Ben Rothwell: Travis Browne is a ‘man whore’ who found a ‘sugar mama’ in Ronda Rousey

2016 wasn’t exactly a good year for the Ronda Rousey-Travis Browne household, as the power couple went a combined 0-3 inside the Octagon, with Travis Browne losing back-to back fights against Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum and Ronda Rousey getting torched in her come back attempt by Amanda Nunes in just 48 seconds at UFC 207 (see it).

Browne’s losing woes are easy to crack for Ben Rothwell, though, as it seems his combat career started going downhill when he left Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA to train at Glendale Fight Club alongside Rousey. As "Big Ben" sees it, leaving a good thing for something new simply isn’t smart.

But, his theory for Travis leaving New Mexico for sunny California is simply and it has nothing to do with upping his mixed martial arts IQ, but rather to shack up with his "sugar mama" in order to secure his financial future thanks to big paydays such as this one.

He broke it all down during a recent interview on Sirius XM’s "Fight Club" via MMA Junkie.

"I have no problems talking (expletive) on him because he brings (expletive) on himself. He’s one of the guys – I try to be nice to him and cool, and the more I learn about him, the more of his history, he’s one of those guys that’s just a man-whore," declared Rothwell.

"He’s a phony, and a lot of (expletive) pisses me off with him. Why did you suddenly leave a great camp that made him good and move to a (expletive) gym that’s got a lot of guys losing? For me, I think it was a financial thing. He went there and found a sugar mama in his girlfriend. He’s just looking to get himself taken care of. He’s got some brains in, like, ‘Why should I fight? I’ll just get her to pay for everything.’ It’s a good financial move on his part, but it hasn’t done his personal career any good and a lot of people think the guy has regressed and he’s not getting any better. He’s lost his footwork, he’s lost a lot of different things that made him good. We’re going to find out with Derrick Lewis. Is the guy going to get motivated? That’s one thing about our sport you can look like you’re just out of it and forgotten about then next thing you know you can resurge yourself."

Ouch.

Rousey, meanwhile, didn’t escape from Rothwell’s wrath, who was none-too pleased that the former women’s Bantamweight champion went on a full media blackout prior to UFC 207. Furthermore, he says if Ronda decides she can’t come back from two devastating knockout losses, then she was never a true champion.

"What matters is now. What’s she going to do now? What matters is six months from now if she walks away from the sport and never fights again, she never has to have her name brought up again," added Ben.

"If she can’t come back from everything she’s been through and being put on such a high pedestal and making waves, then she loses two fights and she doesn’t come back from that? Well, then she’s a loser and she never was a champion. Like him or hate him, but Conor McGregor man, what an example. The guy loses, does the media, comes back, wins a fight and then wins a title fight. Dominick Cruz, like him or hate him, he faced the media (after losing his title) and treated it like a champion. They set the bar for the rest of us. That’s how we need to act, that’s how you handle a loss and she needs to learn from the rest of us now."

Tell us how you really feel, Ben.

Ronda hasn’t decided if she will resume her combat career after suffering her second consecutive defeat. If she does indeed call it a day, she can always fall back on her acting career.

Or not.