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In the wake of former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey being knocked out by Amanda Nunes in the very first round<\/a> of their UFC 207 scrap back in the end of 2016, there has been much speculation as to whether or not former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will return to the Octagon for another attempt at reclaiming the women’s bantamweight championship. <\/p>\n

Recently however, UFC President Dana White revealed that Rousey likely wouldn’t be returning to the Octagon for another fight<\/a>, and would look to explore other career opportunities, including her film career.<\/p>\n

\"Dana<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the conversation I had with her, if I had to say right here right now \u2013 again I don\u2019t like saying right here right now because it\u2019s up to her \u2013 but I would\u2019t say she fights again,\u201d he said. \u201cI think she\u2019s probably done.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s going to ride off into the sunset and start living her life outside of fighting,\u201d <\/p>\n

Now, in an interview with Sports Illustrated<\/a>, White defended Rousey from critics, saying:<\/p>\n

\"Ronda<\/p>\n

“Everything she told me she would do, she did,” said White during an interview with Sports Illustrated. “She worked her ass off for this sport, for this company, for women. She worked herself to the bone. I\u2019ve never had a fighter work [with publicity] the way she has. She\u2019s made a lot of money. I know for her that doesn’t matter\u2014her legacy means more to her than anything else. But you know what, sometimes we can\u2019t have it all. But let\u2019s be clear: she built this house. She really did,”<\/p>\n

“I care about her as a human being more than the fighter side. You read the bulls\u2014, \u2018Oh man, UFC\u2019s in trouble, their golden goose\u2026.’ She\u2019s not a f\u2014king golden goose. She\u2019s a human being. And she\u2019s a very good f\u2014ing friend of mine.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 2\/8\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the wake of former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey being knocked out by Amanda Nunes in the very first round of their UFC 207 scrap back in the end of 2016, there has been much speculation as to whether or not former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will return to the Octagon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":220615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10112,10110],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDana White defends Ronda Rousey: "She built this house" | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC President Dana White defends former UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, arguing that she helped build the UFC.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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