During a press conference for UFC 193, the current UFC champion and MMA fighter, Ronda Rousey, accidentally made an awkward sexual reference to Holly Holm. The accidental sexual innuendo due to a slip of the tongue caught Rousey off guard and led to a fit of laughter.
According to Sports Illustrated and Bloody Elbow, as she was answering a question about how she plans on attacking Holm during their upcoming fight, she admitted that she wouldn't begin with offense, though her choice of words was a bit odd.
"Holly's not really the kind of person I can come at right away," she said. "The other girls that I've fought before do not have the kind of footwork and movement that Holly has. They weren't counter punchers, so I knew that if I came right in their face right away..."
Rousey immediately noticed the sexual reference and pointed it out by laughing uncontrollably as she attempted to hide her embarrassment by clarifying herself, although she seemed to struggle with the right wording:
"Oh my God!" she said. "Not right away. I take my time, OK? You know what I mean, if I came...how do I say this right now?"
After continuing to laugh and struggle, she was finally able to spit out the right words and remain appropriate:
"Rephrasing, I can't really be... aggressive... right away because Holly's a counter puncher and she has a reach advantage on me."
It seems as though Rousey is clearly thinking about sex, especially considering the fact that Rousey previously claimed that she tries to have as much sex as possible prior to a fight.
As reported by USA Today, in an interview with Jim Rome, Rousey claimed not to take Muhammed Ali's route of abstaining from sex for six weeks before a fight, "For girls, it raises your testosterone, so I try to have as much sex as possible before I fight," she said.
Although, Rousey did clarify, quite quickly, that her training regimen depends on whether she has a steady boyfriend or not.
"I don't put out Craigslist ads or anything," she said.
Seems like Rousey's got a lot going on with the media, first there's the shots she took at Floyd Mayweather regarding his final fight against Andre Berto, then there's her thoughts on weed and whether or not athletes should be tested for it and now there's the accidental sexual innuendo. Then again, women making sexual innuendos is nothing new so Rousey has nothing to be ashamed of on that score. After all, she'd just be following in the footsteps of great women celebrities like Betty White.
You can watch the video of the accidental sexual innuendo below: