Ronda
Jean Rousey (/ˈraʊzi/[4] born February 1, 1987) is
an American mixed martial artist, judoka, and actress. She is the formerUFC
Women's Bantamweight Champion, as well as the last Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight
Champion. She has
won eleven of her fights in the first round, nine of them by armbar. Rousey was the first U.S. woman
to earn an Olympic medal in judo (Bronze) at the Summer
Olympics in
Beijing in 2008. Rousey trains under Gokor Chivichyan of the Hayastan MMA
Academy, and Edmond Tarverdyan of the Glendale Fighting Club.[5] In 2015, she was the third
most searched person on Google.[6]
As of
March 2016, Rousey is ranked the #2 female bantamweight fighter in the world
according to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and #3 by Sherdog.[7][8] Sherdog and Fight
Matrix also list her as the #4 pound-for-pound Women's MMA figher.[9][10]
In May
2015, two magazines ranked Rousey as the most "dominant" active
athlete.[11][12][13] Rousey was voted on an ESPN poll as the Best
Female Athlete Ever.[14] In September 2015, she claimed that she is
currently the UFC's highest paid fighter, male or female.[15][16] Rousey's first feature film
role was the 2014 film The Expendables 3.[17] In 2015, she had roles in
the films Furious 7[18]and Entourage.
Ronda Rousey
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Rousey in 2012
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Born
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Ronda
Jean Rousey
February
1, 1987 (age 29)
Riverside, California, U.S.
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Other names
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Rowdy
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Residence
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Venice, California, U.S.
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Nationality
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American
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Height
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5 ft
7 in (170 cm)[1]
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Weight
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135 lb
(61 kg; 9.6 st)[1]
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Division
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Featherweight (2011)
Bantamweight (2012–present)
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Reach
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68.0 in
(173 cm)[2]
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Style
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Judo
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Fighting out of
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Santa Monica, California, U.S./Venice, California, U.S.
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Team
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Glendale
Fighting Club
Gokor
Hayastan Academy
SK
Golden Boys
10th
Planet Jiu Jitsu
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Trainer
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Grappling: Gene
LeBell, Rener
Gracie, Gokor
Chivichyan,AnnMaria
De Mars
Boxing:
Edmond Tarverdyan
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Rank
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4th degree black belt inJudo[3]
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Years active
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2011–present
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Mixed martial arts record
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Total
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13
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Wins
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12
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By knockout
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3
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By submission
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9
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Losses
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1
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By knockout
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1
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Amateur career
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Total
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3
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Wins
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3
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By submission
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3
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Losses
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0
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Other information
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Notable relatives
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AnnMaria De Mars (mother)
Maria
Burns-Ortiz (older
sister)
Jennifer
Rousey (older
sister)
Julia
Demars (younger
sister)
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Website
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rondarousey.net
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Medal record[hide]
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Early life
Rousey
was born in Riverside, California,[19] the youngest of three
daughters of AnnMaria De Mars (née Waddell) and Ron Rousey,[20] after whom Rousey was
named.[21] Her mother had a decorated Judo career and
was the first U.S. citizen to win a World Judo Championship (in 1984). Her
maternal grandfather was Venezuelan, and was of part Afro-Venezuelan ancestry whilst her
maternal great grand father was Dr. Alfred E Waddell a Trinidadian native who
emigrated to Canada and became one of the first black physicians in North
America[22][23][24] Her other ancestry includes English and Polish.[25] Her stepfather is an aerospace
engineer.[26] Her biological father,
having broken his back sledding with his daughters and having learned that he
would be a paraplegic, committed suicide in 1995, when Rousey was eight years
old.[21][27] AnnMaria pursued her Ph.D. in educational
psychology at the University of California, Riverside as her daughters grew up.[21][28]
For the
first six years of her life, Rousey struggled with speech and could not form an
intelligible sentence due to apraxia, a neurological childhood speech
sound disorder.[29] This speech disorder was attributed to being
born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck at birth. When Rousey was
three years old, her mother and father moved from Riverside, California, to
