Rousey: Mayweather still doesn't know who I am

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Rousey, the UFC's star attraction and most dominant fighter, is making the media rounds this week ahead of her women's bantamweight title fight against Holly Holm. 

She will co-host an edition of ESPN's flagship show SportsCenter on Thursday (AEST) and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday.

Rousey was asked about a bevy of subjects, from her 'game face' to her upcoming opponent to what it was like to lose to Fallon at Mario Kart.

But the interview began with a question about Mayweather and the typically outspoken Rousey seemed almost reluctant to remind viewers what she told the audience at the 2015 ESPY Awards in July.

Fallon did eventually switch gears to a more pressing issue, Rousey's upcoming fight with Holm.

Rousey was significantly more effusive in praise of Holm, a world-class kickboxer and overall nice person, than she has been in the past with opponents like Miesha Tate and Bethe Correia.

"She's a nice chick, ya know. I don't have anything against her. She's a nice chick that's going to lose though," she said.

When asked if she will be able to pick her time and finish, Rousey once again offered praise to Holm. "This one is going to be a much longer fight. She's a 19-time boxing champion with 100-percent takedown defense and head kick knockouts. She's undefeated and an amazing athlete and the biggest threat definitely to me, especially on paper and stylistically."

But the best part comes at the end, when she discusses losing to Fallon at Mario Kart, a game that has broken friendships and brought out competitive rage from people who aren't competitive and don't have rage.

Rousey transitioned back and forth between measured fighter and bubbly celebrity, the two angles she has mastered and the two angles people lover her for. But she was herself, which remains the best part about the undefeated pound-for-pound queen of mixed martial arts.

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