Ronda Rousey: 9 Years Since Last UFC Fight

Ronda Rousey is considered one of the most dominant fighters in the UFC being champion for two years and on top of that being the first female champion in the history of the company.

Rousey turned the women’s division into a very popular form for fans of this sport, as a large number of fans came to testify about fatal performance and boring fights that the fighters of the women’s branch offered at the time before the arrival of Ronda and other fighters who revolutionized the women’s division of this company in a positive and attractive way.

Judo, its first approach

Her first step into combat sports was when Rousey participated in the 2004 Pan American Championship in the city of Margarita Island Venezuela, where he won the gold medal in the category of less than 63 kilograms, later he began to continue competing and preparing for his next competitions, he managed to add a great record within the discipline competing in the following years of the Pan American championships where he obtained a gold medal, a silver medal and a bronze medal in the following 3 years.

He also participated in the Rio de Janeiro Pan American Games in Brazil, where at 20 years old she won the gold medal by beating the host Mayra Aguiar in the final and becoming the winner.

His level in this discipline was so high that he participated in the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, where he remained in good shape by beating a large number of rivals in said competition, unfortunately fell in the quarterfinals against Edith Bosch who won the silver medal by losing the final vs. the Japanese Masae Ueno.

But it was not all negative for the American, since in this competition won the third place medalthis medal represented a before and after for Rousey’s sports career, since after finish their participation in these Olympic games, He decided to leave the judoka discipline behind to make his transition to the world of mixed martial arts.

Debut in the UFC

When the UFC began to include female fighters on its roster, at first it did not get the same success or popularity that the male branch offered, The first fighters did not have an acceptable record and did not have great experience within this disciplineso the abysmal difference between both genders could be seen; However, with the arrival of Rousey to Dana White’s company, she completely revolutionized the division.

Rousey was a fighter dominant, brave, strong, with great technique to obtain easy victories over his rivals, his debut was on February 23, 2013, where he won by submission to Liz Carmouche and obtaining the company belt in his first fight.

His fall and last fight in the company

After having a successful career in the company, he had a record of twelve wins, zero losses and a streak of six consecutive victories in the company until he faced the former professional boxer Holly Holm, who took the undefeated and the belt from him of the division in the event UFC 193 from the city of Melbourne in Australia.

After a year of preparation after his last defeat, On December 30, 2016, she faced the then women’s pound-for-pound champion Amanda Nunes.a fight that many fans expected when seeing in an octagon the best in the history of the women’s division against the best current fighter in the world at that time.

Many thought that it would be an even fight and that Rousey would even return to establish herself as champion and recover the belt she lost, the reality was totally different, since in just one 48 seconds del primer round, Nunes would knock out Rousey to retain her championship and sentence Rousey’s MMA career.

After this defeat, Ronda passed through the world of acting and WWEwhere she was even champion.

Currently there are various rumors about her return to the UFC and even people close to her have mentioned about Rousey’s great desire to fight again within the company; However, all this information is not official and we will let time answer this question about his return.