Jamestown, North Dakota, to obtain intensive speech therapy with specialists at
Minot State University.[30][31]
Rousey
dropped out of high school and later earned a G.E.D.[32] She was raised in Southern
California and Jamestown,
North Dakota,
retiring from her judo career at 21 and starting her MMA career at 22 when she
realized that she did not want to spend her life in a conventional field of
work.[1]
Olympic judo career
Rousey
began Judo with her mother at the age of 11. Rousey
trained with her mother until she was 13 after accidentally breaking her
mother's wrist.[33] At 17, Rousey qualified for the 2004
Olympic Games in Athens, becoming the youngest judoka in
the entire Games. Also in 2004, Rousey won a gold medal at the World Junior
Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[citation
needed]
In April
2006, she became the first female U.S. judoka in nearly 10 years to win an
A-Level tournament as she went 5-0 to claim gold at the Birmingham World Cup
in Great Britain. Later that year, the 19-year-old won the bronze
medal at the Junior World Championships, becoming the first U.S. athlete ever
to win two Junior World medals.[citation needed]
In
February 2007, Rousey moved up to 70 kg where she ranked as one of the top
three women in the world. She won the silver medal at the 2007
World Judo Championships in
the middleweight division and the gold medal at the 2007 Pan
American Games.[citation
needed]
In August
2008, Rousey competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She lost her quarterfinal to
the Dutch ex-world champion Edith
Bosch but
qualified for a Bronze medal match through the repechage bracket. Rousey
defeated Annett Boehm by Yuko to win a bronze medal
(note: Judo offers two bronze medals per weight class). With the victory,
Rousey became the first American to win an Olympic medal in women's judo since
its inception as an Olympic sport in 1992.[34][35]
Mixed martial arts career
Rousey
retired from judo at 21 after the Olympics. After winning her Olympic medal,
Rousey shared a studio apartment with a roommate in Venice
Beach,
California and worked three jobs as a bartender and cocktail waitress to
support herself and her dog.[36]
When
Ronda started learning judo, her mom took her to judo clubs run by her old
teammates. Ronda went to Hayastan MMA Academy ran by Gokor
Chivichyan, where
she trained with fellow future MMA fighters Manny Gamburyan and Karo
Parisyan.
According to Rousey, Hayastan practiced "a more brawling style of judo
versus the more technical Japanese style." Rousey trained mostly with
males bigger than her and often got frustrated and cried when she got thrown
and couldn't throw somebody. "Probably from 2002 to 2005 I cried every
single night of training," Rousey remarked.[33]
Rousey
trained closely with Gamburyan. After tearing up her knee when she was 16, Gamburyan
volunteered to open the gym every afternoon and work with her personally. Back
in 2004, her teammates thought Rousey "would kill these girls" in
MMA, but also thought she was "too pretty to get hit in the face" and
should keep doing judo. While Gamburyan and Parisyan went into MMA, Rousey
stuck with judo but remained in touch with MMA through them. The first MMA
fight she took an interest in watching was Manny Gamburyan versus Nate Diaz in The
Ultimate Fighter finale. Rousey
stated she never got as excited watching judo or any other sport. After the
2008 Olympics the following year, she decided to start MMA through Team
Hayastan.[33]
Ronda
trained in Jiu Jitsu at Dynamix MMA with Rickson Gracie Blackbelt Henry
Akins from
2011 to 2014[37] and has since trained with Ryron
Graice and Rener
Gracie of
Gracie Academy,[38] as well as BJ Penn of Art of Jiu Jitsu.[39]
Rousey
also trains at the Glendale Fighting Club, which she was introduced to through
Gamburyan and other Hayastan teammates. She started training under her current coach
Edmond Tarverdyan at GFC.[40] Tarverdyan is a former WBC Muay
Thai National
Champion.[41]
Early
career
Rousey
made her mixed martial arts debut as an amateur on August 6, 2010. She defeated
Hayden Munoz by submission due to an armbar in 23 seconds.[42]
She
entered the quarterfinals of the Tuff-N-Uff 145 lbs women's
tournament on November 12, 2010 and submitted promotional veteran Autumn
Richardson with an armbar in 57 seconds.[43]
Rousey
faced Taylor Stratford in the Tuff-N-Uff tournament semi-finals on January 7,
2011 and won by technical submission due to an armbar in 24 seconds. She then
announced plans to turn pro and was replaced in the tournament.[44] Rousey has a perfect 3-0
record in amateur MMA competition, and the combined duration of all her amateur
fights is under 2 minutes.[1]
Rousey
made her professional mixed martial arts debut on March 27, 2011 at King of the
Cage: Turning Point. She submitted Ediane Gomes with an armbar in 25 seconds.[42][45]
Rousey
faced kickboxing champion Charmaine Tweet in an MMA bout at Hard Knocks
Fighting Championship: School of Hard Knocks 12 on June 17, 2011 in Calgary,
Canada.[46]She submitted Tweet with an
armbar in 49 seconds.[47][48]
Strikeforce
Rousey
was scheduled to make her Strikeforce debut against Sarah
D'Alelio on
July 30, 2011 at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson in Hoffman
Estates, Illinois.[49] The fight was pushed back
and eventually took place on the Strikeforce Challengers 18 main card on August
12, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.[50] Rousey defeated D'Alelio by
technical submission due to an armbar early in the first round. The victory was
controversial. Rousey claimed that D'Alelio yelled "tap" more than
once and that D'Alelio denied this and claimed to have yelled
"AAAAHHH". According to Rousey, either one of these utterances would
still be a verbal submission.[51]
Rousey
faced Julia Budd at Strikeforce Challengers 20 on November 18,
2011 in Las Vegas.[52] She won via submission due to an armbar in
the first round, dislocating Budd's elbow in the process. Following the fight,
she announced plans to move down to 135 pounds to challenge Miesha
Tate,
the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion at the time, with whom she
had developed a much-publicized rivalry.[53][54]
During
his appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast 690, Rousey's trainer
Edmund Tarverdyan said that Rousey started her MMA career in the 145lb division
because she had to be able to make weight at short notice, due to the
difficulty of finding willing opponents.[55]
Women's
Bantamweight Championship
"She's
a rock star, man. She's been killing it for us. I just hope that we can get
some really good fights for her. I love Ronda, man. I do."
