Ronda Rousey News 2015: Edmond Taverdyan imagines a 'difficult' life once Rousey retires from fighting
Ronda Rousey's striking coach Edmond Taverdyan foresees a rough life once his most prized student decides to finally retire from mixed martial arts competition.
In September, the woman considered by Sports Illustrated as the "most dominant athlete alive" hinted about not staying in the sport too long. In a report by USA Today, Rousey, now 28 years old, says she does not want to be fighting at the age of 30.
"I'm not going to be doing this in my 30s. I don't want to be fighting in my 30s. By 30s, I mean like 31, 32," Rousey said. "If you're actually 30 years old that's 30, not 30s. Once you add the one, that's 30s, plural. I'm 28."
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"I look at it exactly like how we were talking about fighting, that's how I do everything else," she continued. "I don't look at these separate disjointed things. I'm not going to go in there and try this thing and try this thing and try that thing and hope something works out."
Rousey will be embarking upon her 13th professional MMA fight on November 15th, as she defends her UFC bantamweight title for the eighth consecutive time against former world champion boxer Holly Holm. It will also be her third title defense in a span of nine months.
Naturally, Rousey has kept herself active throughout 2015, which also keeps her striking coach Edmond Taverdyan busy.
However, the Armenian trainer is concerned about what his life might be like once Rousey finally decides to hang up her gloves.
"After I retire with her, it's going to be difficult," Taverdyan said in a report by Bloody Elbow. "Why? Because at this age young - I'm only 33 - having a champion like her and then finding another girl that could really - or anybody that could fight at that level - it might be a bit different."
If they work hard in the gym and they give it their best and they listen and they're great students and they're great human beings, and I work with them and they come to a certain point and they win a world title; I should be happy with that and I should be satisfied.
"But there will never be another Ronda Rousey."
