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Mike Tyson on Ronda Rousey: “I think of myself when I watch her”

The path of destructive domination Ronda Rousey has blazed through the mixed martials arts world can only be paralleled by the rampage unleashed by a young Mike Tyson in the 1980s.

If you ask the heavyweight legend himself, he can see the resemblance as well.

In an interview with ESPN that ran Thursday, Tyson spoke about recently observing a Rousey training session in Glendale, California.

“Ronda, she’s a lady. Polite, kind, sweet and adorable,” Tyson said. “But her whole barometer is, she’s a killer. She has that killer aura, meaning anything is capable of happening.