- Dana White, 2012[56]
Rousey
challenged Tate for her Strikeforce title on March 3, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio.
She defeated Tate by submission due to an armbar in the first round, again
dislocating her opponent's elbow, to become the new Strikeforce Women's
Bantamweight Champion.[57][58]
Rousey
appeared in All Access: Ronda Rousey on Showtime. The half-hour special debuted
on August 8, 2012.[59] UFC President Dana White revealed during the
program that "In the next 10 years, if there's a woman in the octagon,
it's probably going to be Ronda Rousey."[60] The second installment of
the special aired on August 15, 2012.[61] Rousey also appeared
on Conan.[62]
Rousey
defended her Strikeforce title against Sarah Kaufman at Strikeforce:
Rousey vs. Kaufman on
August 18, 2012 in San Diego, California.[63] Rousey said that she would
throw Kaufman's arm at her corner after ripping it off with an armbar, and threatened to choke or
pound Kaufman's face to death.[64] During the fight, Rousey
would quickly take down Kaufman and submit her with an armbar in just 54
seconds to retain the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship. After the
fight, Rousey announced that if former Strikeforce Women's Featherweight
Champion Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos wanted to fight her, it
would have to take place at bantamweight.[65][66][67]
Ultimate
Fighting Championship
In
November 2012, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced that Rousey had
become the first female fighter to sign with the UFC.[68][69] UFC President Dana White
officially announced at the UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz pre-fight press conference
that Rousey was the first UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion.
Rousey
originally opposed using the nickname her friends gave her, "Rowdy",
feeling it would be disrespectful to professional wrestler "Rowdy"
Roddy Piper. After
meeting Piper (circa 2012 or 2013) through Gene LeBell, who helped train both of them,
Piper personally gave his approval.[70]
Rousey
defended her title against Liz Carmouche on February 23, 2013
at UFC 157. Despite being caught in an early standing neck
crank attempt from Carmouche, Rousey got out of it and successfully defended
her Bantamweight Championship title, winning the fight at 4:49 into the first
round by submission due to an armbar.[71] Liz Carmouche dislocated
Ronda Rousey's jaw during the fight.[72][73]
After Cat
Zingano defeated
Miesha Tate at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen
Finale, Dana
White announced
that Zingano would be a coach of The Ultimate Fighter 18 against Rousey. On May 28,
it was announced that Zingano would not be a coach and opponent for Rousey
after Zingano suffered a knee injury earlier that same month which would
require surgery; therefore, Miesha Tate instead would coach on The Ultimate
Fighter 18 against Rousey.[74]
Rousey
faced Miesha Tate, in a rematch from Strikeforce, at UFC 168 on December 28, 2013. After
going past the first two rounds, with Tate surviving an armbar attempt and a
triangle attempt, Rousey finally submitted Tate via armbar in the third round
to retain her Bantamweight Championship.[75] In an interview with Los
Angeles Daily News, Rousey said she had lost muscle during her film
commitments and not been able to regain her full strength for the Tate fight.[76]
It was
announced at the UFC 168 post-fight press conference that Rousey would defend
the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship against fellow Olympic
medalist and undefeated fighter, Sara McMann in the main event at UFC 170 on February 22, 2014.
Rousey won the fight by TKO after knocking down McMann with a knee to the body.
