Matt Brown calls Ronda Rousey 'insufferable' after her Holly Holm rematch boasts

UFC veteran Matt Brown has sharply criticised Ronda Rousey for claiming she would dominate Holly Holm if they ever fought again, arguing the retired fighter has learned nothing from the period that turned so many fans against her.

The comments came after Rousey, who retired following a 17-second win over Gina Carano in a boxing match, was asked about a potential rematch with Holm — the fighter who knocked her out with a head kick in 2015. Holm, speaking ahead of her own recent title fight against Stephanie Han in boxing, had acknowledged Rousey’s legacy and said she had always been open to a rematch, though she doubted it would ever happen given Rousey’s retirement. Rousey responded by insisting she is a far better fighter now and would “clean her clock” — while simultaneously acknowledging the rematch will never take place.

Brown, speaking on his podcast The Fighter vs. The Writer, was blunt in his assessment. “It’s so uninteresting,” he said. “She’s so just in her own world. It’s cool she believes in herself, I guess. She’d get f*cked up by Holly if they fought again. Who do you think you’re fooling here? I don’t even know if she actually believes it, but if she does, cool, that’s really good that you believe that. We don’t.”

Brown had raised similar concerns about Rousey’s public image when she was promoting her autobiography ahead of the Carano fight. At the time, he noted that Rousey herself had predicted she would be booed at UFC events, and argued her reluctance to credit Holm or Amanda Nunes — who knocked her out in 48 seconds in 2016 — had done lasting damage to how fans perceive her. Rather than acknowledging what her opponents did in those fights, Rousey had pointed to repeated concussions and head trauma as the primary reasons for her defeats.

For Brown, the latest remarks confirm that pattern has not changed. He argued that Rousey’s inability to read the room — boasting about a rematch she has ruled out, against an opponent she lost to decisively — is a self-inflicted wound that undermines whatever goodwill her comeback generated.

“She’s her own worst enemy,” Brown said, adding that the volume of attention the comments receive is a function of Rousey’s name recognition rather than any substance in what she is saying.

Holm, now 43, remains active in combat sports. Rousey has given no indication she intends to return to competition following her win over Carano.