Ronda Rousey News

Chris Taylor - April 28, 2018

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.

Tom Taylor - April 26, 2018

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 Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes, during a Q&A session at the WildCard boxing gym in Las Vegas, which was hosted by film director Peter Berg.

Tom Taylor - April 13, 2018

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.

Tom Taylor - April 9, 2018

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 of her MMA career shortly after WrestleMania last night. “I thought I would never say this, but I’m so happy I lost those fights [to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes] because it led me here. This is so worth it.”

Chris Taylor - April 8, 2018

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.

Tom Taylor - April 2, 2018

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 McGregor. Speaking to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Rousey happily praised McGregor, and said that she feels him a lot for taking some of the pressure off her.

Tom Taylor - March 29, 2018

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 feeling, and explained how it kept her in the sport for longer than she wanted, in a recent interview with ESPN.

Tom Taylor - March 28, 2018

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 boxer Floyd Mayweather moving to MMA.

Tom Taylor - March 27, 2018

Well this is painfully awkward. Ronda Rousey misunderstands question, gets annoyed. pic.twitter.com/Pt7XwVRazh — Cork Gaines, Ph.D. (@CorkGaines) March 27, 2018

Christine Allen - March 27, 2018

“Every single loss feels like a piece of my soul has died. I’m never the same after a loss. For me, losing is second only to having a loved one die,” Ronda Rousey says in her memoir My Fight / Your Fight. Former UFC bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey, continues to be criticized by many within the MMA community following her unofficial retirement from the fight game on foot of back to back defeats within The Octagon.

Tom Taylor - March 20, 2018

After a flawless, 12-0 start to her run as a professional mixed martial artist, Ronda Rousey‘s career was derailed by two brutal losses. The first came courtesy of Holly Holm, who put her down with a second-round head kick, while the second was dealt by Amanda Nunes, who put her away with punches in less than a minute.

Drake Riggs - March 15, 2018

Former Strikeforce and UFC bantamweight queen, Ronda Rousey isn’t fighting in MMA and earning gold title belts anymore. But she is continuing to add different kinds of combat sports titles to her resume. First, she was an Olympic bronze medalist in Judo before transitioning to MMA. From there she has now recently gone into the world of professional wrestling as part of the WWE. Now, it seems she’s gotten herself into management as well as Golden Boy Promotions announced that welterweight prospect, Ferdinand Kerobyan has been signed as the first fighter under the management of Rousey.

Tom Taylor - March 13, 2018

Ronda Rousey is now firmly embedded as a member of the WWE roster. That said, she never officially retired from MMA, which has given her fans hope that, perhaps one day, she will return to the cage. During an appearance on The Ellen Show this week, however, Rousey updated on her future in MMA, and it didn’t sound promising. Instead, she said a return to MMA is about as likely as a return to the Olympics, where she once medalled in judo.

Justin Golightly - March 6, 2018

“At @WrestleMania, it’s going to be @TripleH and @StephMcMahon vs. @RondaRousey and ME!” – @RealKurtAngle #RAW pic.twitter.com/QGivGNymOl — WWE (@WWE) March 6, 2018

Justin Golightly - March 3, 2018

Ronda Rousey has moved on from the UFC and an MMA career to pursue a new chapter in the WWE, but her accomplishments in MMA and before that in judo can never be forgotten. Today, she was honored for those acheivements alongside her mother. Not only was she inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame, but was promoted to a sixth degree black belt. @RondaRousey was just inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame! pic.twitter.com/bcRa6a2HLX

Tom Taylor - February 26, 2018

On Sunday night, during the WWE Elimination show, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey signed her WWE contract – and as expected, things got a pretty wild as she put pen to paper. See the highlights of Rousey’s first night as a member of the WWE roster in the Tweets below.

Justin Golightly - February 13, 2018

Ronda Rousey shook up the world of professional wrestling when the move that had been teased for years finally came to fruition. She’s a WWE superstar now after making her debut at the Royal Rumble. However, any current fan of the promotion knows that there are two brands in the WWE for Rousey to align with. The final part of her signing was announced last night on Monday Night RAW by Kurt Angle that Rousey will be signing her RAW contract at WWE’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event later this month. “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. 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.’ I don’t have words at all. I’m like — this is the most overstimulated I’ve ever been in my life and I’m just, like I’m still processing it.”

Justin Golightly - February 2, 2018

The news is still everywhere. Former queen of the UFC Ronda Rousey is now the latest WWE superstar. She’s moved on to make big moves in another arena of sports entertainment. One UFC welterweight who isn’t a stranger to the theatrics of pro wrestling or the ring itself, is Colby Covington. He’s walked the ends of the Earth calling out Tyron Woodley, even on air at Impact Wrestling after he and American Top Team co-founder invaded the promotion with teammates. Not only does the controversial fighter support Rousey’s move, but wants to follow in her footsteps. “I think it was a great move for [Ronda Rousey]. She wasn’t gonna win anymore fights, so she’s gotta do something that she can win in, so maybe pro wrestling’s that. I think it was a great move. I think she’s done well for herself and she’s gonna make some good money over there. The thing is, I hope she don’t f-ck it up for the MMA fighters, because I’m the people following in those footsteps. I’ma be over there in WWE, taking the world title soon. I hope she doesn’t act all shy and do all that weird stuff, you know? She needs to be who she is and who she used to be in the UFC when she was the champ.”