Ronda Rousey News

bjpenndotcom - March 29, 2017

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has managed to stay out of the public eye for the most part following her UFC 207 loss to Amanda Nunes. In that fight, Rousey looked to make her triumphant return to the Octagon following the first defeat of her professional career at the hands of Holly Holm at UFC 193. Unfortunately for Rousey, her return was an unsuccessful one, which saw her lose to Nunes via TKO in just 43 seconds. Following the fight, there was much speculation as to whether or not Rousey would return to the Octagon, however no official word from Rousey herself as to whether she was planning to fight again. Rousey’s period of silence was followed by a statement from UFC President Dana White, who revealed that he was confident Rousey was likely done fighting.

bjpenndotcom - March 28, 2017

In 2016, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey looked to return to the Octagon to avenge the first defeat of her professional career, which also saw her lose the women’s bantamweight championship to Holly Holm. In Rousey’s return, she fought UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes in a highly anticipated showdown that saw Nunes defend her belt for the first time after knocking Rousey out in just 43 seconds.

Chris Taylor - March 26, 2017

The most feared women’s fighter on the planet, Cris Cyborg, has issued yet another challenge to former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, but this time the stipulations are much different. Cyborg has apparently garnered an interest in professional wrestling, this after recently training moves with TNA & WWE Tough Enough Star Gabriela “Gabi” Castrovinci, and has decided that a bout with Rousey under the WWE banner makes sense.

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2017

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate recently retired in the midst of a 2-fight skid that saw her drop a submission loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 200, where she lost the bantamweight title, followed by a UFC 205 unanimous decision loss to Raquel Pennington. Tate explained that after 11 years fighting professionally, she no longer had it, and would be stepping away from the sport. While many believed that the move was an impulsive one, Tate has stuck to her retirement.

bjpenndotcom - March 11, 2017

Back in December, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes set foot in the Octagon to fight former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey in a highly anticipated showdown. Leading up to the fight, Rousy was the focus of the promos, drawing quite a bit of controversy given the fact that Nunes was the champion going into the fight. When the pair stepped in the Octagon, it took just 47 seconds for Nunes to stop the former champ via strikes, ending the long awaited ‘Ronda Rousey return’ following Rousey being knocked out by Holly Holm back in 2015.

bjpenndotcom - March 11, 2017

At UFC 207, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey made her highly anticipated return to the Octagon for a showdown with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. Throughout the buildup of the fight, Rousey was the focus of the promos leading up to the fight, stirring quite a bit of controversy given that Nunes, the champion, was not receiving the same promo as Rousey was. Following her dominant win over Rousey, Nunes used her post-fight press conference to bash the former champ, saying:

Tom Taylor - March 9, 2017

Last weekend, in the main event of Bellator 174, Canada’s Julia Budd became the first-ever women’s featherweight champion with a fourth-round TKO of the veteran Marloes Coenen. With this win, Budd extended her win-streak to an extremely impressive eight-straight. Budd’s last loss occurred all the way back in 2011, when she became the fourth victim of Ronda Rousey‘s legendary professional MMA career. In more recent years, of course, Rousey’s career has endured a bit of a downward spiral, as she was first knocked senseless by a Holly Holm head-kick, then took more than a year off, only to return to the cage to be bludgeoned by reigning UFC bantamweight queen Amanda Nunes.

Russell Ess - February 27, 2017

We have not heard much from Ronda Rousey following her devastating loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 in December. It was the second time Rousey lost in her professional mixed martial arts career, coming just a little over a year since her first loss to Holly Holm, which took place at UFC 193 in November 2015. Now on a two-fighting losing streak after initially going on a 12-0 run that saw her annihilate all of her competition, the world is waiting to hear what will be the next step for the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion.

Tom Taylor - February 22, 2017

Last Sunday, in the main event of the UFC’s latest trip to Halifax, Derrick Lewis weathered an early bit of adversity to club Travis Browne into unconsciousness with a right hand and a series of ground strikes. In the wake of this thunderous win, Lewis criticized Browne for the allegations of domestic abuse that linger in his past, and made comments about Browne’s current girlfriend, UFC superstar Ronda Rousey. “Where Ronda Rousey’s fine ass at?” he said. 

