Ronda to Conor You Don't Have to Get Arrested ... To Promote a Fight
EXCLUSIVE
Ronda Rousey[1] says Conor McGregor[2] crossed the line promoting UFC 229 -- and injured her friends in the process -- telling TMZ Sports no one should break the law to sell a fight.
"I understand promoting fights and having to sell them. I really do," Ronda says ... "But, I don't think people have to get arrested in order to do that."
"I think I've been able to prove that you can make a fight exciting and make people really wanna see it without crossing any legal lines."
Ronda is obviously referring to the bus attack[3] at Barclays Center -- when Conor and his gang of hooligans smashed up a bus with a steel dolly, injuring several[4] UFC fighters who were inside.
"I think that Khabib[5] jumping out of the Octagon was not as bad as throwing objects at a bus, because my friend Rose Namajunas[6] was on that bus. My friend, Michael Chiesa[7], missed his fight because [he got cut by the glass]."
When asked if the UFC needs to draw a hard line and punish Khabib harshly for the post-fight melee[8] ... Ronda had some stern words for her former employer.
"I think, if you're gonna draw the line there, you should have drawn it before that."
"I just feel like there has to be equal treatment all the way across the board. I don't think that anyone should get special treatment because they're