Ronda Rousey played 'World of Warcraft' with Vin Diesel
In a new interview with Conan O’Brien on Wednesday night, Ronda Rousey shared her love for "World of Warcraft." Rousey joined O’Brien on his show last night to talk about her upcoming fight and her nightly "World of Warcraft" sessions with "Furious 7" co-star Vin Diesel. The MMA fighter has talked about her passion on the "Pokemon" series before and now she has confessed about how she is hooked on another major gaming franchise, "Warcraft."
“I was a socially awkward kid,” she said to host Conan O’Brien. “So, I’ve been playing Pokemon for 19 years, and it’s actually how me and Vin Diesel became friends while filming Furious 7."
Ronda has been playing the said game with Vin Diesel. “Every night after filming we would go over to his place and set up computers on opposite sides of the room and he’d say, Okay we’re going to go to this dungeon and we’re going to to do this.”
The former UFC women’s bantamweight champ expressed how she liked being on the shield of anonymity which the game provides. She said that she enjoys talking to the people online. "They have no clue who I am and being able to have genuine interactions with people and they’re nice just because and I like it.” However, she said that she will not reveal her identity with the people in the game and she will not share her username either.
In February, Ronda already revealed to the public on how she was into this "Warcraft" game. She was even featured in a UFC embedded video in which she shows off her WoW character. “On my off days, I’ll play "World of Warcraft" and drink coffee and hang out with my dog,” she said. Diesel also posted a video of himself playing this role playing game but is not really outspoken about it.
Due to her passion for games, Rousey has expressed an interest in being more involved with gaming in a professional sense. This might be an indication of her post-UFC plans. She said that she would like to play the role of Samus Aran in a film adaptation of "Metroid."