She had a successful and undramatic judo career before MMA. She was well respected in that sport from what I can remember. UFC isn't professional wrestling or

She had a successful and undramatic judo career before MMA. She was well respected in that sport from what I can remember. UFC isn't professional wrestling or anything but western combat sports have a tradition of a bit of theatricality and showmanship to them. Those are probably real elements of her personality to some extent, but choosing to visibly play them out was surely as much a marketing decision as a personal one. By contrast judo tends to be skeptical of that sort of presentation, and as a judoka it wasn't very apparent in her interactions.