If you want to classify my post as hate, you're entitled to that opinion.
And if she wasn't human I doubt I'd have any opinion about her.
I am just presenting a single, albeit opinionated, side based on what I've seen of Ronda's personality on TUF18. I wouldn't walk up to her and flip her off or curse at her. I wouldn't forget to hit the brakes on my car if she happens to fall in front of it. I wouldn't shy away from having a 1-on-1 conversation with her so she can explain her side of the story.
Hate is a very strong word that I believe people throw around too lightly. I I believe hate is something that burns inside of you like a forest fire. It smolders and lingers never truly going away. Setting aside hate is worse that quitting the most addictive drug you can find. It's unhealthy and affects everything you do in life, but yet we all find ourselves hanging on to some.
I know who I hate. It's not Ronda.
I respect her as a fighter, just not as a citizen.
If you truly hate someone you're not respecting anything about them. If they come running out of a burning building carrying a crying infant you hope they die of smoke inhalation. That's hate.
If you believe that everyone on Tumblr uses the Ronda related tags in search of good things about Rhonda you're entitled to that opinion too.
Without access to the metrics we'll never know for sure.
I personally believe you will find a very large contingent (probably male and female alike) looking for naked or nearly naked photos of Ronda. I am not one of that contingent. I've never even looked at the Ronda tag myself.
Some look for the other aspects of the story - more opinions; some like mine and some not.
Others look for a clip of how Ronda pulled off that arm bar on Tate the last time, so they can figure out how to replicate that move. Those people don't care about any of the above.
But Ronda is the one making a spectacle out of herself. She's the one flipping people off, cursing repeatedly and making threats. I give her an "A" for effort and passion, but that doesn't make her behavior acceptable. I spent enough days either in detention, ground or at in-school suspension to learn those lessons.
If your kid turned around flipped people off, cursed repeatedly at people, and made threats in school, how do you think that would turn out?
Most people had A LOT of people at school that they didn't like, faculty and students alike, yet the number of kids cursing at or threatening teachers, historically, has been the (louder) minority.
MMA is a sport AND a business. In my opinion that means it requires a lot more composure and professionalism, or reserve, than Ronda's showing.
She's coming off as angry, classless emotionally fragile and humorless.
There's a part of me that wonders how far she would come off the rails if she lost the title.
Furthermore, I never implied Miesha was a pillar of virtue. Based upon the most recent episode of TUF18 I would even question her ability to coach a team as she's now beginning to neglect fighters.
But Miesha does know how to play to the camera in a PR positive way. She isn't flipping people off. She isn't cursing to the point in time where you've got successive bleeps. And her assistant coaches aren't following suit. Have a little self control folks.
As for pranks - she's following in the footsteps of her predecessors by playing pranks on the other team. Dana White even said it - they're been part of the Ultimate Fighter since day 1 and they've been fairly well received historically. Dana White even went so far as to say "...if this was any other season..." we probably wouldn't even be having this conversation.
Lastly, if there was anything interesting to write about Miesha I would, but in truth we've learned little to nothing about her on the show. If anything she's been a slightly less than prototypical "other coach" on TUF18. She's borderline boring and unremarkable.
