Bethe Correia Says Holly Holm Overestimates Herself

Bethe Correia spoke with MMAjunkie ahead of her fight with Holly Holm at UFC Fight Night 111. Highlights are below:

On the stakes of the fight for Holms: “The pressure is on her. She’s the one coming off three losses. She’s the one who they want to see turn things around. They want to see a UFC ex-champ show her MMA. I think she’s a striker who has to adapt it all to MMA. She has too much information coming in and she’s trying to piece her game together. She’s, perhaps, getting more lost than finding herself. I’m not uncomfortable in any area. I hit very hard. I trust myself in every situation of the fight. On the ground, or my boxing. I’m fully confident. Because my boxing it’s adapted to MMA. I don’t come from boxing and had to adjust my ring game to MMA. They’re entirely different things. So I really trust my MMA game.”

On Holm’s ranking: “I think Holly is overrated because they expected too much from her. They expect more than what she’s been doing. I’m not saying she’s a bad athlete. But people are disappointed after her fights. They think, ‘I expected more from her.’ With the exception of the Ronda fight – there, she performed strategically. Also, it wasn’t Ronda’s day. Maybe if she fought Ronda today, Ronda would beat her. These things happen. Sometimes it’s just not the person’s day.”

On Holm’s mindset: “A fight ends and she doesn’t even stop to think about it – they overestimate her so much they schedule another one right away. Sometimes you need to rest your mind a little in order to fit new knowledge. I think she believes a lot in herself. Even she disappoints herself with her performances and wants to fight right away. I think she overestimates herself.”

On her outspoken attitude: “I think (fellow female fighters) are annoyed by me. All of them. I think it’s kind of incredible. They all want to beat me up, they all want to fight me, they’re all angry at me. And I am sure that it’s only because of my truth-telling. Everything I say is the truth. But the truth hurts. They think (these things), but don’t have the guts to say it. I do. It’s kind of ironic, even. Because if I were to get annoyed by every tweet, every criticism, every mockery, I think I would have to break the teeth of over half the fighters and then half of the world population. I’m OK with it. I’m used to it. I’m going to keep being me. My fans love me because I’m like this. And it’s funny, because those who don’t like me are the ones who are the most avid to follow me. So I only see advantages.”