The WWE star appeared on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” to discuss a multitude of things, including Rousey and her recent revelation that she was considering suicide after her devastating knockout loss to Holly Holm. Lesnar offered some advice to the superstar that he felt could do her a lot of good.
"I'm a big fan of Ronda's and have been since the beginning," Lesnar said. "One thing that I learned and she should have learned a long time ago was that you have to learn how to lose before you can actually win."
Although Lesnar wasn’t tearing through the competition without a hiccup as Rousey did (he lost his second professional fight to Frank Mir), the former champ said he knows how Rousey may be feeling but it takes the understanding that you could lose on any given night and the acceptance of that possibility to become a better champion.
"That was one thing my coach taught me at a very young age because I was a bad loser whenever I'd get beat," Lesnar said. "You've got to be able to get back on the horse, and this life is very precious and very short. One fight isn't going to make or break her career. She's just got to get back on the horse again and figure it out and she will."
But one thing that Lesnar did notice was the amount of extracurricular activity that Rousey has involved herself in. Lesnar believes that being pulled in too many directions could prevent Rousey from perfecting her craft.
“She can do whatever she wants to do, and I think she's proven that,” Lesnar said before suggesting that she should concentrate less on what’s outside the cage and focus on what's inside of it. “I think she's got a lot on her plate. You can't be a fighter and be in 10 movies a year. She's going to have to step back and find out what Ronda wants to do moving forward."
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