Ronda Rousey News

Russell Ess - July 13, 2016

The UFC women’s bantamweight title has been playing hot potato ever since the dominant women’s champion, Ronda Rousey was knocked from the top by Holly Holm’s head kick at UFC 193. In Holm’s first defense, she was submitted by Miesha Tate in the fifth round at UFC 196.

bjpenndotcom - July 12, 2016

https://youtu.be/RZNFH-jH-eo Since being knocked out by Holly Holm back in November, there has been much talk of a potential Ronda Rousey return to the Octagon. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion has reportedly been training at an acting school in California as of late, leading many to doubt whether she’ll actually return to the Octagon.

bjpenndotcom - June 30, 2016

Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey will forever be tied together due to their longstanding rivalry stemming back to the Strikeforce days. Rousey beat Tate back in 2012 under the Strikeforce banner to claim the women’s bantamweight championship. A year later she fought Tate once again under the UFC banner where she successfully defended her UFC women’s bantamweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - June 25, 2016

It’s now been nearly 8 months since former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was knocked out cold by Holly Holm in the main event of UFC 193. Since then there has been much speculation as to whether or not Rousey would ever return to the Octagon given that she regularly receives offers to star in movies. While there has been no word from Rousey herself as to when she will return to the Octagon, UFC President Dana White recently revealed that the former champ is back training, and will be back in the Octagon by the end of the year.

Russell Ess - June 13, 2016

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has not fought since losing the belt to Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November. UFC color commentator Joe Rogan feels that Rousey got caught up in her fame, which ultimately led to her being knocked out by Holm.

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

During the UFC 199 broadcast this past weekend, it was announced that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, who currently competes in the WWE, would be making his return to MMA after nearly 5 years away from the sport. Lesnar, who will still be making an appearance at the next WWE pay-per view this summer, being granted permission from the WWE to fight at UFC 200 could very well be a move of good faith from the WWE, who reportedly are hoping to secure former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey for a match at WrestleMania 33.

Russell Ess - June 2, 2016

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has not fought in the Octagon since losing the belt to Holly Holm back in November 2015. Prior to her fight against Holm at UFC 193, Rousey told Rolling Stone she would be taking time off and wanted to “disappear for a while” as she had movie projects to take care of. “Rowdy” even made it known that she wanted to stay outside of the Octagon until UFC 200, but UFC President Dana White didn’t sound positive that Rousey would even be back to fight in 2016 in an interview on SportsCenter on Thursday.

bjpenndotcom - May 18, 2016

It has only been 6 months since Ronda Rousey was brutally knocked out by Holly Holm in the main event of UFC 193 in Australia. With that being said, there has been much speculation as to when Rousey will return to the Octagon given that Miesha Tate is champion, Holly Holm was the first woman to defeat her, and Cris Cyborg is now in the UFC. While Rousey is currently filming movies in Hollywood, according to TerezOwens Rousey wants to return to the Octagon for a trilogy fight with Miesha Tate in November, a year following her loss to Holly Holm, and then start a family with Travis Browne.

Chris Taylor - May 15, 2016

Cristiane Justino earned an impressive first-round TKO victory over Leslie Smith in what was her UFC debut at last night’s UFC 198 pay-per-view event in Curitiba, Brazil. Following her 81-second TKO victory, “Cyborg” took to social media where she poked fun at former UFC title holder Ronda Rousey, while challenging “Rowdy” to a UFC 205 fight in New York.

Russell Ess - May 11, 2016

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has succumbed to make some changes to her autobiography to avoid a defamation lawsuit from her ex-manager Darin Harvey, according to Yahoo! Sports. Harvey claimed in a statement, ” … During the four years we worked together, Ronda easily won all her amateur fights, went 8-0 as a professional, became the first woman to sign with the UFC, and landed roles in several feature films. Her book failed to acknowledge the important role I played in all of that and, in my view, defamed me in several respects.”

Russell Ess - May 11, 2016

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has not fought in the Octagon since losing her championship belt to Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November. While Rousey has stated that she had an interest in fighting in the big New York card at the Madison Square Garden at UFC 205 later this year, UFC President Dana White is still unsure when “Rowdy” will step back into the Octagon.

bjpenndotcom - May 5, 2016

Back at UFC 194, Holly Holm put on one of the most spectacular performances in the history of the UFC as she dominated Ronda Rousey for nearly 2 rounds en route to a 2nd round KO win. While nearly the entire UFC roster congratulated Holm on the impressive performance, Ronda Rousey didn’t hesitate from calling out Paige VanZant for congratulating Holm.

Russell Ess - April 29, 2016

If you have tried it, you know how creepy and funny face swaps are. Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey could not stop laughing in her face swap she did with Invicta fighter, Marina Shafir.

Russell Ess - April 27, 2016

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has just inked another deal in the film industry. Rousey has landed a contract for three movies with the Lifetime Network. Rousey joins other stars including Janet Jackson and Serena Williams who will be a part of Lifetime’s 2016-2017 development schedule, according to Deadspin.

bjpenndotcom - April 26, 2016

At UFC 193, Ronda Rousey was handed the first loss of her professional MMA career at the hands of Holly Holm in the form of a 2nd round head kick KO. Some time after the loss, Rousey explained that she briefly felt suicidal while backstage after the loss.

Russell Ess - April 21, 2016

It was revealed this week that Ronda Rousey, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion made it on Time Magazine’s 2016 list of “100 Most Influential People.” Rousey is the only MMA fighter to make Time’s prestigious list.

Chris Taylor - April 20, 2016

According to a report from MMA personality ‘Front Row Brian’, UFC President Dana White met with former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey yesterday in San Francisco. According to the report White and Rousey were meeting with World Gaming executive Neil Duffy.

Chris Taylor - April 17, 2016

http://youtu.be/B-Dbpsp0d8Y UFC president Dana White spoke to ESPN after last night’s UFC on FOX 19 event and was asked to give an update on Ronda Rousey’s fighting future.