This marked Rousey's first career win via a method other than armbar. The
stoppage led to controversy, with some sports writers and attendants finding it
premature.[77][78][79]
In 2014,
Rousey was named one of espnW's Impact 25.[80]
On April
11, 2014 it was announced that Rousey would defend the UFC
Women's Bantamweight Championship against Alexis Davis in the co-main event
at UFC 175 on July 5, 2014. She won the fight via
knockout just 16 seconds into the first round. Rousey broke her thumb during
the fight.[81] The emphatic win also earned Rousey her
secondPerformance of the Night bonus award.[82]
A match
between Rousey and Cat Zingano was scheduled to take place at UFC 182 for the women's
bantamweight title.[83] However, the fight was moved to February 28,
2015 at UFC 184.[84] Rousey defeated Zingano
with an armbar in 14 seconds, the shortest match in UFC championship history.[85]
Rousey
fought Bethe Correia on August 1, 2015 in Brazil, at UFC 190, winning the bout by knockout 34
seconds into the first round.[86] Rousey dedicated the match
to "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, who died the day before, commenting that
Piper was one of her inspirations and had endorsed her use of his nickname.[87]
The
completion of this bout marked Rousey's sixth official with the UFC, all of
which had been victories. She spent 1077 seconds in the octagon to attain all
six and accumulated $1,080,000 in prize money; this equated to nearly $1002.79
for every second spent fighting.[88][89] Her average time of 2
minutes and 59 seconds was less than the average time of a single match in
every UFC weight class, the fastest of which was the Heavyweight division with
a time of 7 minutes and 59 seconds.[90]
In her
sixth title defense, Rousey faced Holly Holm in the main event at UFC 193 on November 15, 2015.[91] Despite being a heavy
betting favorite, Rousey was unable to get Holm to the ground and had no answer
for Holm's superior striking. Early in the second round, Holm knocked Rousey
out with a kick to the neck, ending Rousey's three-year reign as champion. Not
only was it the first loss of Rousey's MMA career, but it was only the second
time that Rousey had been taken beyond the first round in an MMA bout. After
the fight, Rousey and Holm were each awarded a Fight of the Night bonus
of $50,000.[92] She was also medically suspended by UFC on
November 18, 2015, which included a no-contact suspension for 45-days, and no
fights for 60-days, and will depend on CT scan results to have her suspension
reduced.[93] She was medically cleared on December 9,
2015, but the suspensions still hold.[94]
Views on
MMA
Rousey
has challenged the notion of MMA being anti-woman. She argued, "There are
so many ridiculous arguments that MMA is somehow anti-woman. Fighting is not a
man's thing, it is a human thing. To say that it is anti-woman is an anti-feminist
statement."[95] Some journalists have characterized Rousey as
a feminist,[96] while others have described her as
"antifeminist".[97]
Professional wrestling career
Rousey is
a professional wrestling fan. Her nickname was taken
from professional wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper, whom she asked for permission.[98] She, Shayna
Baszler,Jessamyn
Duke and
Marina Shafir have dubbed themselves "The Four Horsewomen," a play
on The Four Horsemen professional wrestling stable, with the
blessing of leader Ric Flair and enforcer Arn
Anderson.[99]
WWE
(2015–present)
Rousey celebrating withThe Rock after forcingStephanie
McMahon andTriple H out of the ring atWrestleMania
31
The Four
Horsewomen were acknowledged on camera and commentary as such, in the front row
at WWE's SummerSlam in August 2014. They also went backstage for
that event, meeting Paul Heyman, among others.[100] Rousey was interviewed by
WWE.com that night; when asked if she, like Brock Lesnar, would cross over to wrestling,
she replied "You never know."[101]
At WrestleMania
31 in
March 2015, they were seated in the front row. During an in-ring argument
between The Rock and the Authority (Stephanie
McMahon and Triple H), McMahon slapped the Rock and
ordered him to leave "her ring". She taunted him, saying he would not
hit a woman. He left, paused and walked over to Rousey to a loud ovation. He
then helped her into the ring, and said that she would be happy to hit McMahon
for him. After a few minutes of a staredown and more dialogue, the Rock
attacked Triple H. When he stumbled toward Rousey, she hiptossed him out of the
ring. McMahon tried to slap her, was blocked and Rousey grabbed her arm,
teasing an armbar, before throwing her out of the ring. Rousey and the Rock
celebrated in the ring, while the Authority retreated with the implication of
revenge.[102]
The
segment was replayed and discussed throughout the next night's Raw. Commentators hyped a tweet Rousey made earlier that
day, in which she implied a return to WWE with "We're just gettin'
started...".[103]
Fighting style
"While
some fighters strike an impassive pose ... Rousey is nothing if not expressive.
She smiles often, squinting so tightly that her eyes disappear. She cries
easily, a girlhood habit she never outgrew. And before each fight she glares at
her opponent as if she were getting ready to put a permanent end to a lifelong
feud. After the fight, she is all smiles again, and usually unblemished."
- The New Yorker, 2014[32]
In a 2012
interview[104] before her first match with Miesha
Tate, Ronda
Rousey said "When I was doing judo my main advantage was my conditioning
and my pace; I used to wear people out." She had taken to heart a quote
from Ryoko Tani to fight every five seconds as if it was the
last five seconds of the match.
