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Jim Ross discusses legacies of Brock Lesnar, Ronda Rousey
Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey have had massive influences in both the UFC and WWE. Speaking on a recent edition of MMA Junkie Radio, WWE Hall of Famer announcer Jim Ross gave his take on the UFC legacies of these two pro wrestling stars. He started with Ronda Rousey, who he credits with helping turn […]
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Ronda Rousey says UFC debut against Liz Carmouche ‘felt bigger’ than Wrestlemania
Ronda Rousey has done a lot in her combat sports career. She competed in the Olympics, she was the first ever female UFC champion, she headlined UFC pay-per-views, and then she went to the WWE and took part in the first all-female Wrestlemania main event. While Wrestlemania was a big deal for Rousey, she says […]
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Conor McGregor congratulates Becky Lynch, once again hints at WWE move
Last night, in the first-ever all-female WrestleMania main event, Ireland’s Becky Lynch defeated Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey to become the Smackdown and Raw champion. In an unsurprising twist, Irish UFC star Conor McGregor quickly took to social media to congratulate Lynch on her massive, history-making victory. McGregor also took this opportunity to once again […]
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Ronda Rousey says Conor McGregor has ‘earned’ his retirement
With Conor McGregor suggesting Monday night that he’s hanging up his gloves, another MMA superstar who retired from the sport is showing her support. Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey appeared on SportsCenter and showed her support for the former UFC two-division champion. “Well, it’s a creative way to retire, and it was a […]
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Maycee Barber denies comparisons to Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey is still one of the biggest stars in MMA history. Very few fighters have realized the level of mainstream popularity that she has, and it’s unlikely that too many will do so in the future. In the eyes of some fans, however, rising flyweight contender Maycee Barber could well realize that same level […]
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Ronda Rousey makes controversial comments about pro wrestling, Miesha Tate believes she knows why
Ronda Rousey is either taking an unconventional approach to promotion, or she is completely breaking kayfabe amid her feud with Becky Lynch. In a recent video posted on her personal YouTube channel, the former UFC bantamweight champ unleashed a heated rant, assuring that her future foes will feel the full breadth of her MMA arsenal, […]
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Ronda Rousey responds to reports that she will soon leave the WWE
Ronda Rousey has responded to the recent rumors that she will be leaving the WWE after Wrestlemania in order to start a family. According to the reports, the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion, Rousey, was going to put Becky Lynch over at Wrestlemania so that she could step away from the WWE in order to […]
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Report | Ronda Rousey could leave WWE in a few months
According to a report from Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter (via The Mac Life), Ronda Rousey could soon be parting ways with WWE. Though she has been tremendously successful in the pro wrestling organization, her contract could reportedly end after WrestleMania 35 on April 7. “There is a very good chance that Ronda Rousey […]
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Amanda Nunes says fight with Cris Cyborg is bigger than Ronda Rousey fight
When UFC women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes steps into the cage with Cris Cyborg in the co-main event of UC 232 on December 29, she thinks it will be biggest fight of her career — bigger even than her late 2016 showdown with MMA superstar Ronda Rousey. “For sure,” Amanda Nunes told TMZ when asked […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington wants to join Ronda Rousey on tag team against Becky Lynch and Conor McGregor
UFC welterweight star Colby Covington has long flirted with the idea of a move to the WWE ring, but these days, when he’s having an increasingly difficult time getting his long-desired title fight with Tyron Woodley, he’s finding a move to the pro wrestling world more appealing than ever. He’s spoken to his training partner […]
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Chael Sonnen gives in-depth assessment of Ronda Rousey’s UFC career
There was a time not all that long ago when former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was considered not only the best female mixed martial artist on the planet, but one of the best fighters alive outright. Unfortunately, her legendary reign crumbled rather abruptly when she was stopped in back-to-back fights with Holly Holm […]
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Becky Lynch trashes Ronda Rousey for Holly Holm loss: ‘You hid for a year under your blankie’
Ronda Rousey’s UFC career is soundly in the rear-view, as she’s now firmly embedded as a member of the WWE roster. Even in this new role, however, she can not escape the toughest setback of her sporting career: the 2015 knockout loss to Holly Holm that ended her reign as UFC women’s bantamweight champ. Ronda […]
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Ronda Rousey gives her take on UFC 229 brawl, doesn’t think Khabib or McGregor should get ‘special treatment’
Pretty much everybody has an opinion on the wild, post-fight brawl that occurred shortly after Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted Conor McGregor in the UFC 229 main event last weekend. Former women’s bantamweight champion and current WWE star Ronda Rousey certainly does. In Rousey’s opinion, this post-fight brawl is the kind of thing the UFC should work […]
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As a fellow Judoka in MMA, Kayla Harrison wants to learn from Ronda Rousey’s career
When it comes to prospects in MMA right now, there are few if any better than the highly touted PFL lightweight Kayla Harrison. Instantly upon entering the MMA world, Harrison became the best Judoka in the sport with her very accomplished background as a sixth-degree black belt and two-time Olympic gold medalist. At only 28-years […]
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VIDEO | Watch Ronda Rousey’s induction into the UFC Hall of Fame
Last night, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion and bona fide WMMA pioneer Ronda Rousey was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Also inducted this year were Dan Henderson and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, former welterweight champion Matt Serra, and UFC co-founder Art Davie. See the highlights of the induction ceremony in the video above (via […]
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Derrick Lewis says he sent Ronda Rousey flowers to celebrate her Hall of Fame induction
This week, during International Fight Week, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Days later, on the main card of UFC 226, UFC heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis will battle Francis Ngannou. Lewis, of course, has previously expressed his… admiration… for Rousey, who is married to his former […]
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VIDEO | Check out Ronda Rousey’s very serious Twizzlers commercial
https://youtu.be/wJQXthr_4F8 Over the course of her Hall-of-Fame worthy UFC career, Ronda Rousey appeared in dozens of commercials for a range of brands and products. Now that she’s making her living as a WWE superstar, she’s bound to get a whole new procession of commercial gigs — like the one at the top of this post. […]
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Miesha Tate sounds off on Ronda Rousey after “asinine” comments regarding media obligations
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion and current WWE star Ronda Rousey has never been a particularly big fan of the media. In the wake of her MMA losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes, her relationship with the media got even more tense. Speaking during a recent Q&A to promote her new movie Mile 22, Rousey […]
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Ronda Rousey discusses her UFC losses: “One thing my mother never taught me was how to lose.”
