OH RONDA!!!

 Before there was Miesha Tate

 Ronda red gloves Miesha blue

Ronda at weigh in

Fresh off her win over rival Miesha Tate last month at UFC 168, UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey met with her next opponent, fellow Olympian Sara McMann, and reporters recently. Rousey had neither harsh words nor glares for her opponent as they joked and prepared for photos to be taken.

Once it was time to square up opposite one another and pose for photographers, however, Rousey got her familiar game face on and up between her raised arms and fists as she looked directly at McMann. The message was clear - Rousey may not have a personal grudge against her next opponent as she did with Tate, but she understands that they will fight and fighting is a solemn thing.

Rousey told assembled media that she hopes that her career, and women's MMA on the whole, has moved past needing bad blood between two female opponents in order for fans to take an interest.

"Then, it was kind of like a necessary evil," Ronda explained.

"Now, I feel like women's MMA is at a point where it's not needed. So, I don't really have to partake anymore even if someone is, like, starting a fight with me. It's very lucrative for the other girls so even if they try to start with me now, I really don't have to oblige anymore. Yeah, so, Miesha's probably the last person I'll engage in that type of way."

Ronda Rousey fights again Feb. 22 at UFC 170 (AP)