Rousey's first WWE run was already over by the time Smith signed there in 2021; she returned in January 2022, however, and the two were concurrently active until Smith was dismissed from WWE in October 2022. Similarly, Smith's brief stint as a UFC commentator didn't begin until 2018, well after Rousey's heyday as a fighter, something he readily admitted during the show. Nonetheless, Smith had ample opportunity to speak to various UFC crew members who he claimed were only too happy to witness Rousey's 2015-26 fall from grace in the MMA world.

"They were cheering when she got knocked out," Smith said. "Because those are the people you can be mean to and rude to, and they can't fight back. Those people couldn't stand Ronda Rousey ... She didn't have one defender. She didn't have one person who went 'She was alright.' Everyone was like 'She was horrible, we were thrilled when she got crushed.'"

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