Russell Ess - February 21, 2017

UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis is still throwing some attacks at Travis Browne even after their fight has come to an end. On Sunday in the main event of UFC Fight Night 105 in Halifax, Canada, Lewis scored a second round KO over Browne. With the fight ending in a decisive manner, Lewis has continued his attack on Browne in his post-fight interviews and on social media.

Tom Taylor - February 14, 2017

As the former Vice President of Talent Relations, and new Senior Vice President of Talent Relations for the UFC, Sean Shelby has booked a hell of a lot of amazing fights – from Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi, to Dong Hyun Kim vs. Marco Polo Reyes, to Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Claudia Gadelha 2. Of all the fights he’s booked however, Shelby says one stands out as his proudest accomplishment – and his pick may surprise you. In a recent interview with SquareMile.com, The UFC matchmaker explained that his crowning achievement was a December 2013 rematch between then women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey, and the recently retired Miesha Tate.

Tom Taylor - February 14, 2017

For a time, Ronda Rousey was one of the most dominant athletes in mixed martial arts. Scoring lightning fast submission wins and thudding knockout wins over game opponents, she looked more and more like an unbeatable champion which each consecutive defense of her women’s bantamweight title. During her reign of dominance, UFC commentator Joe Rogan was one of her biggest advocates, frequently praising her skill, and even suggesting that she could defeat many of the UFC’s male bantamweights.

Tom Taylor - February 3, 2017

Back in November of 2015, in the main of UFC 193, Holly Holm shocked the world by knocking out seemingly unbeatable women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey with a second-round head kick. Her victory was emphatic enough that it kept Rousey out of action for more than a year. Eventually, of course, Rousey made her long awaited return to the cage. She made this return in the main event of UFC 207, when she took on reigning women’s bantamweight queen Amanda Nunes. Regrettably for Rousey and her legions of fans, however, this comeback fight with Nunes would go even worse than her fight with Holm did, as she was mauled to a TKO in just 48 seconds.

Tom Taylor - February 3, 2017

Late last year, in the main event of UFC 207, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes cut Ronda Rousey down in a mere 48 seconds. It was as brutal as beatings come. In the buildup to this fight Nunes had been pretty quiet. Though she has proven herself to be more than capable of slinging effective trash talk when the need arises, she was quite civil in the buildup to her fight with Rousey.

Russell Ess - February 1, 2017

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was once thought of as unbeatable force that many fans and pundits believed would go down as the greatest fighter to ever live.

bjpenndotcom - January 31, 2017

In the UFC’s final card of the year, UFC 207, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes stepped into the Octagon for the first time with hopes of defending her belt for the first time since winning it at UFC 200 in July, where she defeated Miesha Tate. Nunes of course picked up a phenomenal 48 second win as she knocked out Ronda Rousey in the very first round. In several interviews following the fight, including her post-fight Octagon interview, Nunes bashed Rousey for being overrated and not being as dominant as she was perceived to be.

bjpenndotcom - January 31, 2017

To end 2016, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey returned to the Octagon for a highly anticipated showdown with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes, who was looking to make her first successful title defense at the event. Nunes of course picked up a dominant 48 second TKO win over Rousey, defending her title, and handing Rousey the second straight loss of her UFC career.

Tom Taylor - January 31, 2017

In November of 2015, dominant women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was knocked stiff by a second-round Holly Holm head-kick. This shocking upset loss was followed by a long stretch of inactivity, during which many members of the MMA community wondered whether or not the former champ would ever return to the cage. Eventually, of course, Rousey did return to the cage, as she took on Amanda Nunes in the main event of December’s UFC 207 more than a year later. Regrettably for the WMMA trailblazer and her fans, however, this fight went even worse than her bout with Holm, as she was mauled in just 48 seconds.