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LeBron James offers Ronda Rousey support after devastating UFC 207 loss

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James has offered his support to former UFC champion Ronda Rousey after her devastating loss at UFC 207 on Friday night, he tells the Akron Beacon Journal.

“In sports, in general, they build you up as high as they can, put you on the highest mountain in the world, just to tear you down. That’s coming from somebody who has experienced it. And that’s exactly what she’s going through right now,” James said. “That’s a fact. I know exactly how she feels because I was that athlete. I went through that.