Ronda Rousey News

Thomas Taylor - June 27, 2018

Over the course of her Hall-of-Fame worthy UFC career, Ronda Rousey appeared in dozens of commercials for a range of brands and products. Now that she’s making her living as a WWE superstar, she’s bound to get a whole new procession of commercial gigs — like the one at the top of this post.

Tom Taylor - May 4, 2018

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion and current WWE star Ronda Rousey has never been a particularly big fan of the media. In the wake of her MMA losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes, her relationship with the media got even more tense. Speaking during a recent Q&A to promote her new movie Mile 22, Rousey explained why she’s been so impatient with the media — particularly of late.

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 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.”

Tom Taylor - April 9, 2018

Last night, amid the exciting WrestleMania 34 festivities, former UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey partook in her first WWE match, teaming up with fellow Olympian Kurt Angle to thrash HHH and Stephanie McMahon. Leading up to her WrestleMania debut, Rousey had throngs of doubters and naysayers, who felt she was destined to disappoint in the squared circle. In the end, however, she silenced these doubters in the most emphatic way possible, performing with dazzling speed, athleticism and charisma throughout her match.

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 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

👀 pic.twitter.com/r8BL3W0UsG — Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) March 27, 2018

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.

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.

Justin Golightly - March 15, 2018

MMA is a revolving door of talent. When one person leaves, hundreds more are waiting to take their place. Despite logging in nearly 80 fights in kickboxing and boxing, Israel Adesanya is just starting his UFC career as Ronda Rousey moves on in her new WWE career. Adesanya is familiar with the bandwagon jumpers, but also smart enough to know that fickle fans will abandom him just like they’ve done to so many other UFC fighters. If the young prospect could give any advice to Rousey, it’s to not care what anyone thinks and just do her own thing. “[I’m] 100 percent [behind Ronda Rousey], you see the work those guys put in and people are so quick to forget [about Rousey’s other accomplishments]. I don’t buy into the whole fandom, I just think with people who are with me. People are so quick to forget how great Ronda was, how much of a pioneer she was in the game.”

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

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 20, 2018

We’re getting closer and closer to seeing Ronda Rousey do more than just hip toss Triple H in a WWE ring. After making her debut at the Royal Rumble, the organization has done a great job at hyping up her presence as their new superstar. So far, we’ve only seen a point and a handshake, but after she signs her contract, it will only be a matter of time before Rousey is armbarring and launching people on their heads. In order to hold you over, WWE released a sizzle reel which shows the former UFC champion doing some flowy transitions and using those iconic Judo throws. BREAKING NEWS: Per @RealKurtAngle, @RondaRousey will sign her Monday Night #RAW contract at #WWEChamber!!! pic.twitter.com/fXHJDtQztt