Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC There’s a well-worn cliche in MMA that the underdog sleeps better and comes in fresher on fight night because expectations are low. UFC women’s bantamweight title challenger Bethe Correia (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is a believer in it, or so she’s said in interviews building up to a fight in which she’s a massive underdog, a headliner opposite champ Ronda Rousey (11-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) at Saturday’s UFC 190. But to Rousey, ever quick to jump on the Brazilian after she disparaged her family, said Correia’s words merely reveal her subordinate status. “She said, ‘I have no pressure on me and no one expects anything out of me and so that’s an advantage,’” Rousey said today during an open workout in support of the pay-per-view event at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. “So you’re saying that you do the best with less pressure? That’s what’s best for you
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Ronda Rousey: Bethe Correia is just never meant to be a champion – MMA Junkie