Everybody’s talking about Ronda Rousey’s big loss to Holly Holm on Saturday and that includes Taz. Taz explained on his podcast that he feels the finish for the fight was fixed and he explained why. But one of the most important things that he emphasized is that his theory was simply his own opinion and he meant no disrespect to anyone involved. Unfortunately for him, a lot of people didn’t see it that way.
Since going public with his opinion Taz has been facing a lot of backlash from fans and he had the following to say about the negativity and you can read a transcription below courtesy of CBS Local Sports.
“I don’t really want to get into the whole thing, I’ve moved on. I’ll tell you this. To me, I gave an opinion. I gave an opinion and I showed no disrespect towards the athletes and I said that in my commentary on the show 24 hours ago right here. I would never, ever, in a million years do that because I am an MMA fan. I respect all athletes. I don’t care if you’re a pro football player, a pro baseball player, a pro wrestler, a cricket player, an MMA fighter, a golf athlete, a NASCAR driver … I don’t care what you do. I respect that. If you’re an athlete at any level, someone who puts time in and works and sacrifices, I can appreciate that, because I did that.”
“‘Ohh, you’re from the worked world, you’re from pro wrestling, that’s all fake! Oh, that’s why you think that!’ But for those who have done their homework on my history, I spent some time since I’m a young kid in a couple of dojos in my day grappling before it was called MMA. I spent a lot of time kind of taking MMA or judo and ju jitsu and incorporating it into professional wrestling into my style, into my own niche, because I was an undersized professional wrestler. So I had to catch on somehow. So to come at me, that I don’t know MMA, and ‘I don’t respect you anymore Taz’ – that’s the one I was getting the most. ‘I lost all the respect for you!’
You know what, kiss my ass, how about that? Okay? You can kiss my ass if you lost respect for me.”