A
decorated judoka, Rousey typically grounds an opponent with tosses and sweeps,
then seeks to finish with strikes or submissions.[105][106] From top position, she
usually attacks with punches from side control; in rear position, she often
secures a back mount and attacks with head strikes.[107][108][109] Rousey is right-handed, but
is a left-handed judoka fighting in an orthodox stance as a striker.[110]
Rousey's
favorite MMA fighter is Fedor Emelianenko, whose fighting style she works to emulate.[111]
Rousey is
well known for her skill in grappling, and is particularly noted for her string
of victories by armbar. Against accomplished strikers, such as Julia Budd and
Sarah Kaufman, Rousey has typically brought the fight down and sought a quick
submission.[106][112] Powerful grapplers, such as Miesha Tate and
Liz Carmouche, have been more competitive with Rousey on the ground.[105][107]
During
early fights in her MMA career, Rousey mainly used striking to set up judo. She
became a more proficient striker following her UFC debut, leading to her first
wins by way of stoppage. While standing, Rousey normally uses jabs, knees, and
overhand rights.[113][114] She also seldom stands side on with a set
boxing stance, but rather squaring up to the opponent, but still generate great
striking power, especially when they are near the fence, or clinching opponents
with the left hand to close the distance, while pummeling opponents with
strikes, much akin to a Muay Thai fighter launching kickers from the clinch.[115]
While
discussing her signature armbar in an interview, Rousey noted that her judoka
mother jumped on her every morning to wake her up with armbars.[116]
Rousey is
notable for introducing trash talking to Women's MMA. In many interviews Rousey has
used harsh language and openly downplayed the abilities of her opponents, which
she explains as a way to generate more publicity for the sport.[117][118]
Other work
Rousey
appeared nude on the cover of ESPN The Magazine's 2012 Body
Issue and
in a pictorial therein.[119] Touching upon the strategic cropping, poses,
and arm placement used in the photos to make them less revealing, Rousey
explained: "With all these ring girls and their vaginas – all of this goes
back to advice my mom gave me. She gave me this one piece of advice, which I
still hold dear. She said, 'Look, whatever pictures you put out there are gonna
be out there forever, so just think that one day your 12 or 13-year-old son or
daughter is going to see those pictures. Whatever you want your son or
daughter, or even your 13-year-old little sister to see, keep that in mind.'
So, whatever I’m not gonna show on a beach, I'm not gonna show in a magazine.
These girls are going to have to explain to their kids one day why mommy's ass
and vagina are all over the place."[120] Her rival Miesha
Tate criticized
Rousey's comments as "hypocritical", arguing that Rousey's comments
about ring girls constituted a double standard.[121][clarification
needed]
In May
2013, Rousey was ranked 29 on the Maxim Hot 100.[122] She also appeared on the
cover and in a pictorial of the September 2013 issue.
Rousey
co-starred in The Expendables 3 (2014), marking her first role in a major
motion picture.[17] In 2015, she appeared in the film Furious 7, and played herself in the filmEntourage.[18][123]
In 2015,
Rousey became the first woman featured on the cover of Australian Men's
Fitness, appearing on their November edition.[124]
In October
2015, Rousey became the first female athlete to guest host ESPN's SportsCenter.[125]
Rousey
was on the cover of the January 2016 issue for The Ring magazine. She became the first mixed
martial artist to ever appear on the cover of the boxing magazine and the
second woman as well, after Cathy Davis in 1978.[126] In 2016 she appeared
in body paint on the cover of the Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[127]
Rousey
has had a range of commercial partnerships, including mobile
network operator MetroPCS,[128] insurance agency Insureon,[129] Reebok,[130] and Carl's Jr.[131]
Rousey
hosted the January 23, 2016 episode of the late night variety show Saturday
Night Live, with
musical guest Selena Gomez.[132][133]
A number
of starring film roles have been developed for Rousey, including an adaptation
of her autobiography My Fight/Your Fight at Paramount, The
Athena Project at Warner Bros., the Peter
Berg-directed
action film Mile 22, and a remake of the 1989 Patrick
Swayze action
drama Road House. Road House will mark her biggest
acting job to date. According to Variety, Rousey reached out to Swayze's
widow, Lisa Niemi, to ask for her blessing, which Niemi gave.[134]
In
February 2016 she was one of three cover athletes for the Sports
Illustrated swimsuit issue.
Personal life
Rousey after an open workout inYerevan, Armenia on April 23, 2015.
