Ronda Rousey To Hire Chuck Liddell As New Trainer For Next Fight? 'Iceman' Wants To Offer Help
Ronda Rousey's next fight in the UFC is still uncertain as she's still not medically cleared to go full-contact with a sparring partner. However, reports are surfacing that Rowdy is looking at Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell to elevate her game.
The former UFC Women's Bantamweight champion is under great pressure to deliver a convincing victory following her devastating loss to Holly Holm. Apparently, her mom wants to ditch her current trainer, Edmond Tarverdyan.
If ever she does ditch him, Ronda Rousey can find another trainer in former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell for her next fight. That is, if he can remember what he told the media.
"I'll train her any time she wants," he said, when asked about Ronda Rousey by TMZ.
It is hard to take Liddell's word seriously, though, as TMZ observed that the Iceman was inebriated during the interview.
Liddell, however, was all praises for Tarverdyan whom he credited for taking Rousey's striking to another level during her fight with Holly Holm.
"Ronda's striking has greatly improved. He's done a great job with her striking. Ok? But," he said. "There's another step when you're going against a professional striker."
Although Dana White said that Ronda Rousey and UFC champ Holly Holm should have a rematch, Rowdy's next fight is still up in the air. Holm, for her part, will be fighting against Miesha Tate next month.
On the other hand, AnnMaria DeMars blamed Tarverdyan for Ronda Rousey's loss to Holly Holm.
"Ronda trained with an idiot. She trained with an idiot and a fraud," De Mars told Submission Radio. "I would be shocked to find out that guy has any record at all."
"As far as I know, I saw him fight once and he fought somebody that had a record of like 6-20 and won on a split decision," she added. "The guy is a fraud. Ronda has a lot of talent. She came into that gym with a very strong background of training at the Olympic level and it carried her a long way."
Tarverdyan did not directly respond to DeMars but with how she described the trainer during the radio interview, it's not likely that he's coming back to Ronda Rousey's corner in her next fight in the UFC.