Ronda Rousey: 'I'm voting for Bernie Sanders'

By Joshua Axelrod, Joshua Axelrod

Published December 20, 2015

Bernie Sanders just received a presidential endorsement from one of the toughest people on the planet: MMA fighter Ronda Rousey.

"I'm voting for Bernie Sanders, because he doesn't take any corporate money," Rousey told Maxim Tuesday. "I don't think politicians should be allowed to take money for their campaigns from outside interests."

The undefeated UFC champion is so far in Sanders' corner that she will not even consider voting for his closest competition, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

"If he doesn't win against Hillary, then I'll probably vote for a third party again," she said. "To be honest, in 2012, I was against both candidates and so I just picked any third party because I thought if more people voted for third parties then they'd have to take third parties seriously."

Rousey was not kidding about supporting third-party candidates. She voted for the most unconventional candidate possible in 2012.