Rousey
was formerly a vegan,[135] but in 2012 described her
current diet as "kind of a mix between a Paleo and a Warrior
diet".[136]
Rousey
has discussed how she dealt with body image in the past and her struggle with
it. She explained, "When I was in school, martial arts made you a dork,
and I became self-conscious that I was too masculine. I was a 16-year-old girl
with ringworm and cauliflower ears. People made fun of my arms and
called me 'Miss Man'. It wasn't until I got older that I realized: these people
are idiots. I'm fabulous."[137]
Rousey is
an avid fan of professional wrestling, Dragon
Ball Z and Pokémon. Her favorite Pokémon is Mew and she had a childhood
crush onVegeta.[138] Chris
Sabat, the
voice actor of Vegeta, jokingly replied in an interview, "She has seen my
power level for what it is… She also scares me."[139] She also plays World of
Warcraft,
primarily as a night elf hunter.[140]
In 2015,
she raised money for the Black Jaguar White Tiger Foundation, whose goal is to
save big cats from circuses and zoos and provide them with the best lifestyle,
by auctioning signed T-shirts.[141]
In April
2015, Rousey visited Yerevan, Armenia for the 100th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide. While in Yerevan, she visited theTsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide memorial.[142]
Rousey
endorsed Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign in the 2016
United States presidential election.[97][143]
Relationships
Rousey
once dated fellow UFC fighter Brendan Schaub.[144] In August 2015, Rousey was
rumored to be in a relationship with another UFC fighter Travis
Browne, who
knocked out Schaub in a bout the previous year, after a picture of the two
together appeared on Twitter and Browne's estranged wife Jenna Renee Webb
accused the two of seeing one another. Browne was at the time still married and
under investigation by the UFC after Webb publicly accused him of domestic
violence back in July.[145] Browne confirmed he and Rousey were together
in October 2015.[146] The next day, Rousey announced publicly that
she was dating Browne.[147]
Domestic
violence incident
In her
autobiography, My Fight, Your Fight, Rousey revealed she assaulted
an ex-boyfriend she dubbed "Snappers McCreepy", two weeks before her
first fight with Miesha Tate, after Rousey discovered that he had taken nude
photos of her without her consent or knowledge. Rousey wrote, "I slapped
him across the face so hard my hand hurt." The ex-boyfriend didn't respond
physically, but he blocked the door and refused to move when Rousey tried to
leave.
Rousey
goes on to write that the ex-boyfriend jumped in her car and, when he wouldn’t
get out, she proceeded to assault him further. Although Rousey deleted the
photos and erased his hard drive, fear that the pictures may still be out there
influenced her to pose for ESPN's Body Issue, so that nude pictures of her
would be seen on her own terms.[148][149][150][151]
Thoughts
of suicide
In
February 2016, in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres Rousey admitted the thought
of killing herself went through her mind in the aftermath of her knockout loss
to Holly Holm in November 2015.[152]
Ring Magazine cover
In
November 2015, Rousey joined former female boxer Cathy
Davis as
one of only two women ever to be featured on the cover of boxing magazine The Ring, also becoming the first MMA
fighter to be featured in the magazine's cover.[153]
Filmography
Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Notes
|
2011
|
Honoo-no Taiiku-kai TV
|
Herself
|
|
2014
|
The Expendables 3
|
Luna
|
|
2015
|
Furious 7
|
Kara
|
|
2015
|
Entourage
|
Herself
|
|
TBA
|
Road House[134]
|
(Lady)
Dalton
|
Lead
|
Bibliography
·
Rousey, Ronda; with Maria Burns Ortiz (2015). My
Fight/Your Fight. New York: Regan Arts. ISBN 978-1-941-39326-0. OCLC 892041615.
Championships and accomplishments
Mixed martial arts
·
Ultimate Fighting Championship
·
UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship (first)
·
Six successful title defenses
·
Fight of the Night (two times) vs. Miesha Tate,[154] Holly Holm
·
Submission of the Night (one time) vs. Miesha Tate[154]
·
Performance of the Night (four times) vs. Cat Zingano[155] , Sara McMann[156] , Alexis
Davis[157] and Bethe Correia.
