{"id":135452,"date":"2015-04-03T10:28:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T17:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=135452"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:40:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:40:16","slug":"ronda-rouseys-former-olympic-teammate-coming-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ronda-rouseys-former-olympic-teammate-coming-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronda Rousey&#8217;s Former Olympic Teammate Coming to MMA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ronda-rouseys-former-olympic-teammate-coming-mma\/harrison-and-rousey\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-135455\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Harrison-and-Rousey.jpg\" alt=\"Harrison and Rousey\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Harrison-and-Rousey.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Harrison-and-Rousey-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Harrison-and-Rousey-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Harrison-and-Rousey-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in the 2008 Olympics where Ronda Rousey won her bronze medal, she was training with an 18 year old girl who apparently hated losing as much as she did: Kayla Harrison. Harrison would go on to win the gold medal in judo in 2012 and is now entertaining the idea of fighting in mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/olympictalk.nbcsports.com\/2015\/04\/02\/kayla-harrison-mma-ronda-rousey-judo-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC Sports<\/a>, Harrison stated that MMA may be what&#8217;s next for her.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We go back and forth. It\u2019s pretty tempting at times. Who doesn\u2019t want to be famous? Who doesn\u2019t want to be rich? Who doesn\u2019t yearn for all of those things at some point in their life? 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