{"id":268958,"date":"2018-01-29T06:38:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T14:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268958"},"modified":"2018-01-29T07:09:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:09:29","slug":"wwe-signing-ronda-rousey-updates-mma-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ronda-rousey\/wwe-signing-ronda-rousey-updates-mma-career\/","title":{"rendered":"After WWE signing, Ronda Rousey updates on MMA career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, during the action packed Royal Rumble broadcast, we learned that former UFC women’s bantamweight queen Ronda Rousey<\/a> had signed with WWE, where she’ll debut at WrestleMania in April.<\/p>\n

While this news created a tidal wave of excitement among Rousey fans<\/a>, it also seemed to serve as the eulogy for her MMA career.<\/p>\n

Apparently, however, Rousey is still not willing to pull the plug on her life as a fighter. Speaking to ESPN<\/a> in an interview that was released briefly after her appearance at Royal Rumble, Rousey refused admit she was retired from MMA, effectively jamming her foot in the door before it closed completely.<\/p>\n

“That’s what everybody else seems to say. I never retired from judo,” Rousey said of her retirement from MMA<\/span>. “If that’s what you guys want to think. All I know is that I really want to devote 100 percent of my time to wrestling right now, and whatever people want to call that, they can call it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I wouldn\u2019t doubt myself doing anything,” she concluded when asked if she’d ever return to the UFC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever the future holds, Rousey assures her sole focus<\/a> at present is pro wrestling.<\/p>\n

“This is my life now. First priority on my timeline for the next several years. This is not a smash-and-grab; this is not a publicity stunt,” Rousey said. “When I first met with Triple H, I told him, ‘There are other things I can do with my time that’ll make way more money, but I won’t enjoy nearly as much.'”<\/p>\n

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Gettin\u2019 #Rowdy at #royalrumble<\/a><\/p>\n

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