·
First female UFC Champion
·
One of the first two female coaches on The Ultimate Fighter
·
First Olympic medalist to hold a UFC title
·
Competed in and won the first ever women's fight in UFC history
·
Second-fastest finish in a UFC title fight (male or female) (14
seconds vs. Cat Zingano)
·
Third-fastest finish in a UFC title fight (male or female) (16 seconds
vs. Alexis Davis)
·
Shortest average fight time amongst active fighters (male or female)
(3:00)
·
First one-punch knockout win in UFC Women's Bantamweight division
history vs.Bethe
Correia at UFC 190
·
Has won the most post-fight bonuses among active women's UFC fighters
(6)[158]
·
Most finishes in the UFC Women's Bantamweight division (6)
·
Most armbar finishes in UFC/WEC/Pride/SF History (male or female) (9)
·
Most consecutive armbar finishes in UFC/WEC/Pride/SF History (male or
female) (8)
·
Longest title fight finish streak in UFC history (6)[158]
·
Fastest title defense turnaround in UFC history (56 days)
between UFC 168 andUFC 170[159]
·
Strikeforce
·
Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship (One time; last)
·
One successful title defense
·
Female's Submission of the year two years in a row (2011 & 2012)
·
ESPN
·
2012 Submission of the Year vs. Miesha Tate on March 3
·
2014 Best Female Athlete ESPY Award
·
2015 Best Female Athlete ESPY Award[160]
·
2015 Best Fighter ESPY Award[161]
·
First Mixed Martial Artist to win an ESPY Award
·
World MMA Awards
·
2012 Female Fighter of the Year
·
2013 Female Fighter of the Year
·
2014 Female Fighter of the Year
·
MMAJunkie.com
·
2015 February Submission of the Month vs. Cat
Zingano[162]
·
2015 August Knockout of the Month vs. Bethe Correia[163]
·
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
·
Best Box Office Draw (2014, 2015)[164][165]
·
Most Outstanding Fighter of the Year (2014)[164]
·
Mixed Martial Arts Most Valuable (2014, 2015)[164][165]
·
AwakeningFighters.com WMMA Awards
·
2013 Female Fighter of the Year[166]
·
2013 Bantamweight of the Year[166]
·
2013 Inspirational Fighter of the Year[166]
·
2013 Fight of the Year vs. Miesha Tate at UFC 168[166]
·
2014 Female Fighter of the Year[167]
·
2014 Fan Favorite Bantamweight of the Year[167]
·
2014 Female Fight of the Year vs. Alexis Davis at UFC 175[167]
·
2014 Knockout of the Year vs. Alexis Davis at UFC 175[167]
·
Bloody Elbow
·
2013 WMMA Fighter of the Year[168]
·
2013 WMMA Fight of the Year vs. Miesha Tate on December 28 [169]
·
HOV-MMA.com
·
2012 Fighter of the Year[170]
·
2012 Rivalry of the Year vs. Miesha Tate[171]
·
2012 Submission of the Year vs. Miesha Tate[171]
·
2011 Lady Violence Award[172]
·
2014 Lady Violence Award[173]
·
2014 Knockout of the Year vs. Alexis Davis at UFC 175[174]
·
Combat Press
·
2015 Submission of the Year vs. Cat Zingano at UFC 184
·
MMA-Freak.com
·
Hall of Fame, Class of 2014[175]
·
SevereMMA.com
·
2014 Female Fighter of the Year[176]
·
2014 Knockout of the Year vs. Alexis Davis at UFC 175[176]
|
Judo
·
International Judo Federation
·
2008 World Cup Senior Gold Medalist
·
2008 Belgian Ladies Open Senior Bronze Medalist
·
2007 Jigoro Kano Cup Senior Silver Medalist
·
2007 Finnish Open Senior Gold Medalist
·
2007 World Judo Championships Senior Silver
Medalist
·
2007 German Open Senior Bronze Medalist
·
2007 Pan American Games Senior Gold Medalist
·
2007 Pan American Championships Senior Bronze
Medalist
·
2007 World Cup Senior Gold Medalist
·
2007 British Open Senior Gold Medalist
·
2006 Finnish Open Senior Bronze Medalist
·
2006 Swedish Open Senior Gold Medalist
·
2006 World Judo Championships Junior Bronze Medalist
·
2006 Rendez-Vous Senior Gold Medalist
·
2006 Pan American Championships Senior Silver
Medalist
·
2006 World Cup Senior Gold Medalist
·
2006 Belgian Ladies Open Senior Gold Medalist
·
2005 Ontario Open Senior Gold Medalist
·
2005 Rendez-Vous Senior Gold Medalist
·
2005 Pan American Championships Senior Gold
Medalist
·
2004 Ontario Open Senior Gold Medalist
·
2004 Ontario Open Junior Gold Medalist
·
2004 World Judo Championships Junior Gold
Medalist
·
2004 Rendez-Vous Senior Bronze Medalist
·
2004 Pan American Championships Senior Gold Medalist
·
2003 Rendez-Vous Senior Gold Medalist
·
2001 Coupe Canada Senior Cup Gold Medalist
·
Summer Olympic Games
·
2008 Summer Olympics Senior Bronze Medalist
·
USA Judo
·
USA Senior National Championship (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)
·
USA Senior Olympic Team Trials Winner (2004, 2008)
·
2007 US Open Senior Gold Medalist
·
2006 US Open Senior Gold Medalist
·
2006 USA Fall Classic Senior Gold Medalist
·
2006 US Open Junior Gold Medalist
·
2005 US Open Senior Gold Medalist
·
2005 US Open Junior Silver Medalist
·
2004 US Open Senior Bronze Medalist
·
2003 US Open Senior Silver Medalist
·
2003 USA Fall Classic Senior Gold Medalist
·
2002 US Open Junior Gold Medalist
Professional wrestling
·
WWE
·
Slammy Award (1 time)
·
"This is Awesome" Moment of the Year (2015 - shared
with The Rock)
|
Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown
|
[show]
|
Res.
