Dakota Ditcheva reproaches Ronda Rousey for ‘disgraceful’ comments about Khamzat Chimaev: ‘Do better’

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 15: Ronda Rousey speaks onstage at Rousey vs. Carano NYC Press Conference at The Palladium on April 15, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix) | Getty Images for Netflix

Since rising to global superstardom in the 2010s, Ronda Rousey has been a role model for young women around the world, and PFL star Dakota Ditcheva thinks “Rowdy” needs to remember that.

In the lead-up to Rousey’s comeback fight against Gina Carano in the main event of the first-ever MVP MMA card on Netflix, Rousey has been taking shots at the UFC, which has led to several prominent UFC fighters firing back at her. One such fighter was former UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev, who said Rousey should be grateful for the UFC instead of trashing it.

On Thursday, Rousey shot back at Chimaev, calling him “cleft lip Lincoln” and trashing his fighting style. For Ditcheva, that was a bridge too far, shaming the women’s MMA pioneer on social media.

“Ronda Rousey’s comment towards Chimaev regarding his cleft palate was absolutely disgraceful. I am no longer a fan. As a mother, you should know better. The amount of young children navigating difficulties like that while you sit on a worldwide stage mocking it. Do better.”

Cleft lip and cleft palate are common congenital anomalies where a split or opening occurs in the upper lip, the roof of the mouth, or both of an infant. It affects roughly 1 in 1,000 children born in the United States, with an estimated 4.6 million people globally affected.