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Ronda Rousey makes surprise appearance at UFC 205 weigh-ins to face off with Amanda Nunes
Those hoping to see Ronda Rousey at Madison Square Garden got their wish granted Friday.
Well, sort of.
While the 29-year-old didn’t fight, she did make a surprise appearance at a UFC 205 event to face off with her UFC 207 opponent, Amanda Nunes.
Rousey didn’t say a word at the event Friday, preferring instead to let her serious facial expression and strong body language send a message for her. She later revealed that message on Instagram, where she posted a different angle of the showdown for her fans.
Rousey, who will enter the octagon Dec. 30 to face Nunes after more than a year’s rest, has spent much of 2016 laying low after losing the women’s bantamweight title to Holly Holm in an upset at UFC 193.
Since then, the title has hopped around. In March, Holm lost it to Miesha Tate, who will fight Raquel Pennington at Saturday’s UFC 205 event, and in July, Tate lost it to Nunes, who will attempt to defend it for the first time against Rousey.
Win or lose, Rousey, who has a burgeoning Hollywood film career, has said UFC 207 may mark the end of her fight career.
“I’m wrapping it up,” she said on an episode of “Ellen” on Nov. 2. “This definitely is one of my last fights.”
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UFC 207 Aftermath: Ronda Rousey’s disastrous decisions
One of these days, we’ll come back around to appreciating everything Ronda Rousey has done for the sport of mixed martial arts.
A few short years ago, the notion that women would ever compete in the UFC, much less headline some of the biggest events in combat sports history, seemed preposterous.
Now, it is just as preposterous to imagine the idea of a UFC without female fighters.
Rousey not only helped fuel the company’s latest boom period, but she broke through to the mainstream on a level like no other mixed martial artist, Conor McGregor included.
She’s done amazing things for the good of the sport, done so without even a whiff of scandal or impropriety, and with the benefit of time and distance, she likely once again come to be appreciated for the good she’s done.
But Rousey’s spectacular fall, one in which she doubled down on the mistakes which knocked her from her pedestal, will be a major part of that story.
And her actions leading up to, and performance during, her 48-second TKO loss to Amanda Nunes last night in the main event of UFC 207 at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena were the latest chapter in that fall.
During her meteoric rise, Rousey was able to intimidate and bully opponents, to break them psychologically before they ever set foot in the cage, then use her judo skills to finish fights right out of the gate, like Royce Gracie and his jiu-jitsu two decades prior.
Rousey’s notorious stubbornness suited her right up until the point it backfired.
Somewhere along the way -- somewhere right around the time Joe Rogan bellowed his infamous “once ever in human history” line — Rousey appeared to fall victim to her own hype. It wasn’t good enough just to do her thing. Now she had to beat three-weight-class world boxing champion Holly Holm at her own game. That bout of hubris ended in disaster.
After vanishing for a year following the knockout loss to Holm, Rousey refused to do any media in the leadup to UFC 207 save for a few handpicked safe spaces. This isn’t about reporters being offended: We got our jobs done with or without access.
But after Rousey got absolutely mauled by Nunes in a bout which resembled a 1980s Saturday morning pro wrestling squash match, it became clear why she didn’t want to speak: She didn’t have any good answers ready for some really uncomfortable questions.
Like the big one: How in the world did Rousey not make any apparent changes in her camp? Everyone wanted Rousey to ditch Edmond Tarverdyan and the Glendale Fighting Club after the Holm fight, in which her lack of striking skill against an elite opponent was exposed.
Here’s where Rousey’s stubborn streak turned against her. Loyalty to those who did right by you on your way up is certainly a virtue in life. But doubling down on a coach who was a fringe player before you showed up in his gym, in hindsight, was a terrible call.
In back-to-back fights, Rousey has gone up against fighters from five-star camps: Holm with JacksonWink, and Nunes with American Top Team. And in back-to-back fights, Rousey has looked like a fighter barely of UFC caliber, much less the celebrated figure who transcended the sport and become a voice for women’s empowerment.
