So how exactly did the media "turn on" Ronda?

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I'm seeing that quite a bit to explain why she is shutting off the media. Praising Holly Holm for an excellent performance and criticizing Ronda and her coaching for being unable or unwilling to adjust when things weren't going her way is just accurate reporting. Subsequently speculating about what might be going on with her after she went quiet for a while after the fight is the media's job.

I'm not talking about fans on social media. They have shown over and over again to be brutal and relentless when a popular/dominant fighter loses. But Facebook, Twitter, Sherdog comments, etc. are not the media. If she wanted to avoid that then she should just shut off her social media accounts. Her success is in large part due to support from the media who helped to spread her name and showcase her skills. If the reason was only to have more time to train than reducing media engagements would seem reasonable but the total blackout thing seems a little misguided to me or am I missing something?
 
Because they started asking her how it felt to lose... and they reported it when she said she had suicide thoughts
 
she wants to focus on the fight
rather than answer the same questions
over and over
Uncle Dana is giving her a pass
 
They never did. She's just mad the media has the audacity to ask her about the loss and question it. That's why she only goes on Ellen for softball questions.

We are talking about a person who had a massive meltdown and chewed PVZ out for congratulating Holms.
 
They need to implement a media rule much like the NFL, would be hilarious seeing Ronda out there like Lynch repeating the same answer until you get to the magic number and then walk out.

Seems to me Ronda is just doing this for more PR, she is not a dummy. By her not talking has created even more buzz
 
Wtf lol at thread title. You should have put it as "turn" on instead of "turn on"
 
They didn't. They've done nothing but heap effusive praise on her.

She's still traumatized about the way that she got roasted online by the general public after getting KO'd, and she's misdirecting her anger at the media.

The funny part is that the backlash was fueled by all of the over-the-top, hagiographic nonsense that was being written and said about her. It wasn't just Rogan calling her "a once ever athlete." There were a bunch of mainstream entertainment and sports outlets, who don't know a damn thing about her or MMA, laughably claiming that she was the most dominant athlete in history.

She was a fad who had her time and then fizzled out. Nothing that hasn't happened before.
 
tramendous said:
Wtf lol at thread title. You should have put it as "turn" on instead of "turn on"
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It's a white belt thread on Sherdog. TS should get credit for not misspelling any words in the title.
 
Well if this is really the reason, she's being a little ridiculous and lumping all of MMA media together into one big blob. There were articles and commentaries written in the wake of the fight questioning if she had merely been protected and was all hype, but they weren't the norm, even out of the minor MMA sites desperate for clicks.

For her sake I hope this was all about focusing 100% on the fight and just keeping everything else out of sight, out of mind. If she keeps fighting after this, I doubt the UFC lets her get away with this little media again, even if they let her do less than she used to.

People need to recognize just how much time Ronda had to devote to this stuff from her time in SF up until the Holm fight. It is possible she just felt it was causing her to lose her edge. I guess we'll know soon enough.
 
Rogan criticized Eddie T. and Schaub said she had a rank pussy. Everyone else continued to drool over her as far as I can tell
 
tramendous said:
Wtf lol at thread title. You should have put it as "turn" on instead of "turn on"
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Yep, noticed that after I posted. Included the quotes because I was actually quoting what I had read not trying to imply a double entendre. Oh well, lesson learned
 
When people say "media" in this context what they mean is "social media and internet forums" but they can't differentiate the two anyway so their mistake goes over their heads.
 
She looks in decent shape anyway, little less muscle this time around.
 
Nobody turned on anyone... the media wasn't her friend. The media wants a story and a huge trainwreck gets more coverage...
 
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