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Ronda Rousey's mom says she needs to fire coach: 'This guy is a complete fraud'

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Dr. AnnMaria De Mars has never been shy about her sharing her feelings on daughter Ronda Rousey's coach.

De Mars took her criticism of Edmond Tarverdyan a step further in an appearance on Submission Radio, saying she'd predicted Rousey's loss to Holy Holm as a result of his training.

"I predicted it in advance," De Mars said, according to David St. Martin of MMAFigthing.com. "Ronda trained with an idiot. She trained with an idiot and a fraud. I would be shocked to find out that guy has any record at all. As far as I know, I saw him fight once and he fought somebody that had a record of like 6-20 and won on a split decision. The guy is a fraud."

De Mars continued, citing her fighting experience in calling out Terverdyan's coaching.

"The difference between me and these other fighters' moms is that I actually was a world champion," said De Mars. "I didn't just make it up and put it on my website. I actually really did compete for 14 years. So when someone is talking about coaching I know if it's bulls--t and this guy is a complete fraud. It didn't surprise me for a second."

As for the eventual rematch between Rousey and Holm, De Mars believes her daughter certainly has the ability to rebound with a win. That is, provided she makes a coaching change heading in.

"I hope (Tarverdyan) loses his license or goes to jail because either of those is a possibility," De Mars said. "I think if she changes gyms she has an outstanding chance of winning. If she doesn't? As a statistician, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. If you do the same things with the same people you can expect the same results."

Rousey won't be fighting at UFC 200 in July, but recently said that the highly anticipated rematch with Holm will likely take place at some point later in the year.

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