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Ronda Rousey Fights Bethe Correia At UFC 190_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 10, 2015 6:28 PM UTC  UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey speaks to the fans during the UFC's Go Big launch event inside MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 4, 2015 in Las Vegas. UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey speaks to the fans during the UFC's Go Big launch event inside MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 4, 2015 in Las Vegas. Josh Hedges—Zuffa LLC/Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 10, 2015 6:28 PM UTC Ronda Rousey, champion UFC fighter and [noted badass](http://time.com/4079952/ronda-rousey-self-magazine-badass/), has officially shared her pick for the next president of the United States [in an interview](http://www.maxim.com/entertainment/sports/article/ronda-rousey-bernie-sanders-president-2015-11) with _Maxim._ “I’m voting for Bernie Sanders, because he doesn’t take any corporate money,” Rousey said. “I don’t think politicians should be allowed to take money for their campaigns from outside interests.” If Sanders loses in the primary, Rousey’s plan will probably be to vote for a third party. That’s what she did in 2012, when she was against both candidates. “I just picked any third party because I thought if more people voted for third parties then they’d have to take third parties seriously.” Last year, Donald Trump had implied that Rousey liked him as a candidate, but she eventually [shut that down](http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/19/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-chris-cuomo-cnn-interview/index.html). _Read next:_ [_Ronda Rousey Reveals What It Really Means To Be a Champion_](http://time.com/4079952/ronda-rousey-self-magazine-badass/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4106719/ronda-rousey-endorses-bernie-sanders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4106719/ronda-rousey-endorses-bernie-sanders/"},"headline":"Ronda Rousey Just Revealed Who She's Backing for President","datePublished":"2015-11-10T18:28:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:57.984Z","description":"She's 'feeling the Bern'","url":"https://time.com/4106719/ronda-rousey-endorses-bernie-sanders/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d80c938fd6c9e6c/69886399cf40a824b7c3fb24/ronda-rousey3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d80c938fd6c9e6c/69886399cf40a824b7c3fb24/ronda-rousey3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"UFC Go Big Launch Event","caption":"UFC Go Big Launch Event","creditText":"Josh Hedges—Zuffa LLC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4106719/ronda-rousey-endorses-bernie-sanders/","name":"Ronda Rousey Just Revealed Who She's Backing for President"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Ronda Rousey Fights Bethe Correia At UFC 190","description":"Ronda Rousey Fights Bethe Correia At UFC 190","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zJhkTwVI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-02T18:04:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zJhkTwVI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4106719/ronda-rousey-endorses-bernie-sanders/","duration":"PT41S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4106719/ronda-rousey-endorses-bernie-sanders/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```