It seems the only thing that can stop UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is Wal-Mart.
Rousey, the former Olympic medalist, has an autobiography called "My Fight/Your Fight" set to hit stores in the not-too-distant future.
Wal-Mart announced earlier this week, per Page Six, that they would not carry the book on the grounds that Rousey presents too-violent of an image.
That's right. Wal-Mart, a store where you can buy guns, ammunition, knives and all sorts of other goodies with which to maim your friends, believes that Rousey and her book are too violent for their shelves.
Rousey took to Instagram on Wednesday to respond to Wal-Mart's decision.
"'Success is the best revenge' one of many lessons I learned from fighting that helped me fight through life's battles off the mat and outside the octagon. @walmart is welcome to watch the success of this publication from the sidelines if they choose," she wrote.
That's big of her and also really the only response she could give.
It's not as if she could force Wal-Mart to sell her book and really, why would she want to? The added publicity that comes along with the massive department store chain refusing to sell her autobiography is probably worth more than if the company had simply done the American thing and sold it at a price well above its actual value.
Rousey has reached incredible pop culture fame recently, due only in part to the fact that her last two UFC title defenses were over in a mind numbingly expedient 30 seconds combined.
Beyond her impending autobiography, Rousey recently appeared in the latest installment of the "Fast & Furious" franchise, "Furious 7," and she's also set for a part in the "Entourage" movie. The 28-year-old Rousey will also defend her UFC title against Brazilian Bethe Correia on Aug. 1 at UFC 190 in Correia's home country.
All in all, seems like she's doing just fine without Wal-Mart.
