I'm not making any excuses because I'm a fan. Stop looking at my avatar for a second.
My point is that this was negotiated into her contract and she got it done. Colin and Diaz didn't have these terms. McGregor however would undoubtedly get this "special treatment" too, if he asked for it and negotiated it in his contract. He's currently a bigger draw than Ronda, if he negotiated this before he signed a contract to fight somebody he'd be able to skip media too and not risk being pulled.
And lets be serious here for a bit and skip the "Dana is in love with Ronda that's why she gets this special treatment". Not saying that you specifically are using that argument but it's really as simple as; she negotiated this before she signed the contract and the UFC agreed - most likely because of her star power and how important they think she is for the brand. Colin is in the exact same position with the exception that he's got even more leverage than her. If he wanted to do it this way, he'd be able to do it this way - if it's in the contract.
Sure, I would have liked to see her do some media but I'm not gonna bitch about it. This approach is obviously working because people can't stop talking about it.
I don't have to even look at your avatar, your reputation of being a Ronda-apologist precedes you.
I have no problem with the possibility that she negotiated it into the contract, that is not my issue. A very quick question, how do you even know this was agreed/negotiated? Has this been announced?
I think it's ridiculous on her part to firstly even try to negotiate this. It'll have a negative affect promotion wise and probably financially on the PPV. It's also just a big middle finger to the media who supported and celebrated her for so long and so fervently, does she forget this? She acts like the media hates her now, when really her own
"take her ball and sulk" attitude is what got her negative press.
For you to think that anyone else would get this treatment, going off of the history of the UFC, in my opinion speaks to you being in denial. You think Conor could or would promote an event with zero conversation with MMA media? First of all do you think he'd ever be so negative to try and do this in the first place? Second of all do you really think Dana White would sit in a room and accept that he is doing zero interactions with MMA media? Conor sells fights with his talk, and you're going to subtract the talk from the equation? Because that'll really sell well, right?
Ronda is getting this because she's a woman, mainly. She's getting it because she was the golden girl of MMA, who never rocked the boat with management, never demanded equity, changing of promotional posters etc. like Conor did. She also greatly differs to Nick, who always has had a bad-boy image and showed a rebellious side. She loses in terrible fashion and the tries to pull on our heart-strings with talk of suicide. Horrible, seeming as she's had suicide in her immediate family, so why take it to that place just for some sympathy - you lost one fight, get over yourself!
The UFC are now on a guilt trip and therefore she's being sheltered. The UFC brass fear her losing again because if she does, she's probably done with the sport. With that being said if they can do anything to make her preparation easier or help her be comfortable and confident they will give her that luxury - in hope that it increases the chance of victory.
Pure cowardice and arrogance from her, acting like a 10 year old girl - and absolute bare-faced hypocrisy from the UFC. She's known to run when the tough gets going, her Judo coaches said the same thing, she's simply a terrible loser and there is no place for someone who cannot accept a loss and try to come back stronger.
She brought all this criticism on herself. This is the same girl who called out Holly's character, refused to shake Miesha's hand, coined the term
"do nothing bitch", called out the best boxer of our time like she's some sort of feminist movement extraordinaire and the woman who stood over an opponent and said "don't cry".
Yeah, she was really humble in her time of dominance, you reap what you sow.