|
Record
|
Opponent
|
Method
|
Event
|
Date
|
Round
|
Time
|
Location
|
Notes
|
Loss
|
12–1
|
KO
(head kick and punches)
|
UFC 193
|
November
15, 2015
|
2
|
0:59
|
Lost
the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. Fight of the Night.
|
||
Win
|
12–0
|
KO
(punch)
|
UFC 190
|
August
1, 2015
|
1
|
0:34
|
Defended
the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. Performance of the Night.
|
||
Win
|
11–0
|
Submission
(straight armbar)
|
UFC 184
|
February
28, 2015
|
1
|
0:14
|
Defended
the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. Performance of the Night.
|
||
Win
|
10–0
|
KO
(punches)
|
UFC 175
|
July 5,
2014
|
1
|
0:16
|
Defended
the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. Performance of the Night.
|
||
Win
|
9–0
|
TKO
(knee to the body)
|
UFC 170
|
February
22, 2014
|
1
|
1:06
|
Defended
the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. Performance of the Night.
|
||
Win
|
8–0
|
Submission
(armbar)
|
UFC 168
|
December
28, 2013
|
3
|
0:58
|
Defended
the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. Submission of the Night.
Fight of the Night.
|
||
Win
|
7–0
|
Submission
(armbar)
|
UFC 157
|
February
23, 2013
|
1
|
4:49
|
Defended
the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
|
||
Win
|
6–0
|
Submission
(armbar)
|
Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman
|
August
18, 2012
|
1
|
0:54
|
Defended
the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship; Later promoted to UFC
Women's Bantamweight Champion.
|
||
Win
|
5–0
|
Submission
(armbar)
|
Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey
|
March
3, 2012
|
1
|
4:27
|
Bantamweight
debut. Won the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship.
|
||
Win
|
4–0
|
Submission
(armbar)
|
Strikeforce Challengers: Britt vs. Sayers
|
November
18, 2011
|
1
|
0:39
|
|||
Win
|
3–0
|
Technical
Submission (armbar)
|
Strikeforce Challengers: Gurgel vs. Duarte
|
August
12, 2011
|
1
|
0:25
|
|||
Win
|
2–0
|
Submission
(armbar)
|
HKFC:
School of Hard Knocks 12
|
June
17, 2011
|
1
|
0:49
|
Catchweight
(150 lbs) bout.
|
||
Win
|
1–0
|
Submission
(armbar)
|
KOTC: Turning Point
|
March
27, 2011
|
1
|
0:25
|
Amateur mixed martial arts record
Amateur record breakdown
|
[show]
|
Res.
|
Record
|
Opponent
|
Method
|
Event
|
Date
|
Round
|
Time
|
Location
|
Notes
|
Win
|
3–0
|
Submission
(armbar)
|
Tuff-N-Uff
- Las Vegas vs. 10th Planet Riverside
|
January
7, 2011
|
1
|
0:24
|
Ronda
Rousey interview with Los Angeles Daily News on her amateur
fights.[177]
|
||
Win
|
2–0
|
Submission
(armbar)
|
Tuff-N-Uff
- Future Stars of MMA
|
November
12, 2010
|
1
|
0:57
|
|||
Win
|
1–0
|
Submission
(armbar)
|
CFL -
Ground Zero
|
August
6, 2010
|
1
|
0:23
|
Pay-per-view bouts
(main
event and co-main event)
Date
|
Fight
|
Billing
|
Buys
|
February 23, 2013
|
Ronda
Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche
|
UFC 157
|
450,000
|
December 28, 2013
|
Ronda
Rousey vs. Miesha Tate (co)
|
UFC 168
|
1,025,000
|
February 22, 2014
|
Ronda
Rousey vs. Sara McMann
|
UFC 170
|
375,000
|
July 5, 2014
|
Ronda
Rousey vs. Alexis Davis
|
UFC 175
|
545,000
|
February 28, 2015
|
Ronda
Rousey vs. Cat Zingano
|
UFC 184
|
600,000
|
August 1, 2015
|
Ronda
Rousey vs. Bethe Correia
|
UFC 190
|
900,000
|
November 15, 2015
|
Ronda
Rousey vs. Holly Holm
|
UFC 193
|
1,100,000
|