The question from here becomes, where does Rousey go from here? It seems retirement is a fait accompli. But it’s hard to imagine an A-list acting career in “what have you done for me lately” Hollywood still exists after such a stink bomb of a performance.
If Rousey has done well with her money, that would be moot, since she’ll never have to work another day in her life.
But if Rousey does return to the Octagon somewhere down the road, let’s hope it is a reinvented version hooked up with an elite gym. After all, there are few things Hollywood or fight fans enjoy more than a redemption story done right.
Just married! Ronda Rousey beams with joy after tying the knot with Travis Browne in his native Hawaii - as he gushes that his blushing bride is 'perfect in every way'
Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne are now happily married.
The two UFC fighters tied the knot on Saturday during an outdoor ceremony in Hawaii, Travis' native state, in what appears to have been a joy-filled day.Travis, 35, took to Instagram on Tuesday to rave about his bride following the happy occasion, asserting his love for 30-year-old Ronda.
Although she has yet to announce her official retirement, many speculate that the fight will most-likely be her last.
Ronda's comeback fight against Amanda ended a 13-month absence that followed her first career loss to Holly Holm in November 2015, after which she revealed she had suicidal thoughts.
However, Ronda credited Travis with helping her get through that dark time, and she appears to be in a much happier place while focusing on her acting and television appearances.
Although this will be Ronda's first marriage, Travis was previously wed to fitness model Jenna Renee Webb.
Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne are now happily married.
The two UFC fighters tied the knot on Saturday during an outdoor ceremony in Hawaii, Travis' native state, in what appears to have been a joy-filled day.Travis, 35, took to Instagram on Tuesday to rave about his bride following the happy occasion, asserting his love for 30-year-old Ronda.
Although she has yet to announce her official retirement, many speculate that the fight will most-likely be her last.
Ronda's comeback fight against Amanda ended a 13-month absence that followed her first career loss to Holly Holm in November 2015, after which she revealed she had suicidal thoughts.
However, Ronda credited Travis with helping her get through that dark time, and she appears to be in a much happier place while focusing on her acting and television appearances.
Although this will be Ronda's first marriage, Travis was previously wed to fitness model Jenna Renee Webb.
'Rowdy' Ronda Rousey Electrifies in Her WWE Debut at WrestleMania 34 vs. Stephanie McMahon
Former UFC fighter Ronda Rousey finally had her chance to step into the WWE ring Sunday night when she made her highly anticipated pro wrestling debut at WrestleMania 34 — and she did not disappoint.
Rousey, best known as a champion mixed martial arts fighter, faced off against Stephanie McMahon and her husband, Triple H, in front of a crowd of thousands at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
But Rousey, 31, didn’t show up alone: in her corner was her tag-team partner and WWE legend Kurt Angle, an Olympic gold medalist who transitioned from martial arts to pro wrestling more two decades ago, as Rousey is doing now.
Spoiler ahead:
After an entertaining matchup, Rousey — who sported a “rowdy” athletic top for the event — and Angle defeated their opponents after the female MMA legend forced McMahon to tap out.
“I’m beyond excited,” Rousey has said of the chance to compete in Wrestlemania. “It’s one of those things that can only be understood if you actually experience it.”
Rousey, who also won an Olympic bronze medal in judo during the 2008 Olympics, routinely won fights in the first round, and because her fights were often over so quickly, many of the matches were shown in their entirety in short clips on Twitter and Instagram. This helped Rousey become a social media attraction as she cemented her UFC legacy as well.
After going undefeated, Rousey, 31, experienced back-to-back losses, first to Holly Holm in November 2015, and then to Amanda Nunes in December 2016. Since her last loss, Rousey hasn’t stepped into an UFC octagon for a professional fight.