Ronda Rousey discusses her UFC losses: “One thing my mother never taught me was how to lose.” Ronda Rousey entered the UFC octagon for the first time at UFC 157 in February of 2013 where she squared off Liz Carmouche for the promotions bantamweight title in Anaheim, California. Just as she had done in her […]
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Ronda Rousey looks back on MMA career, admits she didn’t know how to lose
Now that Ronda Rousey is firmly established as a member of the WWE roster, she’s becoming more and more open about the pair of losses that ended her career as a mixed martial artist — losses she wouldn’t discuss previously. The former UFC women’s bantamweight queen looked back on these losses, which were dealt by […]
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Ronda Rousey’s mother shares the advice that encouraged her daughter to leave the UFC
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has left the world of mixed martial arts behind, and from the looks of it, she couldn’t be happier with her new life as a pro wrestler. That being said, Rousey’s transformation from fighter to pro wrestler—particularly her exit from the UFC—was not exactly easy. Speaking to Submission […]
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Ronda Rousey finally seeing positives in MMA losses: I’m so happy I lost those fights
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has always been quite touchy about her MMA losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes. Having authored an absolutely thrilling win at WrestleMania 34 last night, however, she seems to have immediately changed her tune. “It was me versus the world in an individual sport,” Rousey told ESPN […]
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MMA community reacts to Ronda Rousey’s thrilling win at WrestleMania 34
Last night, amid the exciting WrestleMania 34 festivities, former UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey partook in her first WWE match, teaming up with fellow Olympian Kurt Angle to thrash HHH and Stephanie McMahon. Leading up to her WrestleMania debut, Rousey had throngs of doubters and naysayers, who felt she was destined to disappoint in […]
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VIDEOS | Watch Ronda Rousey light up Triple H and then submit Stephanie McMahon at Wrestlemania
VIDEOS | Watch Ronda Rousey light up Triple H and then submit Stephanie McMahon at Wrestlemania Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey won her very first match with the WWE at tonight’s highly anticipated Wrestlemania 34 event in New Orleans. “Rowdy” teamed up with fellow Olympic medalist Kurt Angle to take on “The Authority” […]
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Ronda Rousey feels she “owes a lot” to Conor McGregor
Last week, Ronda Rousey partook in a frenzied string of interviews to promote her upcoming match at WrestleMania 34. These interviews produced some pretty tense moments, particularly when she was asked about her former career as a mixed martial artist. That said, Rousey had no problem heaping praise on a fellow MMA superstar in Conor […]
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Ronda Rousey worried the UFC women’s divisions wouldn’t survive without her
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has now left the sport of MMA behind in favor of a career as a pro wrestler. For a time, however, she was reluctant to do so, as she worried the UFC’s women’s bantamweight division—which was essentially built for her—would dry up in her stead. Rousey discussed this […]
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Ronda Rousey gives her take on Floyd Mayweather moving to MMA
On Tuesday, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion and new WWE star Ronda Rousey engaged in a whirlwind media day that produced plenty of interesting soundbites – and a few truly awkward moments. Given the current landscape of combat sports, it should come as no surprise that Rousey was eventually asked about the possibility of undefeated […]
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VIDEO | Ronda Rousey has yet another tense interview when pressed about MMA losses
https://twitter.com/jedigoodman/status/978677004265385984 This morning, we shared video of an extremely tense interview, during which Mike Golic made the mistake of asking new WWE star Ronda Rousey about her previous career as a professional fighter (see Golic’s undeniably clumsy attempt to get Rousey to open up on her MMA career here). As it turns out, Rousey’s interview […]