Wednesday at a Q & A session in Brazil that she probably didn’t think would cause such a stir. “Please don’t kill yourself, don’t commit suicide, because I will give you the rematch,” Correia said in bad taste. It’s been well documented that Rousey’s father committed suicide when she was just 8 years of age after he was left paralyzed from a tragic sledding accident.

Rousey responded to Correia’s words on twitter soon after learning about it.

@bethecorreia suicide is no joke or selling point. My father will be with me the day I hand you the comeuppance you deserve.

— Ronda Rousey (@RondaRousey) May 28, 2015

Correia would offer her future opponent an apology yesterday.

@RondaRousey Never knew what happened to ur dad.I’m humble enough to ask u for forgiveness. Family is a godly bless to me. See u in #UFC190 — Bethe (@bethecorreia) May 28, 2015

When someone’s apology is more about them than the person they are apologizing to it’s hard to take it as sincere. While this is a rather tasteless way to promote a fight, everyone must be held responsible for their words – especially in this age of social media. Correia brought up so many other details about Rousey’s personal past to the public on Wednesday which makes it extremely difficult to believe she didn’t know what she was saying when she said it.

Unfortunately, this will be a major talking point heading up to August 1st when these two competitors fight for the most coveted prize in all of women’s mixed martial arts.