But Sunday technically wasn’t Rousey’s first time in a WWE ring. She made her first appearance on WWE programming when The Rock invited her into the ring during WrestleMania 31 in 2015. The duo proceeded to beat and toss Triple H and Stephanie McMahon from the stage — leaving McMahon grabbing onto her injured arm as her husband led her to safety.
Former UFC fighter Ronda Rousey finally had her chance to step into the WWE ring Sunday night when she made her highly anticipated pro wrestling debut at WrestleMania 34 — and she did not disappoint.
Rousey, best known as a champion mixed martial arts fighter, faced off against Stephanie McMahon and her husband, Triple H, in front of a crowd of thousands at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
But Rousey, 31, didn’t show up alone: in her corner was her tag-team partner and WWE legend Kurt Angle, an Olympic gold medalist who transitioned from martial arts to pro wrestling more two decades ago, as Rousey is doing now.
Spoiler ahead:
After an entertaining matchup, Rousey — who sported a “rowdy” athletic top for the event — and Angle defeated their opponents after the female MMA legend forced McMahon to tap out.
“I’m beyond excited,” Rousey has said of the chance to compete in Wrestlemania. “It’s one of those things that can only be understood if you actually experience it.”
Rousey, who also won an Olympic bronze medal in judo during the 2008 Olympics, routinely won fights in the first round, and because her fights were often over so quickly, many of the matches were shown in their entirety in short clips on Twitter and Instagram. This helped Rousey become a social media attraction as she cemented her UFC legacy as well.
After going undefeated, Rousey, 31, experienced back-to-back losses, first to Holly Holm in November 2015, and then to Amanda Nunes in December 2016. Since her last loss, Rousey hasn’t stepped into an UFC octagon for a professional fight.
But Sunday technically wasn’t Rousey’s first time in a WWE ring. She made her first appearance on WWE programming when The Rock invited her into the ring during WrestleMania 31 in 2015. The duo proceeded to beat and toss Triple H and Stephanie McMahon from the stage — leaving McMahon grabbing onto her injured arm as her husband led her to safety.
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Rousey is coming back and will be trained by MMA's best kept secret weapon: Julio Mondragon.
A former national champ, Julio Mondragon, has been changing the negative perception of women's combat in his native land of Colombia. Mondragon, a former member of the terrorist military organization known as the FARC, spent 15 years in the jungles of Colombia engaging in acts of war ranging from murder, kidnapping, rape, and theft. Mondragon later spent 10 years in jail for his crimes. It was during Mondragon´s time on the battlefield that he began to reflect on women and their true strength.
Rousey is coming back and will be trained by MMA's best kept secret weapon: Julio Mondragon.
A former national champ, Julio Mondragon, has been changing the negative perception of women's combat in his native land of Colombia. Mondragon, a former member of the terrorist military organization known as the FARC, spent 15 years in the jungles of Colombia engaging in acts of war ranging from murder, kidnapping, rape, and theft. Mondragon later spent 10 years in jail for his crimes. It was during Mondragon´s time on the battlefield that he began to reflect on women and their true strength.
On Sparring: “In my gym, the rules are different from other places and I make them for the women to feel comfortable and powerful. Here, the women don’t have to wear the bra and the shirt to fight. If the man don’t have to wear this thing, why should the woman have to cover herself? Why all this feeling of shame? There is not a reason why the women need a shirt or bra to fight. When I do the MMA with the girls and we have to do the wrestling it is better for them to not have all this clothe on because it is more natural. Some of these ladies are even married and have the domestic violence. Will they have the body protection thing on when the husband beats them? These women must learn to protect the body at all times and in the most natural state. For best practice, the women should do the sparring naked.”
Rousey competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She lost her quarterfinal to the Dutch ex-world champion Edith Bosch but qualified for a bronze medal match through the repechage bracket. Rousey defeated Annett Boehm by Yuko to win a bronze medal (Judo offers two bronze medals per weight class). With the victory, Rousey became the first American to win an Olympic medal in women's judo since its inception as an Olympic sport in 1992.